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This ludicrous badminton rally is mind-blowing

Dang this is cool.

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

It’s easy to forget how amazing badminton is because we don’t see much of it in the U.S, but feast your eyes on this rally between P.V. Sindhu of India, and Akane Yamaguchi from Japan.

This was from the gold medal match in the Dubai World Superseries Finals. The rally is amazing enough on its own, but it’s the final few shots where it becomes ludicrous. This was an actual shot that was made in a tournament and done with skill — it blows my mind.

Sindhu went on to lose the match to claim silver, but this video will last forever.

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