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Newsday’s tournament has brought out the competitive spirit in some famous Long Islanders. These celebs turned to social media to rally their fans to vote for them:

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exploreLI.com edged him out by only three votes. After an 18-year run in Orange deputy tournament director. BADMINTON 101 Round 3ofvoting is on now —go County, California, the U.S. Among the players will be This isn’t the quaint game 2014 to newsday.com/tsli to join in. Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Championships 2012 Olympic silver medalists Long Islanders play in their 7, and Carsten backyards —it’s aserious come to the East Coast —specifically, Brentwood Mogensen from , athletic event. JULY index —for the first time. who are ranked third in men’s We call them “birdies” doubles in the Federation. here in America, but all over About 30 countries will be the larger Badminton World The U.S. Open committee the world, and in the profes- B17 Ask Amy B8 Style represented in the tourna- Federation’s Grand Prix members hope the East Coast sional badminton circle, MONDAY, B14 Comics B13 Tech ment, according to officials, Gold Series competitions, badminton tournament caus- those little white, webbed, B16 Games B5 Theater Buzz including teams and individ- has $120,000 at stake. es some buzz here. rubber-tipped objects are uals from Denmark, Germa- “The U.S. Open is one of “It’s really big in Asia and called shuttles. B25 Kidsday B7 TV ny, France, Thailand, China the most prestigious of the also in Denmark,” Kasuga And those shuttles fly fast

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Tickets are good for all the tourna- tors. Early round play will be on NEWSDAY, ment matches that day. multiple courts, shrinking to one Howard Shu, 23, of Orange Coun- court for Sunday’s final matches. ty, California, 69th in Federation Yonex, amaker of badminton equip- Call1-800-NEWSDAY! Subscribe by Monday, July 28,5pm rankings, says playing in New York ment, will set up ademo court for will be achange of scenery for him those who want to try the sport. to order homedeliveryand receiveyour guide on July 29. MONDAY, and others from his team, and For those who get hungry be- they’ll face different players than tween matches, aconcession stand usual. will be open for refreshments, “There’ll be alot of European including the usual fare of hot dogs, JULY

players, because [the] East Coast is pretzels, candy, ice cream and soda, 7, closer,” he says. The U.S. Open, in says Neftali Collazo, Suffolk Coun- This guideisproduced by the NewsdayMedia Group AdvertisingDepartment and doesnot 2014 general, is afun event, he says. “It’s ty Community College director of involvethe reporting and editingstaffofNewsday’s Editorial Department. always nice to play in your home special programs and events.