Kuala Lumpur: BadmintonPlanet has received a lot of questions about why did Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik fall short in the biggest game of their career – the All England final, especially playing against Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan who injured his right calf muscle in the semi-finals. Continue reading Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik must use All England defeat as motivation
Category: 2019 All England
Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan shrug off injury, beat Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik in All England final
Birmingham: Suffering a calf injury didn’t slow down the attacks from Hendra Setiawan, to certain degree, change of game plan from Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan due to the injury really confused their Malaysian opponents, Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik in the All England final. Continue reading Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan shrug off injury, beat Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik in All England final
All England Final: Kento Momota 1st Japanese to win title, Chen Yufei beats Tai Tzu Ying
Birmingham: World No. 1 Kento Momota created history of becoming the first Japanese men’s singles player to ever win the world’s oldest badminton tournament on Sunday, while China’s Chen Yufei bagged the second title for China after Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan won the women’s doubles earlier Sunday. Continue reading All England Final: Kento Momota 1st Japanese to win title, Chen Yufei beats Tai Tzu Ying
Kento Momota vs. Viktor Axelsen in All England final
Birmingham: The reigning World Champion Kento Momota of Japan will take on the 2017 World Champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the prestigious All England final on Sunday. Continue reading Kento Momota vs. Viktor Axelsen in All England final
Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik to play Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan in All England final
Birmingham: Malaysia’s unseeded men’s pair Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik continued their surprising run at the oldest badminton tournament in the world, sweeping past Indonesia’s 8th-seeded Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto 12-21, 22-20, 21-19 to take on the 2014 All England champions Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan on Sunday. Continue reading Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik to play Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan in All England final
Kento Momota, Shi Yuqi, Viktor Axelsen reach last four at All England Open
Birmingham: Top seeded men’s singles player Kento Momota of Japan delivered an excellent performance to beat No. 7 seed Kidambi Srikanth 21-12, 21-16 in the All England quarter-finals on Friday. Continue reading Kento Momota, Shi Yuqi, Viktor Axelsen reach last four at All England Open
Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik, Goh Soon Huat/Shevon Jemie Lai advance to All England semis
Birmingham: The World No. 18 men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik from Malaysia put up a gutsy fight against World No. 12 Liu Cheng/Zhang Nan of China on Friday, beating the 2017 World Champions 21-19, 17-21, 21-12 to advance to the All England semi-finals. Continue reading Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik, Goh Soon Huat/Shevon Jemie Lai advance to All England semis
Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong and Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik reach All England quarters
Birmingham: Malaysia’s Rio Olympics silver medalists Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong came from behind on both sets, defeating last week’s German Open champions and No. 4 seeds Hiroyuki Endo/Yuta Watanabe of Japan 21-18, 21-19 to advance to the All England quarter-finals on Thursday. Continue reading Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong and Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik reach All England quarters
Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying survive day of upsets at All England
Birmingham: On a day of upsets, the 2017 mixed doubles finalists Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying of Malaysia had to dig deep to win their first round match at the 2019 All England. Continue reading Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying survive day of upsets at All England
Lin Dan, Chen Long and Marcus Gideon/Kevin Sukamuljo crash out of All England
Birmingham: On a day of upsets, Lin Dan, Chen Long and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo have all suffered early departures on first day of 2019 All England. Continue reading Lin Dan, Chen Long and Marcus Gideon/Kevin Sukamuljo crash out of All England