Category: 2021 All England Championships

Indonesian Team Arrives Home After All England Ordeal, Fans Attack Official All England Instagram Accounts

Jakarta: If the Japanese team was the happiest squad in 2021 All England by winning four out of five titles, then, the Indonesia team would be the most disappointing in the 2021 All England. Continue reading Indonesian Team Arrives Home After All England Ordeal, Fans Attack Official All England Instagram Accounts

Lee Zii Jia Wins Epic All England Final against Viktor Axelsen

Birmingham: The 22-year-old Lee Zii Jia hasn’t won a BWF World Tour event since winning the 2018 Chinese Taipei Open. After his struggling performance at the three back-to-back tournaments in Bangkok in January of 2021, skeptics were proclaiming that he was not as good as advertised. Lee figured the best way to shut up the doubters was to win, and he did exactly that in the 2021 All England final. Continue reading Lee Zii Jia Wins Epic All England Final against Viktor Axelsen

Japan Makes History by Winning Four All England Titles

Birmingham: The Japanese team capitalized on the absence of top badminton powerhouses such as China, Indonesia, and top shuttlers in women’s singles such as Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan, Carolina Marin of Spain, and Chen Yufei of China, scooping up four titles at the 2021 All England final on Sunday. Continue reading Japan Makes History by Winning Four All England Titles

Lee Zii Jia to play Viktor Axelsen in All England Final

Birmingham: Malaysia’s World No. 10 men’s singles player Lee Zii Jia headed into 2021 All England with doubters wondering how far could he go after doing poorly at the 3 back-to-back tournaments in Bangkok, in January of 2021. Continue reading Lee Zii Jia to play Viktor Axelsen in All England Final

Yuki Kaneko/Misaki Matsutomo Stage Remarkable Comeback to Beat Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying in All England Semis

Birmingham: After winning the first game 21-14, the unseeded Yuki Kaneko/Misaki Matsutomo of Japan were trailing 4-16 in the second set against No. 3 seeds Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying of Malaysia in the All England mixed doubles semi-finals. When everybody was expecting a third-set, Kaneko/Matsutomo were about to start a miracle run. Continue reading Yuki Kaneko/Misaki Matsutomo Stage Remarkable Comeback to Beat Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying in All England Semis

Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying Survive Huge Scare to Make All England Semi-Final

Birmingham: Malaysia’s Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying had to fight tooth and nail against Thom Gicquel/Delphine Delrue of France, surviving a nerve-jangling third set match in an epic quarter-final encounter at the All England Friday. Continue reading Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying Survive Huge Scare to Make All England Semi-Final

Lee Zii Jia beats Kento Momota to Enter All England Semis

Birmingham: Malaysia’s World No. 10 men’s singles player, Lee Zii Jia, pulled off a huge upset by shocking the World No. 1 Kento Momota of Japan for the first time in his career, ending his 6-game losing streak against Momota with a 21-16, 21-19 victory in the quarter-finals of All England on Friday. Continue reading Lee Zii Jia beats Kento Momota to Enter All England Semis

Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying, Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan, Lee Zii Jia Cruise Into All England Quarters

Birmingham: The All England was delayed by five hours on Wednesday as several players were tested positive on COVID-19. However, after retests, all results came back negative. The World No. 7 mixed doubles pair of Malaysia, Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying have to play both their first and second-round matches on Thursday after their schedule was changed due to the delay. Continue reading Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying, Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan, Lee Zii Jia Cruise Into All England Quarters

Indonesian Players Furious After Forced to Withdraw from All England, BWF Issues Clarifications

Birmingham: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has clarified confusion surrounding the withdrawal of the whole Indonesian badminton team and a Turkish player which remained a total mess – and actually didn’t offer full reassurance about potential new COVID-19 cases among players currently competing at the ongoing All England. Continue reading Indonesian Players Furious After Forced to Withdraw from All England, BWF Issues Clarifications