Women's singles No. 6 seed Yao Jie of the Netherlands and the fifth seed of men's doubles Chan Chongming from Malaysia have pulled out of the ongoing World Badminton Championships. Continue reading Two seeds withdraw from World Badminton Championships
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Chong Wei leads the way (pic)
Reports: LOGANATH VELLOO
Pictures: KAMARUL ARIFFIN
WORLD number one Lee Chong Wei led all three Malaysian men's singles players into the third round of the World Championships at the Palacio de Deportes in Madrid yesterday.
After receiving a first-round bye, Chong Wei opened his campaign with a 21-18, 21-14 win over German Bjoern Joppien.
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| FLYING START: Lee Chong Wei in action against Germany’s Bjoern .Joppien in the second round. Chong Wei won 21-18, 21-14. |
Hallam & Hughes advance in Madrid (pic)
England's Tracey Hallam reached the third round of the World Badminton Championships with a comfortable win over Ella Karachkova in Madrid.
The 11th seed took just 29 minutes to beat the Russian 10th seed 21-9 21-8 and will now meet Monthila Meemek of Thailand in the last 16.
Scotland's Susan Hughes also advanced with a 21-15 21-12 win over 15th seed Hwang Hye-youn of South Korea.
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| Hallam won Commonwealth gold in Melbourne earlier this year |
Vietnam bows out early at World Badminton Champs 2006 (pic)
All four Vietnamese lost their matches Wednesday at the qualifiers of the 2006 World Badminton Championship in Madrid, Spain, on through this weekend.
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| Nguyen Tien Minh, the world’s number 75 |
Continue reading Vietnam bows out early at World Badminton Champs 2006 (pic)
Vietnam bows out early at World Badminton Champs 2006 (pic)
All four Vietnamese lost their matches Wednesday at the qualifiers of the 2006 World Badminton Championship in Madrid, Spain, on through this weekend.
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| Nguyen Tien Minh, the world’s number 75 |
Continue reading Vietnam bows out early at World Badminton Champs 2006 (pic)
Athens Olympics finalist Shon loses (pic)
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| China's Bao Chunlai returns the shuttle during the first round match against Russia's Stanislav Pukhov at the IBF World Championships 2006 in Madrid, capital of Spain, on Sept. 18, 2006. Bao won 2-0. (Xinhua Photo) |
World Badminton Championships Result
MADRID, Spain Results Wednesday from the World Badminton Championships at the Palacio de los Deportes (seedings in parentheses):
Singles
Hallam too strong for Karachkova (pic)
England's Tracey Hallam reached the third round of the World Badminton Championships with a comfortable win over Ella Karachkova in Madrid.
The 11th seed took just 29 minutes to beat the Russian 10th seed 21-9 21-8 and will now meet Monthila Meemek of the Netherlands in the next round.
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| Hallam won Commonwealth gold in Melbourne earlier this year |
Hidayat starts championship defence in style
MADRID • World badminton champion Taufik Hidayat made a determined start to his title defence with an aggressive 21-17, 21-17 win over joint ninth seed Ng Wei of Hong Kong yesterday. Continue reading Hidayat starts championship defence in style
Taufik apologises for walk-out (pic)
BEIJING, Sept. 20 — Hidayat Taufik apologised for the first time for his walk-out in the Hong Kong Open after winning his first-round tie in the World Chamgpionships. Continue reading Taufik apologises for walk-out (pic)