Taipei: After winning an 80-minute hard-fought battle against No. 1 seed Chou Tien Chen in the semi-finals, the unseeded Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia continued to push the boundaries for stamina and resilience as he fought back from dropping the second set to beat 29-year-old Riichi Takeshita of Japan 21-17, 16-21, 21-11 for the Chinese Taipei Open title on Sunday. Continue reading Lee Zii Jia & Tai Tzu Ying win Chinese Taipei Open
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Lee Chong Wei urges Malaysian players to stay confident ahead of Thomas Cup finals
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian badminton superstar Lee Chong Wei has encouraged his teammate to keep the team spirit high ahead of the 2018 Thomas Cup what will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from May 20 to May 27. Continue reading Lee Chong Wei urges Malaysian players to stay confident ahead of Thomas Cup finals
Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen enter Swiss Open semis
Basel: Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen once again showed that they are Denmark’s best men’s doubles pair when they defeated compatriots Niclas Nohr and Kasper Antonsen in three sets 21-15, 16-21, 21-14 to advance to the Swiss Open semi-finals on Friday. Continue reading Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen enter Swiss Open semis
Viktor Axelsen withdraws from All England to recover from surgery
Copenhagen: Reigning World champion and World No. 1 Viktor Axelsen of Denmark has withdrawn from the 2018 All England that will be held from March 14 to March 18 due to an ankle surgery. Continue reading Viktor Axelsen withdraws from All England to recover from surgery
Iskandar Zulkarnain fights hard, goes down late against Shi Yuqi in India Open semis
New Delhi: For few moments in the third set, there were good chances for Malaysia’s unseeded Iskandar Zulkarnain to beat No. 4 seed Shi Yuqi of China in the India Open semi-finals when Zulkarnain was leading 10-5, 16-12 in the third set. However, late surge from Shi helped him edged past Zulkarnain 21-18, 10-21, 21-19 in a 69 minutes battle. Continue reading Iskandar Zulkarnain fights hard, goes down late against Shi Yuqi in India Open semis
Easy path for Malaysia at Badminton Asia Team Championship
Kuala Lumpur: The Malaysian men’s and women’s badminton squad have gotten an easy draw to qualify for the Thomas and Uber Cup finals as they were able to avoid heavyweights such as China or Japan in the Badminton Asia Team Championship which is set to take place at Sultan Abdul Halim Stadium, Alor Setar, Malaysia, from Feb 6 to Feb 11. Continue reading Easy path for Malaysia at Badminton Asia Team Championship
Lee Zii Jia beats Qiao Bin to reach Bitburger Open quarters
Saarbrucken: Malaysia’s No. 14 seed men’s singles player Lee Zii Jia continued his sizzling form by reaching the Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournament in Saarland, Germany on Thursday. Continue reading Lee Zii Jia beats Qiao Bin to reach Bitburger Open quarters
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Misbun Ramdan Misbun won the Romanian International (pic)
KUALA LUMPUR: The son of former Malaysia coach, Misbun Sidek – Misbun Ramdan Misbun won his firt international title of 2014 Adrian Dziolko of Poland 15-21, 21-18, 21-16 in the final of the Romanian International at Timisoara.
Including this, Misbun Ramdan Misbun had won 5 international title after he left Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) last January.
Ramdan is now ranked number 48 on the BWF ranking, and he participate in the one of the five independent players invited to compete in the Thomas Cup Finals selection trial soon. Ramdan was able to enter the main draw of the All-England 2014 before defeated by Chou Tien-chen 15-21, 10-21 to of Taiwan in the first round.
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