Birmingham: Malaysia’s World No. 6 mixed doubles pair, Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying stopped their journey at the 2020 All England after losing the first round to Indonesia’s World No. 17 Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari 16-21, 11-21. Continue reading Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying, Goh Soon Huat/Shevon Jemie Lai exit All England
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Lin Dan, Lee Zii Jia enter All England second round
Birmingham: Six-times All England champion Lin Dan who had suffered three first round exits at Malaysia Masters, Indonesia Masters, and Thailand Masters early this year, finally won his first victory of the season when he came back from dropping the first set to beat three-time World Junior Champion, Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand 13-21, 22-20, 21-10 in 64 minutes. Continue reading Lin Dan, Lee Zii Jia enter All England second round
Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik hope for strong showing at All England
Birmingham: Since early February, several international tournaments have been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak, and that has disrupted World No. 8 Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik’s plan of solidifying their Race To Tokyo – BWF Olympic Qualification rankings. Continue reading Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik hope for strong showing at All England
Lin Dan awaits British visa in Germany
Mulheim: To avoid the coronavirus outbreak and to make themselves eligible for all future international tournaments, the Chinese national badminton team has flown to University of Nottingham, UK, in mid Feb to prepare for the now cancelled German Open and next week’s All-England. Continue reading Lin Dan awaits British visa in Germany