Copenhagen: Goodbye, Kien Keat.
Koo Kien Keat, one of the most talented men’s doubles badminton players in badminton history played the final game of his illustrious career on Thursday afternoon. He and Tan Boon Heong went down in a hard-fought contest to Taiwan’s Lee Sheng Mu/Tsai Chia Hsin 21-14, 10-21, 19-21 in the last 16 of BWF World Championships.
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Copenhagen: On Thursday, Chou Tien Chen of Taiwan was handed a walkover into the quarter-finals of the World Championships as Jan Jorgensen of Denmark has withdrawn from competition due to knee injury.
Continue reading World Champs Day 4: Injured Jan Jorgensen exits
Copenhagen: Top seed Lee Chong Wei cruised into the quarter-finals of BWF World Championships after defeating Ireland’s Scott Evans straight games 21-11, 21-12 in 36 minutes.
Continue reading World Champs Day 4: Lee Chong Wei trounces Evans
Copenhagen: World number one Lee Chong Wei marched into the last 16 of World Championships in Copenhagen on Wednesday, swept past Germany’s Dieter Domke 21-12, 21-9 in 30 minutes.
“Although Domke is a lower ranked player, but he did put up a good fight. I am confident with my game and I know where I want it to be,” said Chong Wei after the match.
Continue reading World Champs Day 3: Lee Chong Wei,Hoon/Tan breeze through
Copenhagen: Former world number one men’s doubles pair, Koo Kien Keat – Tan Boon Heong of Malaysia, presented a fascinating game in the second round of World Championships when they trashed world number 19 Li Junhui-Liu Yuchen of China 21-14, 21-18 in 34 minutes.
Continue reading World Champs Day 3: Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong advances
Copenhagen: On Wednesday, Goh V Shem-Lim Khim Wah marked the end of their partnership with a loss, after awarded their opponents a walkover citing back injury V Shem suffered during the match.
The Malaysia pair already found themselves in trouble early in the first set as they were struggling to response to the relentless pace and chaos created by Taiwan’s Lee Sheng-mu-Tsai Chia-hsin. The Malaysian pair eventually went down with 11-21 at the Bellarup Super Arena.
Continue reading World Champs Day 3: Disappointing end to Goh V Shem/Lim Khim Wah
Copenhagen: Malaysia’s second men’s singles – Chong Wei Feng suffered a devastating first round exit on day 2 of badminton World Championships at Copenhagen.
The 16th seed Malaysian wasted a six-point lead in the second set and a five-point advantage in the rubber game for a 21-17, 22-24, 16-21 defeat to England’s Rajiv Ouseph in 65 minutes.
Copenhagen: It’s been almost a month after losing to Chris Adcock-Gabrielle Adcock 14-21, 16-28 in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games mixed team event final partnering Chan Peng Soon. On Tuesday, Lai Pei Jing and her current partner Tan Aik Quan fell short in their revenge against the same England couple.
Continue reading World Champs Day 2: Pei Jing’s bid for revenge falls flat
Copenhagen: On Tuesday, men’s singles second seed Chen Long got his campaign started at the badminton World Championships in Copenhagen. He dispatched his opponent Luka Wraber of Austria with ease in the opener to remain on course for a clash with Marc Zwiebler of Germany in the second round. 
“Today’s match allows me to find my rhythm, to get used to the stadium, and to get a sense of the shuttlecock’s speed,” said Chen Long. Continue reading World Champs Day 2: Chen Long shows no mercy
Copenhagen: While Wang Zhengming had an easy opening match on day one of World Championships by winning 21-15, 21-12 against Michal Rogalski of Poland in 34 minutes, he still missed those days where he was competing together with his big brother – Du Pengyu.
Continue reading Wang Zhengming competes without big brother – Du Pengyu
