London: The Great Britain head coach, Jakob Hoi believes England exceeded their expectations at the recent Badminton World Championships, despite disappointments along the way.
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Jakarta: The crowd erupted in cheers inside the Istora Senayan Complex on Sunday, as Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan won the only world title for the host country by seizing the men’s doubles world title from Liu Xiaolong and Qiu Zihan of China.
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Jakarta: Carolina Marin produced a brilliant display to defend her world badminton title on Sunday with a smooth progress to a 21-16 21-19 win over Saina Nehwal.
The Spaniard was brimming with confidence in the first game, pumping her fist and screaming in triumph.
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Jakarta: Top seed Chen Long proved unstoppable as he retained the singles crown at the badminton world championships on Sunday (Aug 16), with Lee Chong Wei suffering an agonising fourth straight defeat.
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Jakarta: Defending champion Carolina Marin of Spain will take on India’s World No 2 Saina Nehwal in the women’s singles final at the World Championships in Jakarta. Carolina, the top seed, edged Sung Ji Hyun of South Korea 21-17, 15-21, 21-16 while Saina defeated Indonesia’s Lindaweni Fanetri 21-17, 21-17.
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Jakarta: Malaysian badminton superstar Lee Chong Wei advanced into his fourth straight world championships men’s singles final in Jakarta on Saturday, after edging a resilient No. 2 Jan O. Jorgensen of Denmark 21-7, 21-19 in 42 minutes.
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Jakarta: Top-ranked Carolina Marin advanced to the World Championships semi-finals Friday noon, beating 7th-seeded Wang Shixian of China 21-17, 21-19.
The Spaniard showed no sign of the ankle injury she incurred on Thursday and kept her cool even as Wang put her through her paces in the second game.
Continue reading Carolina Marin, Saina Nehwal in semis, Chinese women’s singles completely wiped out
Jakarta: One day after the tough challenge from Wang Zhengming on his World Championships campaign, Lee Chong Wei surged into the semi-finals in Jakarta on Friday after brushing aside Hu Yun of Hong Kong 21-12, 21-18 in the men’s singles quarter-finals that lasted 35 minutes. Lee will face Jan O Jorgensen in the semi-finals.
Continue reading Lee Chong Wei & Chen Long progress, Lin Dan crashes out at World Championships
Jakarta: Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei came into Thursday afternoon’s men’s singles third round at the World Championships on a 13-match win streak against his opponent, No. 8 seed Wang Zhengming of China. In the end it was Lee who extended his streak over Wang to 14 matches, beating the Chinese 21-17, 21-19 to advance to the quarter-finals, where he will play Hu Yun who defeated No. 3 seed Kidambi Srikanth in the men’s singles third round on Thursday.
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