Bangkok: 16-year-old Goh Jin Wei of Malaysia caused a huge upset on Thursday by toppling women’s singles No. 2 seed Porntip Buranaprasertsuk of Thailand 21-16, 16-21, 21-17 in the second round of Thailand Open.
Continue reading Goh Jin Wei & Daren Liew in Thailand Open quarters
Kuala Lumpur: It was mixed fortunes for the Malaysia team on Thursday at the ongoing Princess Sirivannavari Thailand Masters Badminton Championships held at the Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
Malaysia’s campaign in the men’s doubles ended on a disappointing note after both Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong and Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong fizzled out in quarter-finals.
Continue reading Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying, Vivian Hoo/Woon Khe Wei make Thailand GPG semis
Bangkok: Former World No. 1 men’s pair Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong swept into the Thailand Masters quarter-finals in just 39 minutes with a quick-fire win over South Koreans Choi Solgyu/Kim Jae Hwan on Wednesday.
Continue reading Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong race into Thailand Masters quarters
Bangkok: Predictably, Malaysian World No. 38 men’s singles shuttler Zulfadli Zulkiffli made safe passage through to the third round of the Princess Sirivannavari Thailand Masters Badminton Championships in Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday.
Continue reading Zulfadli Zulkiffli, Lee Hyun-il, Ratchanok Intanon advance at Thailand Masters
Bangkok: Former world junior champion Zulfadli Zulkiffli had little trouble in his opening match at Thailand Masters GPG on Monday as he overcame Andrew Susanto in straight sets 21-17, 21-16 to get his campaign off to a good start. Zulfadli will take on Andre Marteen of Indonesia on Tuesday.
Continue reading Zulfadli Zulkiffli, Goh Giap Chin in Thailand GPG 2nd Round
Jakarta: It’s been nearly two months after they won the Dubai World Superseries Finals men’s doubles title (December 13, 2015), reigning World Champions Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan are set to kick off their 2016 badminton season in the Thailand Open next week.
Continue reading Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan kick off their 2016 season at Thailand GPG
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s professional badminton player Zulfadli Zulkiffli will not join his teammates at the training camp to get ready for the Badminton Asia Team Championships (BATC). Instead, he will be playing at the Thailand GPG that offers prize money of $120,000 USD in Bangkok from Feb 8 to Feb 13 which precedes BATC.
Continue reading Zulfadli Zulkiffli uses Thailand GPG as warmup tournament before BATC
