Lucknow: The 2012 men’s doubles Olympic Champion Cai Yun of China and Bodin Issara of Thailand teamed up to lead Awadhe Warriors to a convincing victory over Delhi Aces when the Chinese-Thai pair beat Malaysian duo Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong 2-0 in India’s Premier Badminton League on Monday.
Continue reading Premier Badminton League: Cai Yun/Bodin Issara beat Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong
Fuzhou:The Chinese badminton team has confirmed Wednesday that 2012 London Olympic men’s doubles champion Fu Haifeng has withdrawn from the China Open to mourn the death of his father who passed away unexpectedly before the start of the tournament.
Continue reading Fu Haifeng withdraws from China Open after father’s death
Jinjiang: As they beef up their preparation for next week’s Chinese Taipei Open at Jinjiang, Fujian province of China, the Chinese National Badminton Team continued its “Giving Back to the Community” spirit, by visiting an orphanage in Jinjiang on Tuesday.
Continue reading Li Yongbo and the Chinese badminton team visit an orphanage in China
Dongguan: Except for men’s doubles, China faced little challenges to defeat Indonesia 3-1 in the Sudirman Cup semi-finals on Saturday.
Continue reading China beat Indonesia 3-1, reach Sudirman Cup final
Dongguan: Tournament favorites China faced little challenge against Thailand on Tuesday by winning 5-0 to enter the quarter-finals at the Sudirman Cup.
London Olympic champion Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng won the opening men’s doubles over Bodin Issara/Pakkawat Vilailak, 14-21, 21-14, 21-19.
Basel: With four out of five events went down to the wire, Sunday’s Swiss Open finals could go down as one of the most exciting finals in Swiss Open history.
World No. 4 Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth, who created a major upset in the 2014 China Open Super Series Premier by beating five-time World champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Lin Dan, showed nerves of steel on Sunday to prevail over his Danish opponent Viktor Alexson who ranked sixth in the world, winning 21-15, 12-21, 21-14 in the thrilling summit clash of the USD 120,000 event as the contest lasted 47 minutes.
Continue reading Kidambi Srikanth, Lu Kai/Cai Yun lift Swiss Open
BIRMINGHAM: Four-time world champion Fu Haifeng believes that his 12-year partnership with Cai Yun has come to an end.
The 30-year-old Haifeng and Cai Yun are one of the most celebrated men’s doubles pairs in the world.
Together, they have won four world titles, an Olympic gold medal (2008), and led China to the Thomas Cup for six straight editions since 2004.
Although Haifeng is not ready to call time on his career, he believes that the partnership with Cai Yun is no longer viable.
In fact, Haifeng has already started trying out several different partners since the world championships in Guangzhou last year, namely with Hong Wei and Zhang Nan.
Continue reading Haifeng: Partnership with Cai Yun is over (pic)
LONDON: United, Fu Haifeng and Cai Yun stand as an unstoppable force in men's badminton doubles, hauling in four World Championships and an Olympic gold medal. Divided? One will have to fall when they meet at the All England badminton championships.
The duo said they would continue to play together after winning gold in London in 2012, but the Chinese have been experimenting with their lineups and Fu is partnering Zhang Nan, while Cai is with Kai Lu in Birmingham.
The new pairs will square off against each other in the first round proper.
"The All England is an incredible tournament and everyone who plays here wants to win," said Fu.
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Badminton World Federation (BWF) International Challenge kicked off on Feb. 12 in Lingshui of Hainan Province.
The tournament attracts more than 150 players from China, the United States, Malaysia, Hongkong, China.
Among the top-ranked players competing in the tournament are Lin Dan of China and Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia as well as Olympic doubles champion Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng.
The tournament will last five days from 12 to 16. And the total prize is 50,000 US dollars.
