Kuala Lumpur: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has listed Malaysia’s World No. 1 badminton superstar Lee Chong Wei and World No. 1 men’s doubles pair Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong as the finalists for Male Badminton Player of the Year award.
Continue reading Lee Chong Wei, Goh/Tan are Finalists for 2016 BWF Player of the Year award
Kuala Lumpur: Despite speculation that World No. 1 men’s singles player Lee Chong Wei’s spot in the season-ending Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Superseries Finals was in jeopardy after his withdrawal from French Open, China Open and Hong Kong Open, the latest Destination Dubai Rankings published by BWF showed both Lee and the World No. 1 men’s pair Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong were the only Malaysians who have made the cut in the year-ending USD $1 million event.
Continue reading Lee Chong Wei, Chen Long, Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong are going to Destination Dubai
Hong Kong: The unseeded and unheralded Sameer Verma of India who participated at Hong Kong Open as a qualifier, capped his run of upsets by defeating Denmark’s World No. 3 Jan Jorgensen who had clinched the China Super Series Premier last week in the semi-finals of Hong Kong Open on Saturday.
Continue reading Sameer Verma stuns Jan Jorgensen to reach Hong Kong Open final
Hong Kong: Malaysia’s challenge in the Hong Kong Open Superseries ended when all Malaysian shuttlers were knocked out of the quarterfinals held at Hong Kong Coliseum in Kowloon on Friday.
Continue reading Malaysia’s Hong Kong Open challenge ends after Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong exit
Hong Kong: Denmark’s newly crowned China Open champion Jan O Jorgensen stared defeat right in the face, saving two match points and coming back from a 18-20 deficit to beat Hong Kong’s Wei Nan 19-21, 21-13, 24-22 in the second round of Hong Kong Open on Thursday.
Fuzhou: Denmark’s No. 4 seeds Jan O Jorgensen shocked the home crowd when he held off a stirring comeback from Chen Long in the first set as the second seed Chen came agonizingly close to taking the first set from 17-20 to 20-20 before Jorgensen restored his control to clinch the first set 22-20.
Continue reading Jan O Jorgensen beats Chen Long to win China Open
Beijing: Men’s singles No. 2 seeds and reigning Olympic champion Chen Long from China battled back from a set down to beat fierce rival No. 3 seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark 21-18, 9-21, 21-14 to book his place in the final of the China Open on Saturday.
Continue reading Chen Long to play Jan Jorgensen in the China Open final
Paris: Former World No. 1 and unseeded men’s singles player Lee Hyun-il of Korea has turned back the clock with an outrageously sublime display to reach the French Open semifinals.
Continue reading Lee Hyun Il advances, Jan Jorgensen exits French Open
Seoul: The 36-year-old Lee Hyun Il of Korea still going strong these days, when he fought back and ultimately won the Korea Open men’s singles second round match against No. 3 seed Jan Jorgensen of Denmark.
Continue reading Lee Hyun Il beats Jan Jorgensen to reach Korea Open quarters
Tokyo: Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia has become the first player to win six titles at the Japan Open Superseries. The top-seeded Malaysian fought back from dropping the second set to beat third seed Jan O Jorgensen of Denmark 21-18, 15-21, 21-16 in the men’s singles final in 70 minutes.
Continue reading Lee Chong Wei wins record sixth Japan Open title
