Saarbrucken: Last Sunday’s French Open men’s singles champion and No. 4 seed Shi Yuqi got off to a good start at the Bitburger Open with an easy straight-sets win over Christopher Skrzeba of Germany 21-9, 21-7 in his opener on Tuesday. Shi will play Erik Meijs of Netherlands in the second round.
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Tokyo: Malaysian World No. 1 badminton superstar Lee Chong Wei scorched into his eighth Japan Open final as he produced a great match to beat 15th ranked Marc Zwiebler of Germany in the semi-final of the Yonex Open Japan on Saturday.
Continue reading Lee Chong Wei and Jan Jorgensen reach Japan Open final
Basel: Former World No. 1 pair Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong again showed incredible resilience on Friday, coming from one set down to battle back against England pair Marcus Ellis/Chris Langridge in quarter-finals of Swiss Open at the St Jakobshalle Arena in Basel, Switzerland.
Continue reading Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong seal Swiss Open semi-final place
Hong Kong: Former world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia and current world No. 1 Chen Long of China will square off for the 23rd time in their career in the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Open on Friday.
Continue reading Hong Kong Open: Lee Chong Wei sets up Chen Long clash as Lin Dan exits
Saarbrucken: Malaysian Chong Wei Feng pressed and fought, but ultimately failed to escape the Bitburger Open men’s singles third round against German No. 3 seed Marc Zwiebler on Thursday. Zwiebler’s 17-21, 21-13, 21-17 victory was his second against Chong in their 3rd career meetings.
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Saarbrucken: Chong Wei Feng eased to a 21-11, 21-18 second-round win at Bitburger Open on Wednesday against Lukas Schmidt of Germany.
The No. 14 seed Malaysian took just 35 minutes to complete victory over world No. 637 Lukas Schmidt. Chong will set up a last 16 clash with another German player, No. 3 seed Marc Zwiebler next.
Continue reading Bitburger Open Day 2: Chong Wei Feng, Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong march on
Jakarta: Malaysia’s badminton superstar Lee Chong Wei recovered from a set down to survive a tougher than expected fight from German Marc Zwiebler on Wednesday, edging into the third round of the World Championships by 21-14,17-21,21-8 in a battle that lasted exactly an hour.
Continue reading Lee Chong Wei survives scare, Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong knock off defending champions
Calgary: Malaysia’s independent men’s doubles pair Hoon Thien How/Lim Khim Wah kept their hopes alive to reach the quarter-finals of the Canada Open having fought back from one set behind, to overcome third seeds Michael Fuchs/Johannes Schoettler of Germany with 13-21, 21-18, 21-14 in the men’s doubles second round on Thursday.
Continue reading Lee Chong Wei, Hoon Thien How/Lim Khim Wah reach Canada Open quarters
Calgary: After the reigning SEA Games men’s singles champion, Chong Wei Feng of Malaysia slumped to a stunning straight-set defeat against Denmark’s Christian Lind Thomsen in the first round of Canada Open yesterday, losing 15-21, 20-22, Malaysia’s fortune in men’s singles was once again had to rely on Lee Chong Wei.
Continue reading Lee Chong Wei soars past Shi Yuqi to reach Canada Open 3rd round
Fuzhou: Badminton super star Lin Dan continued his success on home soil as he saw off Taiwan’s Chou 21-17,21-17 in 49 minutes at the semi-final of China Open. The Taiwanese seemed a little tired against Lin after having fought off seventh-seeded Hu Yun from Hong Kong 21-18, 16-21, 21-17 in a marathon quarterfinal match that didn’t get started until 11:30 p.m. on Friday because of scheduling delays and lasted until 1 a.m. Saturday.
Continue reading China Open: Lin Dan, K. Srikanth to meet in final
