Bangkok: Just one week after helping their country to win the 2017 Sudirman Cup bronze medal, Thailand’s No. 1 seed Ratchanok Intanon notched up a three-game thriller at Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok against fellow teammate and No. 4 seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan, claiming the women’s singles title at the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold on Sunday. Continue reading Ratchanok Intanon wins Thailand Grand Prix Gold
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Thailand upset Denmark to play South Korea in Sudirman Cup semis
Gold Coast: Thailand’s scratch women’s doubles pair of Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Sapsiree Taerattanachai became the unlikely Sudirman Cup heroes when they shocked World No. 2 women’s pair Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Christinna Pedersen 21-15, 21-12 in 44 minutes to lift Thailand into the Sudirman Cup semi-finals. Continue reading Thailand upset Denmark to play South Korea in Sudirman Cup semis
Sony Dwi Kuncoro, Ratchanok Intanon & Viktor Axelsen knock out of Singapore Open
Singapore: The men’s and women’s singles defending champions Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia and Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon together with men’s singles heavyweight Viktor Axelsen of Denmark all crashed out of the OUE Singapore Open on Wednesday.
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Ratchanok Intanon set for tough test against Carolina Marin in Malaysia Open quarters
Kuching: Defending champion and No. 7 seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand will face No. 2 seed Carolina Marin of Spain in the women’s singles quarter-finals at the US$600,000 Superseries tournament in Kuching, the capital of Sarawak state on Friday.
Tai Tzu Ying becomes first Taiwanese to win All England
Birmingham: In the All-England Open badminton women’s singles final between Taiwan’s top seed Tai Tzu-ying and Thailand’s No. 5 seed Ratchanok Intanon, the World No. 1 Taiwanese ended the match with a gutsy 21-16, 22-20 win over the former World Champion from Thailand.
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Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying win semis, Ratchanok Intanon vs Tai Tzu-ying in All England finals
Birmingham: No. 6 seeds Malaysian pair Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying’s astonishing form continued in Birmingham as the Olympic mixed doubles silver medalists advanced to the 2017 All England final for the first time in their career on Saturday.
Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying, Chris Adcock/Gabrielle Adcock in All England Semis
Birmingham: Chan Peng Soo/Goh Liu Ying of Malaysia continued the momentum that catapulted them to the victory against Zhang Nan/Li Yinhui of China on Thursday, though trailing 16-20 in the first set, the Malaysian pair reeled off four straight points forcing a deuce and subduing Wang Yilyu/Huang Dongping of China to eventually claim the first set 23-21 in the All England quarter-finals on Friday.
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Lee Chong Wei, Goh/Tan are Finalists for 2016 BWF Player of the Year award
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.
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Korea Open: Kidambi Srikanth, Sun Yu suffer 1st-round defeats
Seoul: No. 8 seeds in both men’s and women’s singles event of the Korea Open Super Series have fallen in their respective opening matches held at Seong-nam Indoor Stadium in Seoul on Wednesday.
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Lee Chong Wei, Carolina Marin confirmed as top seeds for Korea Open
Kuala Lumpur: The seedings for the 2016 Korea Open Superseries badminton tournaments have been confirmed, and both Lee Chong Wei and Carolina Marin were seeded top in the men’s singles and women’s singles events respectively.
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