Birmingham: At 183 cm, and given the amount of versatility, speed and strength, Sun Yu (20) proved herself as the women’s singles future for China when she nabbed the All England quarter-finals berth by defeating women’s singles top seed Li Xuerui 21-13, 21-13 in just 35 minutes.
Continue reading All England: Li Xuerui loses, Lin Dan & Chen Long march on
Germany: Chinese players dominated the Bitburger Badminton Open finals by winning 4 out of five titles on Sunday.
China’s 20-year-old Sun Yu clashed with He Bing Jiao in the all Chinese women’s singles final. He Bing Jiao – the 17-year old 2014 youth Olympic gold medalist got off to a good start and took advantage of a shaky Sun Yu to win the first set 21-16. Sun Yu who sent the reigning word champion packing yesterday, found her rhythm and fought back to win the next two set 21-15,21-12.
Continue reading Sun Yu, Chou Tien Chen win Bitburger Badminton Open
Sydney: Indian badminton stars Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu advanced into the women’s singles second round at the $750,000 Australian Open Super Series.
Sindhu move past Japan’s Aya Ohori 21-16, 21-14 in 31 minutes. She will take on Thai player world number 13 Nichaon Jindapon on Thursday. Continue reading Australian Open: Saina, Sindhu advance to 2nd round
