Tai Tzu Ying cemented her status as the world´s top female shuttler as she beat reigning Olympic champion and world number two Carolina Marin in straight games at the Singapore Open on Sunday. World number one Tai took just 38 minutes to seal a clinical 21-15, 21-15 victory at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. It was … Read more
China’s Lin Dan, a two-time Olympic champion, on Sunday engineered a brilliantly ruthless strategy against arch-rival Malaysian world number one Lee Chong Wei to win his first ever Malaysia Open badminton title. Showing no sign of fatigue, 33-year-old Lin pushed Lee, one year his senior, from back to front, forcing the recent All England Open … Read more
India’s PV Sindhu defeated top seed Carolina Marin of Spain in straight games to win the final match of the India Open badminton tournament in New Delhi on Sunday. Third seed Sindhu beat the Spaniard 21-19, 21-16 in a match that lasted 46 minutes at the Siri Fort Sports Complex. The 21-year-old Olympic silver medallist … Read more
India’s PV Sindhu won a much-anticipated clash with compatriot Saina Nehwal in straight games to book a place in the semi-finals of the India Open badminton tournament in New Delhi on Friday. Rio Olympics silver medallist Sindhu served past former champion Saina 21-16, 22-20 in an intense 47-minute quarter-final battle at the Siri Fort Sports … Read more
Ageing badminton legends Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan have been tenaciously defying the odds on their way to the last eight at the All-England Open. The post-Olympics months have brought a surge of young talent who are threatening to paint the courts at the first World Super Series tournament of the year with new … Read more
China’s Olympic champion Chen Long was dumped out of the All-England Open on Thursday, losing in the second round to Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk, the world number 12 from Thailand, 21-16, 21-19. Seven months and an absence of competition made Chen vulnerable and so did Tanongsak´s sensible strategy of not too frequently attacking an opponent who creates … Read more
World number one Tai Tzu Ying overcame an early wobble to reach the second round of the All-England Open in Birmingham on Wednesday. The World Super Series champion from Taiwan came from 16-18 down in the first game against Nitchaon Jindapol to record a professional 21-16, 21-14 victory over the world number 16 from Thailand. … Read more