Rio Olympic gold medallist Chen Long beat his Chinese team-mate Lin Dan in the men´s singles final on Sunday to win his first Badminton Asia Championship and boost his claims for a berth at the world championships. The 28-year-old Chen had not won a tournament since last year´s Olympics but ended his barren run in … 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
Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei and two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan of China, the two greatest badminton stars of this era, on Friday stormed into the finals of the Malaysia Open for an epic showdown. Lee, the world No. 1, inflicted a crushing 21-12, 21-9 defeat on helpless Hong Kong’s Wong Wing Ki in 39 minutes … Read more
World number one Lee Chong Wei reached the final of the All-England Open for a seventh time on Saturday after rallying past Chou Tien Chen of Taiwan 10-21, 21-14, 21-9. Lee increased the possibility of a dream showdown with defending champion Lin Dan who takes on fellow Chinese Shi Yuqi in Saturday’s second semi-final. It … 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
Lee Chong Wei appears to have won his race against time to make an against-the-odds bid for another title in the last All-England Open of his career this week. It seemed that the world number one might be denied a farewell to the famous tournament, following early prognoses on knee ligament damage which suggested he … Read more