The quarter finalists have been decided at the Crown Group Australian Badminton Open 2019 as the round of 16 served up some fierce competition at the Quaycentre in Sydney Olympic Park. The mixed doubles opened up with a scintillating display of badminton as the first two games on court went the distance over three thrilling…
Lin Dan (CHN)[8] beat Kashyap Parupalli (IND) 21-17, 20-22, 21-14 The Chinese and Indian played a chess-like match, using every stroke of their arsenal as well as checking the quality of each other’s favourite moves. Twice Olympic champion Lin sporadically displayed this signature cross court smashes from both directions and, importantly, good athleticism to equal…
After missing the Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Open last month, and only playing one match in the TOTAL BWF Sudirman Cup 2019 in China, the second seeds from Japan, Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, are back with a vengeance. The pair showed no prisoners in the first round yesterday (winning 21-4 21-2) and brought…