Photo Credit: Badminton Photo On Monday 10 June 2019, the Australian Governor-General announced the list of recipients for a variety of awards as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2019. The Badminton Oceania President, Geraldine Brown, was amongst the list and has been awarded with an Order of Australia Medal for her services to badminton.…
WOMEN’S DOUBLES Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota (JPN)[2] bt Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan (CHN)[3] 21-10 21-16 The score did not reflect the incredible quality of the match, with some rallies falling just shy of two minutes long. Both pairs got off to a great start with only two points separating them throughout the first half of the opening…
WS: Nozomi Okuhara (JPN)[1] beat Ratchanok Intanon (THA)[4] 21-17, 21-15 Even though Ratchanok Intanon was making Nozomi Okuhara run a great deal, there was no reluctance on the latter’s part. The Japanese still managed to stay ahead in the first game. There were a few Thai drop-shots that were too sharp to reach but the…
The world class players from Indonesia and China opened proceedings on semi finals day at the Crown Group Australian Badminton Open 2019. Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu were looking to reprise their quarter final exit at this year’s All England Championships against Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan. The Chinese dominated the first game, before the…
Japanese superstars Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino opened proceedings on quarter finals day at the Crown Group Australian Badminton Open 2019. Watanabe was seeking revenge for his early exit in the men’s doubles at the hands of Ko Sung Hyun and Shin Baek Cheol. Alongside Higashino, the Japanese second seeds stumbled in the second game…
Jonatan Christie (INA)[3] beat Lin Dan (CHN)[8] 21-9, 24-22 It was a drama filled revenge match for the Indonesian who bowed out to the five-time World Champion in the final of the 2018 New Zealand Open final the last time they met. Christie returned the favour with a straight games demolition too that was tactical…
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…
Day two of the Crown Group Australian Badminton Open 2019 delivered a thrilling day of badminton across all five disciplines as the star-studded line up at this year’s event continue their pursuit for world ranking points and Olympic qualification. Oceania had four players/pairs competing in the first round today, with wild card entries in the…