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…
Text written by Aaron Wong/Crown Group Australia Badminton Open 2019 MS: Kantaphon Wangcharoen (THA) beat Kenta Nishimoto (CHN) [4] 19-21, 21-18, 22-20. Thailand’s world #17 refused to be denied a second round berth and took 84 minutes to dispatch the Japanese fourth seed Kenta Nishimoto. As the match progressed Wangcharoen thrilled the crowd with his…
Australia lead the charge for Oceania as this year’s Crown Group Australian Badminton Open. With seven pairs in the qualifying round on day one, alongside one pair from New Zealand competing to earn a place in the main draw. Lukas Defolky and Raymond Tam were amongst the first representative players on court against the world-renown…
Qualification Round – Men’s Singles Two former world junior champions, a former world #1, and a former world junior #1 were sent packing on Day 1’s qualification rounds at the 2019 Australian Open. 2015 World Junior Champion and 2016 Sydney International winner Lu Chia Hung of Taiwan ran out of steam while leading three quarters…
Like many other badminton player’s around the world, it takes an enormous amount of commitment, motivation and organisation to balance a professional playing career with study and work. Australia’s Claudia Lam is a prime example as she prepares for the Crown Group Australia Badminton Open 2019, while studying for her Law and Commerce degree at…
It was heartbreak for Australia this evening as the 23rd and 24th play off against Switzerland went down to the very last point. The regional Champions from Australia opened proceedings against the world no. 86 pairing, to their 98. The swiss duo were quick to take control and gave Switzerland an early lead with a…
New Zealand and Slovakia both finished third in their level 3 group stages at the TOTAL BWF Sudirman Cup 2019, fighting for overall positions 25 and 26 this evening. The kiwi Mixed Doubles duo were fast off the blocks against Slovakia and repeated the same attacking play that saw them defeat Ireland’s Sam and Chloe…
With two wins each in Group 3A of the TOTAL BWF Sudirman Cup 2019, Australia and Ireland were competing for the top spot in their group and a place in the 23rd/24th playoff on Friday against the winners of Group 3A. Sawan Serasinghe and Setyana Mapasa were first on court against the Irish brother and…
In the last of the Group 3A matches, New Zealand faced Nepal on Wednesday evening. The two teams will be playing for third and fourth position within the group, which will determine the overall position they play for on Friday. Oliver Leydon-Davis and Anona Pak got New Zealand off to a prominent start with a…