Four singles players from Australia are competing in Quatre Bornes this week at the FLEET Mauritius International 2019. The two men’s singles players include Anthony Joe and Pit Seng Low, while the two women’s singles players are Louisa Ma and Yingzi Jiang. All four players qualified for the main draw with three of them in…
DetailsAs the hundreds of players race around the world in hunt of Olympic qualification, players from Australia have taken it upon themselves to chase the dream. Last week, Australia’s Louisa Ma and Anthony Joe travelled to Baku to compete in a BWF International Challenge event, the Azerbaijan International 2019. In the absence of a coach,…
DetailsWOMEN’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…
DetailsWS: 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsJapanese 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…
DetailsJonatan 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsLin 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…
DetailsAfter 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…
DetailsDay 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…
DetailsText 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…
DetailsAustralia 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…
DetailsQualification 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…
DetailsLike 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…
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