PETALING JAYA: Men’s singles shuttler Leong Jun Hao showcased his grit on court after coming back from a game down to defeat higher-ranked Lakshya Sen of India at the Japan Masters yesterday. World No. 31 Jun Hao upset No. 17 Lakhsya 20-22, 21-17, 21-16 in Kumamoto to advance into the second round. The win was the 25-year-old’s...
PETALING JAYA: Men's singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia fought back after trailing his Taiwanese opponent Su Li-yang to enter the Japan Masters quarter-finals. The world No. 7 took an hour and two minutes to win his second round fixture 19-21, 21-8, 21-16 against the No. 34 player in Kumamoto on Thursday (Nov 14). Zii Jia will face...
PETALING JAYA: Women's doubles shuttlers Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah have narrowly lost to newly formed pair Yuki Fukushima-Mayu Matsumoto in the first round of the Japan Masters. Pearly-Thinaah were leading 19-15 in the third game but could not capitalise on their advantage and lost 9-21, 21-14, 21-23 in an hour in Kumamoto, Japan on Tuesday (Nov 12). The...
PETALING JAYA: Gregoria Mariska (pic) created history in the Japan Masters by becoming the first women’s singles shuttler from Indonesia to capture a World Tour Super 500 title. World No. 7 Gregoria stunned China’s reigning Olympic champion Chen Yufei 21-12, 21-12 in a surprisingly one-sided final at the Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium yesterday. The 24-year-old played brilliantly from...
PETALING JAYA: Misfortune struck women’s doubles pair Anna Cheong (pic)-Teoh Mei Xing as they were forced to retire from the first round of the Japan Masters. Anna-Mei Xing, the world No. 67, conceded a walkover to Japan’s world No. 41 Sayaka Hobara-Yui Suizu, after Anna hurt her right knee at the Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium yesterday. The match...
PETALING JAYA: Singles shuttler Ng Tze Yong made headlines when he pulled off a major upset against world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen in the second round of the All-England in May. The spotlight is again on Tze Yong as he prepares to face the Dane in the second round of the Japan Masters today but can...
PETALING JAYA: It is only natural for rising pairs to look up to the seniors but men’s doubles Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun want to establish their own identify on the global stage. While they admire top pair and world No. 2 Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and want to achieve great things like them, they know...
PETALING JAYA: For Denmark’s world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen (pic), nothing is more important than his health. The 29-year-old Axelsen has been dealing with lower leg and left foot injuries since the Denmark Open last month. These injuries have led to him conceding a walkover to Malaysia’s world No. 11 Lee Zii Jia in the last 16...
