PETALING JAYA: The challenge of doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik is over at the World Championships. The world No. 4's quest to defend their world title was dashed when they went down 21-23, 13-21 to South Korea's world No. 6 Kang Min-hyuk-Seo Seung-jae in the semi-finals at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen on Saturday (Aug...
PETALING JAYA: Indonesian veteran badminton stars Mohammad Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan have waved goodbye to the World Championships. The famous daddies who have won three world titles together officially played their last match at the prestigious tournament when they lost 19-21, 17-21 to South Korea’s world No. 6 Kang Min-hyuk-Seo Seung-jae in the quarter-finals at the Royal Arena...
PETALING JAYA: Road to Gold’s Lee Zii Jia is staying upbeat despite crashing out in the men’s singles third round of the World Championships. The independent shuttler went down 18-21, 17-21 to homester Anders Antonsen of Denmark at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen on Thursday after enjoying two good early-round matches. It was world No. 13 Zii...
PETALING JAYA: Don’t fear them. Coach Rexy Mainaky kept repeating those words but women’s doubles pairs Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah allowed their past losses to China’s world No. 6 Zhang Shuxian-Zheng Yu to tear them apart at the end. And as a result, Pearly-Thinaah let slip a golden chance to become the first women’s pair to win a...
PETALING JAYA: Defending champions Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik continued to keep the Malaysian flag flying high in the World Championships. The world No. 4 smashed into the men's doubles semi-finals after pulling off a hard-fought 21-10, 15-21, 21-14 victory over China's Liu Yuchen-Ou Xuanyi in style at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen on Friday (Aug 25). Armed...
PETALING JAYA: Shuttler Lee Zii Jia booked his berth in the third round but Ng Tze Yong crashed out in the World Championships in Copenhagen. The independent player Zii Jia, who trains under coach Wong Tat Meng, secured a 21-11, 21-16 win over Brian Yang of Canada in 33 minutes in Copenhagen on Wednesday (Aug 23). Zii...
PETALING JAYA: Viktor Axelsen will be defending his world crown as the sentimental favourite and this could work wonders for another Dane Anders Antonsen (pic) who is looking to cash in on playing at home in the World Championships. Antonsen is a Copenhagen native and it’s only natural that he picked up badminton and had gone...
PETALING JAYA: Shuttler Lee Zii Jia admits he still has the desire to become the first Malaysian to win the men’s singles title after getting off to a solid start in the World Championships. But he doesn’t want to speak too soon. Yesterday, Zii Jia gave an assured performance to dispatch fifth seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia...
PETALING JAYA: It’s time to introduce prize money for the World Championships – at least some think so. The premier badminton event has been organised since 1977 but the Badminton World Federation (BWF) have always evaded the discussion of offering prize money for their major tournaments, justifying that playing and winning in some tournaments are just...
KUALA LUMPUR: It may be Toh Ee Wei’s first World Championships but she is not in Copenhagen to make up the numbers. Ee Wei and partner Chen Tang Jie will open their campaign later than the others in the Malaysian camp as they have received a first-round bye and will most probably play Hong Kong’s Reginald...
