All England badminton 2024

Well done to Indonesia for winning 2 titles this year. One is a defending champion. Summaries below. Click on the pink links to see more.

wd. A big upset from Malaysia pair on the Chinese top seed. But the Malaysian did not manage to win the next round and lost to the Japanese 4th ranked pair. Shida did well to enter final meeting the Koreans. They lost to Baek and Lee.

xd. A dream final for top China pair vs Japanese pair. The chinese won it. 

md. The top seed indian pair was upset by Maulana and Fikri. Aaron and Soh did well to beat them in Qtr final. The top Indonesian defending champion did well to beat the Top Taipei pair in Semis who beat the Chinese young pair earlier in tough qtr final. Alfian and Ardianto did well to regain their title they won last year by beating the Malaysians.

ws. A lot of drama here. ASY did well to enter semis but was beaten by Yamaguchi. The rallies were brutal. TTY also did well to beat HBJ who gave a valiant fight even though she was injured. Carolina Marin did very well to beat CYF in 2 games with her awesome speed. In the final, Marin won the match after Yama gave up with a hip injury. Hope it is not too serious. Now we have 5 contenders for the Olympics. Marin, ASY, Yama, CYF and TTY.

ms. Another upset for Viktor again. This time to Ginting who has never beaten him for a long while. There was a controversy about the net tapping from Ginting where Viktor was making a whole lot of noise. LZJ had a good run vs NKL and LKY but lost narrowly to Sen. It is a case of wild power and over confident. In the final, Jojo won by beating Ginting. Jojo also beat SYQ after an injury call. It seems that Jojo have some luck in winning tournaments just like last year. Credit to Jojo for beating Vitid earlier.

2 scary injuries. Yamaguchi and SYQ. Who is next???

French Open 2024

Congratulation to the winners. This is a S750 event before the All England.

xd. The Thai top pair did well to beat the Top seed from china in qtr finals. But lost to the Korean World Champ in semis. In the final, Feng and Huang did well to beat the Koreans WC. It is an upset.

wd. Matsuyama and pretty face Shida did well to enter final beating the koreans. But the Top chinese pair prevails. 

ws. Yamaguchi did well to make a come back beating CYF in semis. A close one. She had a shin injury before this. ASY also did well to beat TTY in semis. TTY was leading and the Olympic errors and nerve came back to haunt her. In the final, ASY dominated well. Yama looks a little heavy. Need to loose some weights. If Yama and ASY are free from injury, these will be the 2 main contenders. Their fitness is unmatched. Sindhu has been trying hard to make a comeback with Prakash as advisor.

ms. Wang Tzu Wei did well to dispose Top Seed Viktor in 2nd round. Vitid did well to beat Sen in semis. Sen did well to beat LKY. Chico did well to beat Antonsen. SYQ did well to beat Vitid in the final.

md. The top indian pair did very well as the topseed to win the title beating the surprising Taipei pair. Aaron and Soh lost to Koreans.

All England next... many are worried about injuries. It's the Olympic year.

India Open 2024 S750

India Open. Congratulations to all the winners. Quite a balanced event. Click on the links to see the results and videos.

xd. Thailand came back into this tournament with a vengeance after losing to Singapore in Malaysia Open. They beat the Japanese team who won last week Malaysian Open.

wd. Japan Matsumoto and Nagahara did well to win their 1st tournament of the year beating the weaker chinese pair.

ws. ASY had to pull out due to knee injuries. Not looking good for her for the coming olympics. Many ws are still recovering from injuries. eg. yama, okuhara, marin, sindhu. Chen Yu Fei did well to enter final but still cannot stop TTY who was in red hot form. At the moment, TTY and CYF will be the front runner for the Olympics.

md. A lot of drama in this event. Liang and Wang the no 1 seed lost to the Thai pair in the early round. Aaron and Soh did well to beat China Ou and Liu. Unfortunately in the semi finals, Aaron's right eye was hit by the shuttle and that caused them to lost momentum in the 2nd game. They lost in 2 sets. The Korean pair Seo and Kim did well to beat the top Japanese pair. They also managed to beat the favourite local pair in the final. Their performance was fantastic. They held on to the small margin lead all the way in the 3rd set over coming the pressure from the local Indian pair. Kudos. Now there are 4 big contenders. China, Japan, Korea and India. Malaysia, Indonesia and Denmark are outsiders for the Olympics.

ms. Notable players like Viktor, Antonsen and LKY did not play in this tournament. Lee Cheuk Yiu from HongKong surprisingly did well beating big players with the likes of Vitid, Ginting and Naraoka. Lzj did well to beat Jojo but lost to Naraoka in stamina. SYQ did very well beating Pranoy in semis and also using his experience to win the tournament beating LCY.

Next tournament is Indonesia Masters.

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Malaysia Open 2024

Congratulations to all the 1st time winners. This is a S1000 big event. The 1st tournament of the year. It is also the Olympic year.

XD. Top seed was upset by Korean Kim and Jeong. Singapore did well to beat Thailand in Qtr final. Good money for them. Yuta and Higa did well to beat the Korean in the final. They are also lucky that the Chinese lost in the earlier rounds.

WD. In short, China juniors did very well to enter final. Malaysia and the rest of the seeds were not doing well.

WS. Yamaguchi trying to make a comeback and only managed to get into qtr final. TTY did very well in beating CYF. ASY beat China Zhang in 3 games. In the final, TTY did numerous error by playing risky shots. This caused her to make mistakes by pushing or smashing the shots out. I bet her coach did not inform her to play 'margin of error' strategy where it is safer to aim the shots 1 feet inside the line. ASY was lucky to win it. The front runners at the moment for OG is ASY, TTY and CYF. The 4th can be either Yama, Marin or Sindhu.

MD. It was a fitting semifinals for this tournament. China did well to beat Japan in semis and India managed to beat Korea. India did well to take the 1st game. In the second game, the chinese step it up and managed to win the other 2 games. A fitting win for the World Ranked no. 1

MS. The local malaysian players lost again in the 1st round. LZJ lost to LGZ. NTY was injured when playing Koki. SYQ did very well to beat top seed Viktor in 3 games. His netting was superb in the semifinals. Viktor did not get the chance to smash much. This is how you should play with tall players. Another way is to make sure that the shots go high up and make the opponent move around.

Antonsen was in great form disposing Taipei in 2 games. In the final, Antonsen must have read SYQ's game by dominating the front net shots. SYQ also looks tired from the 3 games played earlier.

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HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2023 - Hangzhou

Congratulations to all the winners. Big Money. Few surprises. Click on the yellow links to see the video highlights. Malaysian Open next in January. S1000.

xd. Zheng and Huang did well to win in the final again. Earlier matches we saw Malaysian pair beating Japan pair for the 1st time in their career.

wd. China did well to win it by beating the surging korean pair.

ws. This is a big surprise to see TTY winning it. She is 29 years old and defying the odds by beating ASY in the semi finals and Marin in the finals. It's a shame we haven't seen Yamaguchi returning from her injuries. ASY also not 100% recovered. So, the Olympics is open for the time being. Anyone can win it as long as they are injury free.

md. Aaron and Soh dissappointed again because they lost in all their matches. The Indian top pair also did not participate in this event. The indonesians also did not do well. Korean world champ did well to beat the WR1 home favourites in 2 games. Perhaps too much pressure for China. Expectation was too high at home.

ms. Viktor lost to SYQ in the round robin game. Ginting looked promising but did not qualify for the semis. Viktor had his revenge in the final and pocketed a cool sum of money for Christmas. This is his record 5th title. He has elevated himself to legend status.

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LI-NING CHINA MASTERS 2023

Congratulations to the winners of  the S1000 event. Big money. The big event WTF is next.

xd. Zheng and Huang did well again to beat their arch world champion rival Seo and Chae in a dominating fashion. Straight sets.

wd. Fukushima and Hirota did well to beat the Chinese top seed Chen and Jia in 3 tough games. However, Shida and Matsuyama did well to win it. This is their biggest win. A morale booster.

ws. Nozomi did well to beat Tunjung who won last week's Japan Masters. Too tired perhaps. In the finals, CYF did well to beat Han Yue who gave a WO.

md. He and Ren who won Japan Masters last week did not manage to beat the world number one from India. Liang and Wang did well to reach the final beating the India pair in a close encounter. Exciting 21-19 rubber games.

ms. Viktor pulled out due to injury. LKY got a mental block vs ginting again. LZJ lost tamely to Nishimoto. In the final, Naraoka did well to win this big event.

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