Malaysian Masters 2023 S500

This is the 1st of 3 tournaments after Sudirman cup. Well done to the winners.

Noteable matches.

Malaysia WD did well to beat Japan in Qtr and the Korea in Semis. But they had brutal matches and lost in the final.

Congrats to Pranoy for winning his 1st S500 and in Malaysia. He beat LSF the AE winner. WHY is too tired for the final. Pranoy got WO from Naraoka.

Korean MD did well to beat Malaysia after beating the world champion from Japan in Semis. Msia MD did well to enter final.

XD Thai is very stable and done well.

LZJ punctured playing Tpe. Ina MS did not do well.

Yamaguchi is as strong as ever. Will she do another 3 peat win? Indonesia Tunjung is getting better.

Many injuries expected as there are 3 tournaments in a row. Survival of the fittest.

In reality, the shuttle AS50 is very slow. So it is almost impossible to kill with womens power. However, they are used to defence, because they use guys to smash them during training, thats why most women doubles can defend very well but not in smashing. Eg, mix doubles ladies are also very good in defending from a guys smash. 

So the solution is to use faster shuttles or reduce the points. Am sure it will be very exciting as the pace will be very fast and intense when the points are less. I know eventually bwf will take some action, but not for now. Maybe a new bwf boss. 

I pity the ladies in womens doubles event having to stay in the court for so long and for so many matches. Their standards are very similar level now. So its about who gets tired or die first. The WD will suffer long term injuries issues when they retires. I've seen many old lady players wrapping their knees. Some even buy phiten knee guards. Super expensive. lol. Good to take precaution tho.

The next 2 tournaments will be Thai Open and Singapore Open. Need free tix? Let me know.😎

Sudirman cup 2023

Well done to China for winning it 13th times.

The nearest drama was when China played Japan. Japan was leading 2-0 and had the match point but did not convert. China came back from 20-16 in rubber game. Great mental power from China Liu and Ou. This is the semifinal. Hoki and Kobayashi reeling. Almost an upset. China also fielded weaker xd and md. It is like playing with fire.

In Final, China beat Korea 3-0. Korea xd also nearly upset China but no luck.

Axelsen injured playing LZJ. Japan beat Thailand. India lost to Malaysia tamely were the notable ones.

Asian Badminton Championship 2023

Congratulations to the new winners of ABC.

 

Swiss Open and Orleans Open 2023

This is an S300 event. Congratulations to the winners. Below are some of the up coming young players to watch except Marin. Of course we have to see Koki Watanabe also.

Notice we have different winners for MS category for this year so far. Exciting. All open for the coming Olympics. Anyone can win it.

All England 2023

This is the prestigious S1000 tournament with big points and money.

All the top players are in this event.

The biggest surprise is Viktor being knocked out by Ng Tze Yong. It's a blunder from  Viktor where he was complacent and not playing his usual attacking style. He was in tears and must be frustrated with himself. NTZ was in cloud nine and lost to LSF tamely. lol

Antonsen is a comeback kid for this one. He beat Laksya and Ginting impressively.

Lee Zii Jia also did well to beat 2 japanese and got his revenge from Naraoka. It helps shut his haters. lol

Shi Yu Qi was impressive as well beating Vidit and LZJ.  Also beating NKL in 1st round. Those in semis gets good points for WTF qualifying.

The most impressive is Li Shi Feng where he entered 2 finals in a row. Beating NTY, AA and SYQ. 

For WS, Yamaguchi was not the same person bowing out to CYF in semis.

Congratulations to ASY for beating TTY and CYF to get her first S1000 tournament. She will be a contender for OG2024 next to AY and CYF again.

Korean did well for the WD.

China XD did well to win it.

AA did well to beat Daddies. Ahsan was slightly injured in the end. Well done to the winners.

Next tournaments will be the small S300s.

German Open 2023

 This is a warmup s300 tournament which was held a week before the All England.

Some are here just to have a warm up before the big one. Quite a respectable entries.

LZJ was the top seed but did not perform well. Probably still in a limbo after his venture into Professionalism.

Ng Ka Long did well to beat China Li Shi Feng in the final. They will meet again 1st round in All England.

Yamaguchi did well this time to beat CYF and ASY to win WS.

The Koreans MD seems to be on form for this tournament.

Thailand Masters 2023

This is a relatively small s300 tournament but it seems to attract stars like SYQ and NKL.

Well done to the winners.

Indonesian MD did well against TPE.

I mention this tpe lin resembles lindan long ago. Up to him if he can maintain consistency.

Ng kl is not a pushover. Lzj lost to him. Lzj also no luck playing vs good players in mo n im.

Lsf reminds me of chen hong. Need to cut down on wild shots.