The Badminton God

We are all aware that this Badminton God fell short in the recent Indonesian Open but he’s back on track as he look forward to end the second half of the year with a blast and in a high note. The All England champion fall down to 10-21, 18-21 to the 24-year-old H.S. Prannoy of India in a long 40-minute second-round men’s singles match at the Jakarta Convention Centre on Thursday. A lot of people anticipated that he will win and succeed and walk away with the title it is the first time this year that Lee Chong Wei, the world No. 3 has failed to clear the early rounds of an Open tournament. Now the World No. 2 Lee Chong Wei will be up against shuttlers from China at the World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland from Aug 21-27. The reigning All-England champion will have national men’s singles head coach Datuk Misbun Sidek in his corner as he seeks to become the country’s first world champion. Malaysia will send two of their top guns, the one is the 34-year-old Chong Wei ...

A lot of people would agree and disagree that Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia) is on the top of the Mount Everest when it comes to the sport of badminton. He is currently sitting at the No.1 spot of the World Ranking and is favored to win some more tournaments before the next Olympics and there’s no stopping him in guarding his position at the top of the mountain. Lee Chong Wei is considered as a Living Legend in this sport and he is one of the all-time outstanding badminton talents that helped popularize the game in Asia and in the World for all his heroics and exciting plays. For some time now he is at the top of the game and for those years he has earned him the title Datuk and had the Malaysian Prime Minister describe him as a national hero. He was just like the Michael Jordan of badminton for the Malaysians. He is currently the World number one, and Chong Wei has a number of gold medals that solidify his case to be the greatest badminton player in the planet. Some of these ...