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 ...

The Men’s doubles pair that was one of the favorites to take home their very first badminton title came short on their stint in the tournament. The Malaysian Boon Heong teamed up with the former World and Olympic champion Hendra of Indonesia in January to make a dominant pair for the Australian Open, but the high profile pair came short as the pair were beaten by the World No. 5 Takeshi Kamura-Keigo Sonoda of Japan in the final of Australian Open in Sydney on Sunday. Kamura-Sonoda’s win has made them ensured that Japan emerged as the biggest winners in Australia. The ninja has prevailed and slashed their opponents in this tournament. The World ranked No. 30 Boon Heong-Hendra, who were making their first final appearance after 12 tournaments, ran out of steam as the energetic Japanese pair romped to a 21-17, 21-19 win in 37 minutes. But speaking of the biggest wins in the Australia Open tournament the India’s K. Srikanth scored the biggest win of the day – beating...