Bao Chunlai News

India's Saina Nehwal scored an emphatic 21-13, 21-19 victory over Thailand's Porntip Buranaprasertsuk to reach the semi-finals of the World Super Series Masters Finals badminton here Friday.

Wong Mew Choo has sneaked in through the back door to be in the World Super Series Masters finals at the City Council Indoor stadium here, starting on Tuesday.

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia: China's top shuttlers have joined Indonesia's star players in skipping this week's Badminton World Federation Super Series Masters Finals in Malaysia's Johor state.

PETALING JAYA: The men's doubles pair of Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif have received a stroke of good fortune.

LEE Chong Wei's title defence in the World Super Series Masters looks good but South Koreans Jung Jae Sung-Lee Yong Dae will be the stumbling blocks again for Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong in Johor Baru beginning Wednesday.

LEE Chong Wei needed to save five match points against compatriot Hafiz Hashim before securing a place in the semi-finals of the Hong Kong Open yesterday.

China's Jiang Yanjiao and Wang Yihan will not only be competing for the title when they meet in the women's singles final of the Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open today, but also to consolidate their push to the international pinnacle of the sport.

Top-seeded Lee Chong Wei struggled into the semifinal of the men's single event at the HongKong Badminton Open here on Friday while the women's single title was already reserved by the Chinese women.

PETALING JAYA: Olympic champion Lin Dan may not be in action but Malaysia's top shuttler Lee Chong Wei still has his work cut out for him in this week's Hong Kong Open.

Two weeks after becoming the world number one, Wang Yihan is enjoying the view from the top and claims she feels no extra pressure.

JINAN, Shandong province: The picture taken of China's badminton lovebirds, Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang, after they claimed their respective singles titles at the 2006 World Championships will only be a sweet memory from now on.

Chinese top shuttler Lin Dan is closing in on a new record after he stormed into men's singles finals of badminton tournament at the 11th Chinese National Games here on Saturday.

"Super Dan", as Chinese top shuttler Lin Dan was nicknamed, led Peple's Liberation Army to beat Hong Kong 3-1 in the first round of men's team badminton tournament at China's 11th National Games here on Thursday.

Olympic and world champion Lin Dan continued his winning streak by beating Wu Yunyong of Guangdong but failed to save People's Liberation Army from losing 3-1 in the men's badminton team tournament at the 11th National Games here on Friday.

China's 11th National Games badminton tournament, with seven gold medals on stake, kicked off here on Thursday.

Doors are wide open for Nguyen Tien Minh of Viet Nam to clinch the Japan Open after easily beating Kazutery Kozai in Tokyo.

Bao Chunlai, pictured, shocked Athens Olympic badminton gold medallist Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia to make it a Chinese double at the Japan Open after Wang Yihan won the women's crown.

SIMON Santoso continued his giant-killing run by beating fellow Indonesian and defending champion Soni Dwi Kuncoro at the Japan Open badminton tournament on Friday.

Most tournament seeds survived the first round of the Japan Open yesterday, September 23, including Viet Nam's Nguyen Tien Minh, who eliminated Denmark's Christian Lind Thomsen.

TOKYO : Women's world number one Zhou Mi of Hong Kong failed to clear the first hurdle when she crashed to Adriyanti Firdasari in the Japan Open badminton tournament on Wednesday.