Fu Haifeng News

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 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.

JOHOR BAHARU, Nov 30 -- In the wake of big names snubbing the US$500,000 Super Series Masters Final here, the Badminton World Federation are taking a deeper look at how to prevent a recurrence in future championships.

PETALING JAYA: The showpiece event for Badminton World Federa tion , the Super Series Masters Finals in Johor Baru from Dec 2-6 have certainly lost the glitter.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian shuttlers had better be prepared for some stiff challenges if they hope to nail a career first China Open title in Shanghai next week.

China's Du Jing and Yu Yang, women's double Olympic Champion in badminton, cruised to the second round of the Hong Kong Open within 19 minutes on Tuesday.

ZAKRY Latif-Fairuzizuan Tazari are in a precarious position in the Nov 17-22 China Open in Shanghai as they must beat compatriots Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong to qualify for the Super Series Masters Finals in Kuala Terengganu next month.

PETALING JAYA: Three top men's pair will turn on the heat in cold Odense to win the Denmark Open badminton title again.

Olympic silver medallist Fu Haifeng and Zhu Lihua advanced into the men's doubles semifinals of badminton tournament at the 11th Chinese National Games in Qingdao on Friday.

Guangdong and Hubei provincial teams split men's and women's badminton team bronze medals at China's 11th National Games on Monday.

Hosts China swept the China Masters badminton Super Series after world and Olympics champion Lin Dan brushed aside Thai Boosak Ponsana 21-17,21-17. The men's singles final was the only one that saw a non-Chinese player compete as the hosts already booked four all-Chinese final staking place earlier.

Wang Shixian of China returns the shuttle during the women's singles final against her teammate Wang Lin at 2009 China Badminton Masters Super Series in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept.

Beijing Olympics winners Du Jing and Yu Yang overcame teammates Cheng Shu and Zhao Yunlei 21-15, 21-15 to capture the women's doubles title at the China Masters badminton super series here on Sunday.

Leading a gigantic team at the China Masters badminton tournament, Chinese head coach Li Yongbo would not leave the up-coming National Games behind.

Chinese domination: Lin Dan and Lan Lu ruled the roost at the World badminton championship, clinching the men's and women's singles titles in Hyderabad on Sunday.

China's Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng react after winning the men's doubles final against South Korea's Lee Yong-dae and Jung Jae-sung at the world badminton championships in Hyderabad, India, yesterday.

IT was another sad end to yet another World Championships campaign as men's doubles World No 2 Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong and Zakry Latif-Fairuzizuan Tazari caved in when it mattered most as they made their exits in the semi-finals at the Gachibowli Stadium in Hyderabad yesterday.

DENMARK'S Lars Paaske-Jonas Rasmussen may have won the world title before but the second pair Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen are seen as a bigger threat at the World Championships.

ZAKRY Latif-Fairuzizuan Tazari have thrown away numerous chances to establish themselves as a world-class combination but the pair are determined to not miss out on a medal in the World Championships.

KUALA LUMPUR: No men's doubles pair have won back-to-back Open titles this year.

MALAYSIA can hope for more than one title in the Malaysian Open Grand Prix Gold championships, which begin today at the Ban daraya Stadium here.