Nova Widianto News

MALAYSIA can now dare to dream big of taking the lion's share of badminton honours as most of their entries made it through to the semi-finals at the Gymnasium 1 of the National Sports Complex yesterday.

WONG Mew Choo and Lydia Cheah cleared their hurdles on a day that Indonesia were bundled out of the women's singles quarter-finals at the National Sports Complex.

WORLD No 1 Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong and Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei Hui reached the final of the men's and women's doubles respectively but Malaysia's challenge fizzled out in the women's singles and mixed doubles at the National Sports Complex yesterday.

Aquatics continued to be the saviour for Malaysia in the collection of gold medals on the fifth day of the 25th SEA Games here as the athletes in other events failed to meet the targets.

Malaysia settled for the silver medal after losing 1-3 to Indonesia in the final of the men's badminton team event of the 25th SEA Games here Sunday.

Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei and Denmark's Peter Hoeg Gade display their trophies during the awarding ceremony after men's singles final match between them at Hong Kong open super series 2009 in Hong Kong, south China, Nov.

Lee Chong Wei, top-ranked badminton player in the world grabbed the gold medal in his first tournament after a two-month break for injury here on Sunday in the men's single event of Hong Kong Open.

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.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong failed to win back-to-back Super Series titles at the French Open in Paris yesterday.

Liliana Natsir and Nova Widianto of Indonesia play a shot against Joachim Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen of Denmark during the mixed doubles semi final match of the World Badminton Championship at the Gachibowli Stadium in Hyderabad yesterday.

Historic win: V. Diju and Jwala Gutta became the first mixed doubles pair from India to enter the quarterfinals of a World Championship with a win over Polish pair of Robert Mateusiak and Nadiezda Kostiuczyk.

HYDERABAD: Lin Wang of China ended Saina Nehwal's dream run in the World Badminton Championship at GMC Balayogi-SAAP Indoor Stadium on Friday.

Olympic champion Lin Dan completed a record hat trick of world badminton championship titles by overcoming Chen Jin in an all-Chinese final on Sunday.

Denmark's mixed doubles pair of Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl's joy knew no bounds after they stunned top seeded South Korean Yong Dae Lee and Hyo Jung Kee to enter the finals of the World Badminton Championships here Saturday.

HYDERABAD: Saina Nehwal fought her way through to the quarterfinals of the World Badminton Championships, beating Bulgarian Petya Nedelcheva in three game in the pre-quarters of the women's singles here Thursday.

Indonesian Men's Double pairing Rian Sukmawan/Yonatan Suryatama Dasuki would vie their Chinese contender Chai Biao/Lu Xiaolong in the first day of the world badminton championship slated to be held in Hyderabad, India from Aug.

Indonesian Men's Double pairing Rian Sukmawan/Yonatan Suryatama Dasuki would vie their Chinese contender Chai Biao/Lu Xiaolong in the first day of the world badminton championship slated to be held in Hyderabad, India from Aug.

Indonesian Men's Double pairing Rian Sukmawan/Yonatan Suryatama Dasuki would vie their Chinese contender Chai Biao/Lu Xiaolong in the first day of the world badminton championship slated to be held in Hyderabad, India from Aug.

Indonesian Men's Double pairing Rian Sukmawan/Yonatan Suryatama Dasuki would vie their Chinese contender Chai Biao/Lu Xiaolong in the first day of the world badminton championship slated to be held in Hyderabad, India from Aug.

KUALA LUMPUR: Ng Hui Lin and Koo Kien Keat have been struggling to get their mixed doubles act going the last few months.