Taufik Hidayat chose to retire after Djarum Indonesia Open 2013

Famous Men Single player from Indonesia Taufik Hidayat told media that he will like to retire after finish playing Djarrum Indonesia Open 2013 in Jun.

However all Indonesian fans not only hit by the new of Taufik Hidayat's retirement , they will also have to take that Taufik didn't have a very good draw as well as they might be chance that he will need to play Lin Dan (China) in his first round as Lin Dan need to plat qualification round .



2013 Djarum Indonesia Open Draw



World Men Single No.1 Lee Chong Wei's baby son full moon celebration photos

Lee Chong Wei's baby son Kingston Lee had reached his full moon and his badminton parents had brought him to take some nice pictures to mark this big event in Lee's family.

Lee Chong Wei, Wong Mew Choo and Kingston Lee

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Yonex's Present to Lee Chong Wei's baby son "Kingston"

Yonex has kind enough to give a baby version of Malaysian jersey, shoes and racket bag to Lee Chong Wei's son Kingston.

The photo was taken from Lee Chong Wei's blog and showing the present that Yonex had given him during his trip to Japan now.

CUTE ! we are all waiting for the future world class men single to be......!

Lee Chong Wei's son Kingston Lee's Yonex Malaysian Game shirt

Chen Jin will be the Chinese National Badminton Team Women Single's coach

Former famour Men single player of Chinese National Badminton team has officially retired after 2012 London Olympic and now training to be a coach of the women single in Chinese National Badminton team.

There will be a National Sport Event coming up in China and after that, Chen Jin will officially retired from Badminton competition ground and become a coach of Women Single.

There are 2 big things that Chen Jin will need to accomplish by this year. Firstly will be officially retired from the battle ground of international badminton, secondly to arrange a wedding ceremony will his wife. They already registed to be official husband and wife however just missing a formal wedding dinner (Chinese tradition).

Chen Jin

Personal information
Birth name	陈金
Born	(1986-01-10) January 10, 1986 (age 27) Handan, Hebei, China
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	72 kg (160 lb)
Country	China
Years active	2002-
Handedness	Right

Ex Chinese National Badminton Player Bao Chun Lai to do charity work at Wu Nan

The former Chinese National Badminton men single player Bao Chun Lai had just planned his trip to visit a 11 years old boy who got himself burnt in an accident. The family is now struggling financially to pay for his medical expenses.

Bao Chun Lai planned his trip to the hospital to visit to the boy and his family so to mentally support them to make throught this tough period and at the same time, donate $10,000USD to support them.




Bao Chun Lai visiting the family



Congradulation to China won the 2013 Sudirman Cup

China claimed the title 5 times in a row

Congradulation to China who claimed the 2013 Sudirman Cup Champion again !!

China won 3 games in a row today including Mixed doubles, Men single and Men doubles.

China Badminton Team won the 2013 Sudirman Cup

China to meet with Korea in 2013 Sudirman Final

As per alot of people expectation, YES, China will be playing against Korea in the Sudirman Cup 2013 final tmr.

Korea won 3:1 to Thailand and step into final while China also won 3:1 to Denmark to meet up with Korea.

While we are waiting for the final line up from both teams, the only changes we predict will be make in tmr final will be Mens' doubles for China. Due to 2 losts from Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng, will China still consider to use this 2012 London Gold Medal pair for tmr final to play against Lee Yong Dae and Ko Sung Hyun ??

Korea already put up their strongest lineup today vs Thailand so there shouldn't be much changes to them however China, they can have a choice of Xu Chen/Ma Jin for mixed doubles or Zhang Nan/Zhao Yun Lei to play against Ko Sung Yun and Kim Ha Na.

 

Cai Yun playing in his broken racket

 





Lee Yong Dae and Ko Sung Hyun playing against Thailand

China to play again Indoesia today !

China to play again Indonesia

In quater final today, China will again play against Indonesia within 4 day. There were rumours flying around from Indonesian Team saying they will give a clean wipe to China team in pool gam ended up with a zero themselves. Today they will play again each other but with a different line up. World No.2 Mixed Double pair Natsir and Ahmad will be on court as they first match in this Sudirman Cup.

Here below is the most updated line-up:

Mixed Doubles - Xu Chen/Ma Jin vs Ahmad Tontowi/Natsir Liliyana

Men Single - Chen Long vs Sugiarto Tommy

Mens' Doubles - Cai Yun/ Fu HaiFeng vs Saputro Rian Agung/Pratama Angga

Women Single - Li Xue Rui vs Fanetri Lindaweni

Womens' Doubles - Yu Yang/ Wang Xiao Li vs Natsir Liliyana/

Maheswari Nitya Krishinda

2013 Sudirman Cup Semi Final to Final Time table

2013 Sudirman Cup roadmap to Semi-Final and Final

Thanks to 无羽能比

Indonesian Coach said to Li Yong Bo "We are not afraid of China, told him we are back"

After a wild speech from Indonesia Team Coach that they will gave China a 5-0 in the pool game 2 days ago, again they have something to say to Chinese Badminton team head coach today after the lost to China by 3-2. Head coach of Indonesia badminton team said to Li Yong Bo that "We are not afraid of China, please tell him that we are back"

 

 

 

What an interesting Sudirman Cup we had this year !!!

2013 Sudirman Cup China beat Indonesia by 3-2

2013 Sudirman Cup China beat Indonesia by 3-2

 

 

Today China and Indonesia put up a good show in the quaterfinal as China only beat Indonesia by 3-2.

 

That is no doubt that China didn't had a big advantage towards Indonesia today as they lost a mixed doubles and men doubles in this quanterfinal.

 

Indonesia's youngsters showed that they are well prepared for this Sudirman Cup for all events.

 

Not until women single and doubles that China finally found their advantages.

 

Overall, big thanks to both teams for demonstrating the highest level of badminton games today..

 

3 cheers  to both teams....hooray hooray hooray

 

 

 

Indonisian Younster showed talent today

 

Cai and Fu fighting against Indonesia


 



YONEX OPEN JAPAN 2013 - Tournament Outline

Tournament name	YONEX OPEN JAPAN 2013 PART OF THE OSIM BWF WORLD SUPERSERIES
Dates	17(Tue.)-22(Sun.) September
Venue	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium 1-17-1 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0051
Organizer	THE NIPPON BADMINTON ASSOCIATION ( NBA )
Authorizer	BADMINTON WORLD FEDERATION ( BWF )
Superintendence	THE TOKYO BADMINTON ASSOCIATION
Main Sponsor	YONEX
Super Series Global Sponsor	OSIM
Prize Money	US$ 200,000
Events	Men's Singles ( MS ) Women's Singles ( WS ) Men's Doubles ( MD ) Women's Doubles ( WD ) Mixed Doubles ( XD )
Entries	32 in Main draw
Tournament Schedule	17(Tue.) 18(Wed.) 19(Thu.) 20(Fri.) 21(Sat.) 22(Sun.)	Open 9:00 / Start 10:00 Open 9:00 / Start 10:00 Open 9:00 / Start 10:00 Open 10:00 / Start 12:00 Open 10:00 / Start 12:00 Open 10:00 / Start 12:00

Source from: YONEX

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Lee Yong Dae and Ko Sung Hyun - Men in Black (The Big Issue Magazine)

Lee Yong Dae / Ko Sung Hyun

Lee Yong Dae

Lee and Ko

Ko Sung Hyun

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2013 Sudirman Cup Korea beats Thailand 5-0

Korea gave Thailand a clean wipe of 5-0 in yesterday evening Sudirman Cup



Lee and Ko fighting in Sudirman Cup Mens' Doubles



Lee Yong Dae / Ko Sung Hyun in action

South Korea's Lee Yong Dae (front) and Ko Sung Hyun compete during men's doubles at the the 2013 Sudirman Cup world mixed team badminton championships against Jongjit Maneepong and Puanguapech Nipitphon of Thailand in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on May 21, 2013. Lee Yong Dae and Ko Sung Hyun won 2-0. (Xinhua/Zhang Wenzong)

 

2013 Sudirman Cup Quater Final Game Date and Time

 

 

source from 无羽能比

 

2013 Sudirman Cup Quaterfinal confirmed

2013 Sudirman Cup Quaterfinal Confirmed

Excitment starts now!



2013 Sudirman Cup Quater Final





Chinese Badminton Team is getting ready for the game vs Indonesia

Getting Ready ?

Chinese team players were in motion of practising for the game this afternoon play aganinst Indonesia who said to give them a clean swipe of 5-0.

Highlight for this coming match will be definately Cai and Fu this 2012 Longdon gold medalist as they will be back on court after so many months of injuries from Cai Yun. As Cai said yesterday in his blog that today he will be representing China for the 6th times in Sudirman Cup in his career.

Chen Long having fun with Coach Xia

Chen Long practising with Du YuPeng

Fu practising with his team mates



Cai Yun finished practising and ready for the game

Source from Sohu Badminton

The Gold Medalist Cai Yun / Fu HaiFeng won their Game vs Indonesia

After so many months of injuries and withdrawns this year, the mighty Chinese 2012 London Olympic Gold Medalist Cai Yun and Fu Hai Feng won their first game in this Sudirman Cup in Malaysia.

The pair first lost a set and fight back to won the game in the end. There were many turnovers happened in today game and Cai/Fu got them in the right time to turn back the game from losing to the win.

Looking foward to see them play again in the rest of the week !

Cai Yun and Fu haiFeng

Cai Yun at the net

Cai And Fu in action

Rumour flying before the game of Indonesia vs China

There is rumour flying around from Indonesian badminton team saying they will clean swipe chinese badminton team in tmr game. They are confident to give Chinese team a 5-0.

The speech might sounds agressive however there were past records this year that prove Indonesian team do have the abilities to beat Chinese players espeicially in mixed doubles and women single.

 

Source from 无羽能比

Lee Yong Dae and Ko Sung Hyun Practing for the game ahead vs Hong Kong

Lee Yong Dae and Ko Sung Hyun been shot practising for coming games in Malaysia. In their new game shirts, Lee and Ko both wore smiles on their face although there tough games ahead.

Lee and Ko both practising for Sudirman Cup

Lee Yong Dae in Sudirman Cup

Source from Victor China

2012 London Olympic Mens' Doubles Gold Medalist Cai Yun and Fu HaiFeng will be back on court

According to the latest update on Chinese Badminton team line up for tmr against Indonesia, Cai and Fu will be back on court to fight against Indonesian pair Setiawan Hendra and Pratama Angga tmr in the 3rd day of Sudirman Cup.

The Chinese pair didn't really played a game since London Olympic and hopefully they will put on a good show for tmr.



Cai Yun Fu HaiFeng

Latest Update for Chinese Team Line up vs Indonesia

Men Single - Chen Long

Mens' Doubles - Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng

Women Single - Li Xuerui

Womens' Doubles - Yu Yang/ Wang XiaoLi

Mixed Doubles - Xu Chen/Ma Jin

World No.1 Men Single Lee Chong Wei with his cute baby son Kingston

Lee Chong Wei with Baby Kingston

Dato Lee Chong Wei and his wife Wong Mew Choo proudly present their newly baby son Kingston Lee during Sudirman Cup. Just a bit over a month old Kingston sleep tightly in his father's arm and cried loudly in the stadium. CUTE !!

Lee Chong Wei and Kingston Lee

The Lee Family

Kingston Lee

Kingston Lee



Kingston Lee

1st game day of 2013 Sudirman Cup - China beat India

China beat India 3-0

Mixed Doubles - Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei won Kona Tarun / Ponnappa Ashwini

Men Single - Chen Long won Parupalli Kashyap

Men's Double - Liu XiaoLong /Qiu Zihan won Dewalkar Akshay / Chopra Pranaav Jerry

Since its still in the pool game so although China won over 3-0, game must continue till all 5 events are done.

Stay Tune and we will update more later on today.....



Table-Tennis (Ping-Pong) News: Leading Chinese quartet power into last 16

Reigning champion Zhang Jike of China eased through to the last 16 of the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris on Friday after seeing off compatriot Fan Zhendong.

The fourth seed and Olympic title-holder cruised to an 11-9, 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 victory over world number 38 Fan to set up a fourth-round meeting with Robert Gardos of Austria.

Meanwhile, top-ranked Xu Xin made short work of Portugal's Tiago Apolonia, sweeping aside his opponent 11-8, 11-0, 11-8, 11-7 to earn another shot at Portuguese opposition in the form of Marcos Freitas in the next round.

Second seed Ma Long beat Slovenia's Bojan Tokic 11-6, 11-5, 12-10, 11-8, while 2009 champion Wang Hao moved comfortably through to round four after coasting past Iran's Noshad Alamiyan 11-7, 11-5, 11-2, 10-12, 11-3.

Top European Timo Boll of Germany fended off a gritty display from Sweden's Jens Lundqvist, 61 places below him in the rankings, to advance 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-4, 11-8.

"My opponent played quite well today. I had a feeling I was in good shape then suddenly it was two games all," said Boll.

"I didn't feel that I had played badly, but I think in the end I deservedly won. I played at a good level.

"It's not easy for me to find my rhythm in the first rounds. I'm in good form and I'm fit, so I hope I can go further," added the world No.5.

London 2012 bronze medallist Dimitrij Ovtcharov joined compatriot Boll in the next round after defeating Hong Kong's Tang Peng.

Japan's Kenta Matsudaira followed up Thursday's shock victory over veteran Chinese star Ma Lin by battling past Chiang Hung-Chieh, but there was better news for Chinese Taipei as sixth-ranked Chuang Chih-Yuan stayed in the hunt after knocking out South Korean Cho Eonrae.

Earlier, defending women's champion Ding Ning cruised into the quarter-finals of with a 11-8, 11-4, 11-5, 11-7 whitewash of South Korea's Park Seonghye.

The top seed will now meet Ri Myong Sun in the last eight on Saturday after the North Korean overpowered Liu Jia of Austria.

Second-ranked Liu Shiwen also advanced untroubled, making light work of South Korea's Seo Hyowon as the two-time World Cup winner coasted to an 11-4, 11-7, 11-7, 11-5 victory.

Reigning Olympic champion Li Xiaoxia emerged triumphant in her duel with compatriot Chen Meng as she won 11-6, 11-6, 11-3, 11-9 to set up another all-Chinese affair with Wu Yang, who defeated North Korean Kim Hye Song, in the quarters.

Olympic bronze medallist Feng Tianwei of Singapore, the highest non-Chinese entrant in the women's draw, saw off a plucky display from world No. 89 Tetyana Bilenko of Ukraine to prevail 11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9.

Zhu Yuling was locked in a titanic sixth-game battle with Hong Kong's Jiang Huajun before eventually progressing 11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 21-19.

Zhu appeared to be on the cusp of a last-eight berth up 9-3 in the fifth game, but the 18-year-old wilted badly and allowed her opponent to rack up eight straight points to stay in the match.

"Jiang Huajun is a very experienced player", said Zhu.

"I was really disappointed that I lost those points and it took me some time to adjust in the sixth game.

"I just tried to focus on playing one point at a time," added the two-time world junior champion, who finally closed out proceedings on her sixth match point.

World No.7 and top-rated European Shen Yanfei of Spain wasn't as fortunate however as she was sent packing by 101st-ranked Melek Hu of Turkey 6-11, 13-15, 11-9, 13-11, 11-5, 11-6.



Original source from: AFP, 2013 / globalpost

2013 Sudirman Cup China's First Game vs India Team Line up

2013 Sudirman Cup China's First Game vs India Team Line up

 

 

 

 

Men Single - Chen Long

 

 

Women Single - Wang Yihan

 

 

Men's Doubles - Liu XiaoLong / Qiu Zihan

 

 

Women's Doubles - Wang XiaoLi / Yu Yang

 

 

Mixed Doubles - Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei

 

 

 

 

 

Updated on 2013 05 18 18:20 source from Sohu

 

 

 



Expansion and innovation part of Wimbledon Masterplan

As usual Wimbledon continues to improve, expand and innovate and the decision to remodel Number One Court, while expected, is an exciting development.

It certainly stretches Wimbledon's advantage as a Grand Slam venue ahead of Roland Garros and Flushing Meadows, neither of which has a single covered court.

The Australian Open continues to expand impressively - a third covered court is expected by 2015 - but the French Open keeps delaying its politically-complex redevelopment and the US Open, let's be honest, is an omnishambles.

We'll have to wait for the new look Number One Court - 2019 is the anticipated opening as part of a restructuring of the grounds - but that's because Wimbledon do things the right way.

They examine every possibility and pitfall before making decisions, budgets are calculated meticulously and designs provide solutions to every problem.

The Wimbledon Masterplan, as they have called it, will include installing the same air-conditioning system into Number One as in Centre Court, to protect the grass, putting bigger seats into the stadium and probably adding a couple of rows at the back to keep the capacity about the same.

There are many other ideas; more space around the outside courts, some of which will move position, a new welcome experience for spectators coming through the gates and the knocking down of the old Aorangi Pavilion, by the practice courts.

Most of all, I enjoyed hearing Philip Brook, the All England Club Chairman, address an issue which has been a campaign of mine in recent years. He wants to look at ways to open up more of Court 2 and Court 3 to ground pass holders and this is brilliant news.

Often the people who buy the tickets for these courts - many available in the turnstiles at the start of every day - are more interested in cruising the grounds than sitting on these minor show courts. The ticket just gives them a guarantee of a seat when they want it.

And because the ground pass section on Court 3 has been so small, when it hammers down with rain, spectators are reluctant to give up seats because they'll never get them back them.
It makes sense to create fantastic atmospheres on these super little stadiums but you need a full house and that's only possible with the ground pass holders' help.


As expected the players will be significantly rewarded this year with a massive 40% increase in the prize pool, up by £6.5m to £22.6m.

All four Grand Slams have been under pressure for the past couple of years with the players calling for a greater slice of the total tournament revenue. They are certainly getting their way.

And while the champions will get a cool £1.6m, this debate has never been about making Roger Federer or Andy Murray richer. It's about rewarding the players who work all year to get their ranking high enough to get into tournaments such as Wimbledon.

Some, ranked between 100-150 in the world, claim it's hard to break even on the tour such are the expenses of professional tennis. So now losers in the first three rounds will see their prize money go up by more than 60%. Again, surely no further complaints.

But while these rises will be welcomed by the top 100 players, qualifiers and British wild cards (what a year to get a wild card, £23.5k even if they lose), what about the hundreds of professional tennis players around the world who for now can only dream of one day making it to SW19?

As rewards soar at the top, prize money stays the same at challenger and futures level and tournaments are getting cut back.

The job for the young player ranked 200 and below has just got that much harder. As costs increase, prize money stays the same at that level. And - crucially - the rises at the top mean more 'veterans' are likely to stick around for longer to milk the rewards. How are these young players meant to crack it?

Tennis, as always, needs to take a wider look.


Original source from: Jonathan Overend@BBC TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

Chinese Badminton Team Song "Pursuit" by Eason Chen and the Chinese Badminton team

Time to bring up this song again while Sudirman Cup is approaching. Video is fun and cool to look at when you can see Lin Dan and all the superstars from Chinese Badminton team are playing badminton and singing. Video was filmed in London and also China. Very special guest to the video is Fu Hai Feng's baby son in the beginning of the video.

Chinese Badminton Team Song "Pursuit" 



Lee Yong Dae Smashing Watermelon !! Cool ~



2013 Sudirman Cup Group 1 Pool Table

Ready for long waited 2013 Sudirman Cup ? Great game will be kick off on the 19/5 for a week in Malaysia.

Stay tune for the latest result !



2013 Sudirman Cup Group 1




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