ALL ENGLAND 2021 Preview – Anomaly in the evolution narrative
The All England tournament shall stoically carry on inside a stadium sans spectators while Britain cautiously embarks on easing its second COVID-19 lockdown. Our preview specialist, Aaron Wong, continues charting the evolution of the sport against the backdrop of troubled times.
By Aaron Wong. Photos: Badmintonphoto
Birmingham COVID-19 numbers for February 5th, 2021
As of the entry deadline for the 2021 All England, February 9, an athlete’s decision on whether to participate was informed by knowledge that 3328 confirmed new COVID-19 cases were detected in the preceding week for the city of Birmingham, where the venue is. Granted that was remarkably down from a scary weekly total of 1100 cases higher seven days prior.
WTF Day 3 – Koreans top half the groups
For the second straight day at the World Tour Finals, Korean shuttlers went a perfect 5 for 5, with Choi Sol Gyu and Seo Seung Jae becoming the first of 5 to score the win that would put them atop their group and into the semi-finals.
By Don Hearn. Photos: Badmintonphoto (live)
Korea’s Choi Sol Gyu and Seo Seung Jae started this year’s World Tour Finals with their backs against the wall. They managed to lose the very first match of the tournament and were then facing the prospects of need to beat the current World Champions