Malaysia s Lee Meng Yean looks on as Chow Mei Kuan (RIGHT) hits a shot in their women s doubles badminton group stage match against Indonesia s Greysia Polii-Apriyani Rahayu during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza in Tokyo. - AFP
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia s Lee Meng Yean-Chow Mei Kuan have made life difficult for themselves in their chase for Olympics glory after losing their Group A opener at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza.
Meng Yean-Mei Kuan went down 14-21, 17-21 to Indonesia s Greysia Polii-Rahayu Apriyani in a 47-minute match today. The Malaysians were edgy and nervous while Greysia-Rahayu were ruthless and determined.
Indonesian women s doubles pair Polii-Rahayu win Olympic opening match
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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.