New chapter for China s shuttlers By SUN XIAOCHEN | China Daily | Updated: 2021-07-23 09:17 Share CLOSE
No longer a dominant badminton force, China s inexperienced squad keeping lid on Tokyo medal expectations
Mixed doubles pair Zheng Siwei (right) and Huang Yaqiong, pictured in action during June s Olympic tuneup competition in Chengdu, Sichuan province, spearhead China s gold-medal hopes in badminton at the Tokyo Olympics. GETTY IMAGES
Editor s Note: In the final installments of China Daily s Tokyo Olympics preview series, we assess the chances of the Chinese badminton squad and 3x3 basketball team.
With Lin Super Dan and other veterans no longer at its disposal, China s young badminton squad is keen to kick-start its rebuilding project in style at a wide-open Olympic tournament in Tokyo.
OLYMPIC WD Preview – Can Japan get their fairy-tale final?
How are Japan’s chances in the home team’s strongest discipline going into the Tokyo Olympics? Can Hirota and Fukushima rise to the biggest occasion of their career?
By Don Hearn. Photos: Badmintonphoto
Entering the Olympic women’s doubles competition with the first and third seeds belies Japan’s dominance in this discipline over the past few years. With over two dozen Superseries or equivalent titles, two World Championships, and Asian Games silver all since Matsutomo and Takahashi won gold in Rio, the Japanese podium success is close to rivalling China’s at the height of its women’s doubles power. In early 2019, Japan accounted for half the pairs in the world’s top ten.
Sindhu, Srikanth ease into 2nd round of Thailand Open
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Sindhu, Srikanth ease into 2nd round of Thailand Open (Lead) . Image Source: IANS News
Bangkok, Jan 19 : Ace Indian men s shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Tuesday continued Indian badminton s winning momentum at the Toyota Thailand Open as he entered the second round defeating Thailand s Sitthikom Thammasin in straight games.
Srikanth, who showed impeccable shuttle control and court presence, dominated the match right from the start and gave Thammasin no say in the contest. The match lasted just 38 minutes before the Indian shuttler registered a 21-11, 21-11 win.
PV Sindhu eases into second round of Thailand Open
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PV Sindhu. Image Source: IANS News
Bangkok, Jan 19 : World champion PV Sindhu on Tuesday cruised into the second round of the Toyota Thailand Open after registering a comfortable win over local Busanan Ongbamrungphan.
Sindhu defeated Ongbamrungphan 21-17, 21-13 in a match that lasted for 43 minutes and entered the next round of the $1,000,000 tournament. This was Sindhu s first win since the resumption of badminton after the Covid-19-induced break.
Ongbamrungphan, who had ended Saina Nehwal s run at the Yonex Thailand Open en route to the quarter-finals last week, opened up a 13-8 lead in the opening game as Sindhu seemed to be suffering from a lack of competitive match play. However, the ace Indian shuttler brought all her experience into play towards the end of the game to win it 21-17.
Cool Ratchanok breezes through
Cool Ratchanok breezes through
BADMINTON: Ratchanok Intanon won her opening match at the US$1 million (B30mn) Yonex Thailand Open to book a berth in the round of 16 of the BWF World Tour Super 1000 event at Muang Thong Thani’s Impact Arena yesterday (Jan 13).
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Ratchanok Intanon plays a shot during her first round match against Yeo Jia Min yesterday (Jan 13). Photo: Bangkok Post.
The Thai fourth seed defeated Yeo Jia Min of Singapore 21-15, 21-15 and will face Yvonne Li of Germany for a place in the women’s singles quarter-finals.
Li strolled past Hadia Hosny of Egypt 21-7, 21-9 in just 19 minutes.