World No 1 Lee Chong Wei faced a stiff challenge but eventually stamped his class to prevail over Kenichi Tago of Japan and claim the men's singles title at India Open Super Series badminton tournament in New Delhi on Sunday.
India's campaign at the Australian Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament ended on Thursday after R M V Gurusaidutt and Anand Pawar lost their respective third round matches in the men's singles, in Sydney.
India's Kidambi Srikanth registered a hard-fought victory to enter the semi-finals of the men's singles at the Singapore Super Series, even as P V Sindhu and B Sai Praneeth lost in straight games.
Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat said the game was only about Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan at the moment.
China's Lin Dan overhauled Lee Chong Wei in the final of the Olympic men's badminton singles on Sunday to become the first man to defend the title and break Malaysian hearts once again. Lee charged out of the blocks to raise Malaysian hopes of a first ever Olympic gold medal but Lin dug deep for a 15-21, 21-10, 21-19 victory in a 79-minute classic, denying his long-time rival in their second successive Games final.
Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei set up a chance for redemption and a re-match with Beijing Games nemesis Lin Dan at the London Olympics badminton tournament on Friday. Top seed Lee crushed third-seeded Chinese Chen Long 20-13, 20-14 while reigning champion Lin, who thrashed Lee for the gold medal in an emotional victory at his home Games, beat South Korea's Lee Hyun-il 21-12, 21-10 in the second semi-final.
Parupalli Kashyap, who became the first Indian male shuttler to reach the quarterfinals of Olympics on Wednesday, will have a daunting task of dethroning top seed and world number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia if he wants to reach the semifinals in the London Games.
An ailing Lee Chong Wei suffered a shock loss to China's Chen Long in the first round of the Indian Open in Hyderabad on Wednesday. The Malaysian world number one went down 21-7, 16-21, 18-21 in 50 minutes to the Chinese world number 147, blaming an upset stomach for his defeat.
Olympic-bound shuttler Shon Wan Ho of Korea showcased a stunning display of true grit to shock defending champion Lee Chong Wei in the summit clash and clinch his maiden Super Series title, at the India Open badminton tournament in New Delhi on Sunday.
World and Olympic badminton champion Lin Dan added a first Super Series Finals title to his trophy haul on Sunday with a 21-12, 21-16 success over Chinese compatriot Chen Long.
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal, who won five major titles last year, has been voted as the third best Badminton Player of the Year 2010 by readers of an international magazine in a recent poll.
Badminton World No 1 Lee Chong Wei fell yet again to his great adversary Lin Dan in the semi-finals of the Asian Games on Sunday, ending the Malaysian's last hope of winning a gold medal at the Asiad.
China's Lin Dan survived a big fright before claiming his place in Sunday's World badminton championship final, where he will meet old foe and arch-rival Lee Chong Wei.
Danish third seed Peter Gade started with an easy win but Chinese 11th seed Bao Chunlai was upstaged in the first round of the world badminton championships which began under tight security on Monday.
World number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia Saturday set up a mouth-watering summit clash against experienced Danish shuttler Peter Hoeg Gade in the inaugural Indian Open Super Series after both notched up contrasting wins in the men's singles in New Delhi.
It was curtains for India in the Indian Open Super Series after young shuttlers Sourabh Verma and RMV Gurusai Datt suffered straight-game defeats in the quarter-finals of the men's singles at the Siri Fort Complex on Friday.
A safety-first approach paid off handsomely for world number one Lee Chong Wei when the Malaysian downed old foe Lin Dan of China 21-17, 21-17 to retain his All England badminton title on Sunday.
Lin Dan of China won his fifth All England title on Sunday when world number one Lee Chong Wei had to retire with a shoulder injury that had emerged over the last 24 hours.
Malaysia's world number one Lee Chong Wei exited the world badminton championships on Friday, beaten 21-15, 11-21, 21-12 in the quarter-finals by former World and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat. Less than an hour later, in another big surprise, title-holder Lin Dan succumbed 21-13, 21-13 to 13th seeded South Korean Park Sung-hwan.
Defending champion Lin Dan of China and top-seed Malaysian Lee Chong Wei advanced to the second round after notching up straight-set wins over their rivals in the World badminton Championship in Paris on Monday.
Seventh seed Chetan beat Hans-Kristian Vittinghus of Denmark 21-15, 21-15 in 30 minutes, while 10th seed Arvind went past another Dane, eight seeded Jan O Jorgensen, 21-13, 22-20 in 33 minutes.
Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei staged a magnificent recovery to beat world No 1 Kidambi Srikanth of India 19-21, 21-14, 21-14 and win the men's singles badminton final at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday.
London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal and newly-crowned world No 1 Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the final in women's and men's singles badminton respectively at the 21st Commonwealth Games on Saturday.
Four-times winner Lin Dan of China ended the brave run of Germany's Marc Zwiebler on Saturday to set up a repeat of the 2009 final he won against holder and world number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia.
Seven Indian shuttlers, including Saina Nehwal and Anup Sridhar, sailed into the pre-quarter-finals of the Yonex Sunrise Indian Open even as world No 1 Lee Chong Wei crashed out of the tournament in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Women's second-seed Saina thrashed Chew Yen Daphne Ng 21-6, 21-10 in 21 minutes to set up a clash with Hung Yung Chan of Hong Kong in the second round.
China's Long Chen pulled off probably the biggest upset of the tournament when he stunned world No 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia 21-7, 16-21, 18-21.
Focus on nutrition, tailor-made training for specific opponents key to Prannoy's success.
World number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia raced to a 21-8, 21-16 win over Denmark's Peter Gade to clinch the men's singles title at the $500,000 World Super Series Masters Finals on Sunday. World number one Zhou Mi of Hong Kong beat compatriot Wang Chen 21-14, 21-18 to win the women's singles final.
Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat tumbled out of the Malaysian Open Super Series after losing 21-18 21-16 to Indonesian compatriot Simon Santoso in the second round on Thursday.
India's national champion Chetan Anand and World Championships quarter-finalist Anup Sridhar are seeded 11 and 13 respectively in the men's singles.
World number one Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia and Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei will be the main attractions at the USD 150,000 Yonex Sunrise India Open.
The Bangalore lad shocked world No 12 Shoji Sato of Japan in a quarter-final match at the Yonex-Sunrise Asian Badminton Championship.
Indonesian Taufik Hidayat pulled off one of the shocks of the Asian Games badminton competition, beating world number two Lee Chong Wei in the men's singles final.
The national women's champion has been top seeded for the Asian Satellite Badminton Championship in Jaipur..
The Indian ace lost to top seed Lee Chong Wei in the third round at the Asian Badminton Championships.
Spearheaded by Malaysian world No 1 Lee Chong Wei, Mumbai Masters took a winning 3-1 lead over Delhi Smashers in the Indian Badminton League match at the NSCI courts, in Mumbai, on Tuesday night.
Third seed Sindhu beat Indonesia's Lindaweni Fanetri while Srikanth accounted for China's Huang Yuxiang.
Carolina Marin of Spain beat Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 21-17, 18-21, 22-20 to win the Hong Kong Open.
World No 1 men's shuttler Lee Chong Wei's coach Tey Seu Bock of Malaysia was appointed chief coach of Mumbai Masters for the inaugural Vodafone Indian Badminton League on Sunday.
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