International Olympic Committee : News

Badminton: Japan Open results

9/21/2013 8:16:56 AM

Results from the semi-finals of the Japan Open in Tokyo on Saturday: (x denotes seeding)

Men's singles:

Kenichi Tago (JPN x7) bt Gao Huan (CHN) 21-12, 21-12

Lee Chong Wei (MAS x1) bt Nguyen Tien Minh (VIE x5) 21-10, 21-5

Women's singles:

Akane Yamaguchi (JPN) bt Tai Tzu Ying (TPE x6) 26-24, 21-14

Shizuka Uchida (JPN) bt Wang Yihan (CHN x4) 21-19, 21-14

Women's doubles:

Christinna Pedersen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN x3) bt Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi (JPN x2) 21-16, 21-14

Ma Jin/Tang Jinhua (CHN x1) bt Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth/Rizki Amelia Pradipta (INA x4) 17-21, 21-14, 21-12

Men's doubles:

Chai Biao/Hong Wei (CHN) bt Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (DEN x2) 21-11, 15-21, 21-19

Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan (INA x1) bt Kang Jun/Liu Cheng (CHN) 21-12, 18-21, 21-18

Mixed doubles:

Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei (CHN x2) bt Liu Cheng/Bao Yixin (CHN) 21-9, 21-8

Xu Chen/Ma Jin (CHN x1) bt Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (DEN x3) 21-17, 23-21

afp

Badminton: Japan Open results

9/20/2013 11:39:22 AM

Results from the quarter-finals of the Japan Open in Tokyo on Friday: (x denotes seeding)

Men's singles:

Kenichi Tago (JPN x7) bt K. Srikanth (IND) 21-18, 21-9

Gao Huan (CHN) bt H.S. Prannoy (IND) 21-11, 20-22, 21-13

Nguyen Tien Minh (VIE x5) bt Ajay Jayaram (IND) 21-18, 21-13

Lee Chong Wei (MAS x1) bt Jun Takemura (JPN) 21-10, 21-11

Women's singles:

Akane Yamaguchi (JPN) bt Yui Hashimoto (JPN) 21-12, 21-16

Wang Yihan (CHN x4) Wang Shixian (CHN x5) 21-17, 21-15

Tai Tzu Ying (TPE x6) bt Sayaka Takahashi (JPN) 22-20, 21-18

Shizuka Uchida (JPN) bt Minatsu Mitani (JPN x7) 19-21, 21-13, 21-17

Men's doubles:

Chai Biao/Hong Wei (CHN) bt Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Noriyasu Hirata (JPN x8) 21-15, 17-21, 21-15

Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (DEN x2) bt Mads Conrad-Petersen/Mads Pieler Kolding (DEN) 21-16, 21-19

Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan (INA x1) bt Lee Sheng Mu/Tsai Chia Hsin (TPE x6) 21-11, 21-17

Kang Jun/Liu Cheng (CHN) bt Liu Xiaolong/Qiu Zihan (CHN x4) walkover

Women's doubles:

Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi (JPN x2) bt Poon Lok Yan/Tse Ying Suet (HKG x8) 21-17, 21-15

Christinna Pedersen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN x3) bt Ou Dongni/Tang Yuanting (CHN) 21-19, 23-21

Ma Jin/Tang Jinhua (CHN x1) bt Bao Yixin/Zhong Qianxin (CHN x5) 21-15, 21-5

Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth/Rizki Amelia Pradipta (INA x4) bt Cheng Wen Hsing/Hsieh Pei Chen (TPE) 21-12, 22-20

Mixed doubles:

Liu Cheng/Bao Yixin (CHN) bt Markis Kido/Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth(INA x7) 17-21, 21-19, 21-19

Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (DEN x3) bt Praveen Jordan/Vita Marissa (INA) 21-10, 19-21, 21-10

Xu Chen/Ma Jin (CHN x1) bt Chai Biao/Tang Jinhua (CHN) 21-8, 21-14

Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei (CHN x2) bt Takuto Inoue/Ayaka Takahashi (JPN) 21-15, 22-20

afp

Badminton: China Masters results

9/13/2013 8:17:04 PM

Results from the quarter-finals of the China Masters in Changzhou, China (x denotes seeding):

Men's singles:

Jan O Jorgensen (DEN x6) bt Kento Momota (JPN) 21-17, 17-21, 21-6

Son Wan-Ho (KOR) bt Zhou Wenlong (CHN) 21-14, 21-11

Wang Zhengming (CHN x7) bt Kazumasa Sakai (JPN) 21-14, 21-19

Sho Sasaki (JPN) bt Kenichi Tago (JPN x5) 21-18, 21-8

Women's singles:

Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA) bt Han Li (CHN) 21-19, 21-17

Li Xuerui (CHN x1) bt Gu Juan (SIN) 21-10, 22-20

Sayaka Takahashi (JPN) bt Yao Xue (CHN) 21-16, 22-20

Liu Xin (CHN) bt Suo Di (CHN) w.o.

Men's doubles:

Chai Biao/Hong Wei (CHN) bt Gideon Markus Fernaldi/Markis Kido (INA) 21-17, 21-16

Liu Xiaolong/Qiu Zihan (CHN x4) bt Huang Kaixiang/Zheng Si Wei (CHN) 21-16, 21-17

Ko Sung-Hyun/Lee Yong-Dae (KOR x1) bt Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Noriyasu Hirata (JPN x8) 21-10, 18-21, 21-6

Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa (JPN x2) bt Liang Jui-Wei/Liao Kuan-Hao (TPE) 21-15, 21-10

Women's doubles:

Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang (CHN x1) bt Nitya Krishinda Maheswari/Greysia Polii (INA) 21-16, 21-11

Jang Ye-Na/Kim So-Young (KOR) bt Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth/Rizki Amelia Pradipta (INA x4) 21-17, 18-21, 21-10

Ma Jin/Tang Jinhua (CHN x2) bt Jung Kyung-Eun/Kim Ha-Na (KOR x6) 21-14, 14-21, 21-19

Ou Dongni/Tang Yuanting (CHN) bt Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi (JPN x3) 21-17, 22-20

Mixed doubles:

Yoo Yeon-Seong/Eom Hye-Won (KOR) bt Lukhi Apri Nugroho/Annisa Saufika (INA) 21-12, 21-9

Riky Widianto/Puspita Richi Dili (INA x6) bt Praveen Jordan/Vita Marissa (INA) 8-21, 21-14, 22-20

Markis Kido/Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth (INA x4) bt Shin Baek-Choel/Jang Ye-Na (KOR x7) 21-15, 21-19

Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei (CHN x2) bt Kang Jun/Ou Dongni (CHN) w.o.

afp

Lin through as China guarantees medals - London 2012 - Badminton

8/3/2012 12:00:00 AM

Lin faced the prospect of a shock exit as he was taken to three games and hauled back to 15-13 in the third after conceding five successive points, but he held on.

The second seed's eventual 75-minute 21-12 16-21 21-16 win kept the man widely regarded as the best player of all time on course for a repeat of the Beijing 2008 final against Lee Chong Wei.

Top-seeded Malaysian Lee, looking increasingly assured in his recovery from an ankle injury, was troubled only in the first game before seeing off India's Kashyap Parupalli 21-19 21-11.

The semi-final line-up was completed by China's third seed Chen Long and seventh seed Lee Hyun-il, of Republic of Korea.

Chen saw off Peter Gade, the Danish veteran playing his fourth and last Olympics, 21-16 21-13 while Lee stunned fourth seed Chen Jin of China 21-15 21-16.

Three Chinese women will feature in the last four of the women's Singles along with Saina Nehwal of India.

Nehwal, the fourth seed, came through against Europe's top player, Denmark's Tine Baun.

Top seed Wang Yihan brushed off Cheng Shiao Chieh of Chinese Taipei 21-14 21-11, Wang Xin avoided an upset to beat Thailand's Intanon Ratchanok 17-21 21-18 21-14 and Li Xuerui overcame Hong Kong's Yip Pui Yin 21-12 22-20.

China are guaranteed at least one gold as top seeds and world champions Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei set up a final with number two pair Xu Chen and Ma Jin in the Mixed Doubles.

Both came through three-game battles against Denmark's Joachim Fischer and Christinna Pedersen and Indonesia's Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir respectively. For the first time in Olympic history, Indonesia now cannot win a Badminton gold medal.

In the women's Doubles, Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei and Mizuki Fujii/Reika Kakiiwa will face each other after respective victories against Valeria Sorokina/Nina Vislova and Alex Bruce/Michele Li.

Bruce and Li put up the strongest fight, going down 21-13 to the Japanese in the third game.

The men's Doubles competition is heading for the semi-final stage.

Top seeds Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng won their all-Chinese clash with Chai Biao and Guo Zhendong to set up a meeting with Malaysia's Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong.

The other semi-final will be between second seeds Chung Jae-sung and Lee Yong-dae and Denmark's third seeds Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen.

Lee taken all the way - London 2012 - Badminton

7/30/2012 12:00:00 AM

The top seed was taken to three games by Finn Ville Lang in a late-night thriller at Wembley Arena, but produced a strong finish to prevail 21-8 14-21 21-11.

Lee had been troubled in the build-up to London 2012 by an ankle injury and showed signs of rustiness as world number 45 Lang fought back in the second game.

Although the Malaysian eventually came through by winning 10 of the last 11 points, his performance will offer encouragement to his rivals, particularly reigning champion Lin Dan.

Lin, the Chinese superstar and second seed, looked in superb form as he brushed aside Ireland's Scott Evans earlier in the day.

Lee, who plans to retire after the Games, said: 'I am only mentally strong because I have had an injury and I am still not 100%.

'But I had nothing to lose and I just tried my best.'

Danish veteran Peter Gade, playing his fourth and last Olympics at the age of 35, started his latest bid for gold with an easy win over Portugal's Pedro Martins.

Watched by Crown Prince Frederik, the Sydney 2000 semi-finalist and fifth seed won 21-15 21-8.

The day's highest-profile casualty was Japan's eighth seed Kenichi Tago, who crashed out after a shock loss to Sri Lanka's Niluka Karunaratne. The big guns in the women's Singles had no such trouble.

Chinese pair Wang Yihan and Wang Xin, seeds one and two respectively, both reached the last 16 with comfortable wins in a morning session.

Visitors in the afternoon were denied a potentially thrilling finish in a men's Doubles match between Thailand's Bodin Isara and Maneepong Jongjit and the Poles Adam Cwalina and Michal Logosz.

The Polish pair were trailing 17-15 in a deciding game when Logosz snapped an Achilles tendon landing awkwardly after jumping. He left the arena in a wheelchair and the Thais won by default.

The USA's 2005 world champions Howard Bach, 33, and Tony Gunawan, 37, announced their retirement after going down to a third successive loss in the men's Doubles, this time to Japan's Naoki Kawamae and Shoji Sato.

Republic of Korea's Lee Yong-dae saw his hopes of defending the Mixed Doubles title ended as he and new partner Ha Jung-eun lost 21-15 21-12 to Danes Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl.