Axiata Cup

Badminton: China women win Olympic re-match in S. Korea

  • Tigers fall to Garuda's grip at Axiata Cup semi-final Yahoo Newsroom

    Malaysia Tiger's fiery fangs were no match for Indonesia Garuda's predatory claws in Jakarta Friday, losing 2-1 to their arch rival at the lucrative Axiata Cup badminton tournament.

  • Rough ride for Malaysia Tigers in Jakarta without Chong Wei Bernama

    KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 (Bernama) -- The Malaysia Tigers are set for a roughride as world number one Datuk Lee Chong Wei will not play in the semi-finalmatch of the Axiata Cup at Britma Mall Sports Arena in Jakarta tomorrow. National singles coach Tey Seu Bock said this was because Chong Wei wasstill undergoing treatment for his injured shoulder. However, he said the national singles ace would probably play the return legat Cheras Badminton Stadium here on Sunday. ...

  • Malaysian teams savour bittersweet victory Yahoo Newsroom

    Both Malaysian teams at the Axiata Cup march on to the semi-finals, but joy turns to sorrow when a squad member learns his father has died in Malaysia.

In a rematch of their controversial London Olympic badminton encounter, China's Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli beat South Korea's Jung Kyung-Eun and Kim Ha-Na Saturday to reach the Korea Open women's doubles final.

The top-seeded Chinese duo overpowered the South Koreans 21-16, 21-11 for a comfortable straight sets win.

The pairings were among eight women's doubles players who were disqualified from the Olympics last summer for trying to lose round-robin matches to secure a more favourable draw in the quarterfinals.

They were boed off court after the Chinese pair, top seeds at the Games, lost to the South Koreans in straight sets, but there was no repeat when they met again in South Korea.

In Sunday's final, Yu and Yang will face compatriots Ma Jin and Tang Jinhua, who upset the second-seeded Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark 21-19, 19-21, 21-11.

In the men's doubles, the top-seeded Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen of Denmark reached the final, after defeating Hong Wei and Shen Ye of China 19-21, 21-10, 21-18.

The Danes will take on South Korea's Lee Yong-dae and Ko Sung-hyun, who took care of the No. 2 seeds Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong of Malaysia, 21-17, 21-11.

Lee won the Korea Open with his retired doubles partner, Chung Jae-sung, in 2007, 2010 and 2011, while Boe and Mogensen were the 2009 Korea Open winners.

World number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia sailed into the men's singles final with a 21-11, 21-18 win over Wong Wing Ki of Hong Kong.

His opponent in the championship match will be Du Pengyu of China, who got past Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia 21-12, 21-17. Lee is chasing his second consecutive Korea Open crown.

The top seeds in the mixed doubles, Xu Chen and Ma Jin of China, will also go for their second Korea Open title in a row.

They beat Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thoungthongkam of Thailand 21-12, 21-14 to set up an all-Chinese final against Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei.

Wang Shixian made it to the women's singles final by beating Minatsu Mitani of Japan, 21-11, 21-17, and will face the unseeded South Korean Sung Ji-Hyun.

  • BN to face angrier Malaysians with continued crackdown, warns Ambiga The Malaysian Insider
    BN to face angrier Malaysians with continued crackdown, warns Ambiga

    KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Putrajaya will only face more wrath from right-thinking Malaysians if it continues its nationwide crackdown on opposition supporters, Datuk Ambiga Sreenavasan said today.

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  • Crackdown begins! The Malaysian Insider
    Crackdown begins!

    KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 ― Batu MP Chua Tian Chang, activist Haris Ibrahim and PAS’s Tamrin Ghafar were arrested for sedition today and brought to the Jinjang police station for questioning, according to reports.

  • ‘Haram’ to topple government through violence, repeats Fatwa Council The Malaysian Insider

    NILAI, May 22 – The National Fatwa Council reiterated a “fatwa” declaring demonstrations and rallies to topple government through violence as “haram” (forbidden) yesterday, becoming the latest Islamic body to comment on the issue.