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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, a...

Updated Feb 03, 2021 · 10:28 pm Tai Tzu Ying and Carolina Marin in action | AFP images In the BWF World Tour Finals on Sunday, there was a moment in the women’s singles final between Tai Tzu Ying and Carolina Marin that you would not find in the highlight reel but it was one of significance. In the opening game, Marin was recovering after starting on the backfoot. She was, as she does, dictating the tempo. On her serve, she was relentless during rallies as well...

All eyes on Dechapol, Sapsiree again All eyes on Dechapol, Sapsiree again BADMINTON: Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai will be gunning for their third straight World Tour Super 1000 title after reaching the mixed doubles decider of the US$1.5 million (B45mn) HSBC World Tour Finals. Dream run: Sapsiree Taerattanachai, left, and Dechapol Puavaranukroh celebrate a point. Photo: Bangkok Post. The Thai pair won seven straight points in the second game as they defeated Thom Gicquel a...

BANGKOK: Top-ranked Tai Tzu-ying won a crucial game Friday against former world champion Ratchanok Intanon, ensuring the Taiwanese star a place in the semi-finals of badminton’s World Tour...

Badminton: Carolina Marin, Viktor Axelsen gun for World Tour Finals title Marin will once again be facing off against top-ranked Tai Tzu Ying, while Axelsen will face fellow Dane Antonsen. Updated Jan 30, 2021 · 10:28 pm File photo of Carolina Marin | HANDOUT / AFP / BADMINTON ASSOCIATION OF THAILAND Reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin was unstoppable Saturday, clinching a spot in badminton’s World Tour Finals after quickly dispatching Thai player Pornpawee...

Badminton News: PV Sindhu defeated Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand 21-18, 21-15 in her last Group B match of the BWF World Tour Finals in Bangkok on Friday. Kidambi

Spains Marin guns for badminton World Tour Finals title AFP 1/30/2021 AFP © Handout Denmarks Viktor Axelsen secured his spot in the mens final after trouncing Chou Tien-chen Reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin was unstoppable Saturday, clinching a spot in badmintons World Tour Finals after quickly dispatching Thai player Pornpawee Chochuwong in a 21-13, 21-13 game. © Handout The mens final will be an all-Danish affair, with Anders Antonsen playing Axelsen The delaye...

Spanish shuttler Carolina Marin drops 1st match of 2021 2 minutes read Sports Desk, Jan 29 (efe-epa).- Spanish badminton great and reigning Olympic women’s singles champion Carolina Marin fell to rising South Korean teenage star An Se-young 21-16, 14-21, 21-19 in round-robin action Friday at the World Tour Finals, yet she still finished runner-up in her group and will battle for the title this weekend. The 27-year-old Marin had won back-to-back tournaments – the Yonex Thailand Open and th...

World Tour Finals: Srikanth, Sindhu suffer 2nd consecutive loss By IANS|   Updated: 28th January 2021 2:46 pm IST Bangkok, Jan 28 : Star Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu suffered contrasting defeats in their respective second group ‘B’ matches at the BWF World Tour Finals here on Thursday. While Kidambi lost 21-19, 9-21, 19-21 to Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese Taipei, Sindhu suffered a 18-21, 13-21 loss to Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon. Srikanth, who is making his fourth appearanc...

Thailands Ratchanok Intanon downs Indian star PV Sindhu Issued on: 2 min Bangkok (AFP) Former world number one Ratchanok Intanon landed a crucial victory over Indian star PV Sindhu at badmintons World Tour Finals in Bangkok on Thursday. It was a double victory for Thailands hopes, as 13th-seed Pornpawee Chochuwong also booked a semi-final spot after a shock win over Taiwanese top-ranked Tai Tzu-ying. Intanon trailed for most of the first game against Sindhu, but showed a ballerinas footwork a...