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Lao Future Series 2008
Tuesday, 29 Apr 2008
CONGRATULATIONS to all winners of LAO FUTURE SERIES 2008
MEN'S SINGLES
CHAMPION : HENDRI APRILIYANTO (INA)
RUNNERS UP : PAMULANG BAYU SUKMO (INA)
WOMEN'S SINGLES
CHAMPION : LE NGOC NGUYEN NHUNG (VIE)
RUNNERS UP : INTHANON RATCHANOK (THA)
MEN'S DOUBLES
CHAMPION : WIRAWAN AFIAT YURIS + WIFQI WINDARTO (INA)
RUNNERS UP : YANU KRESNAYANDI RIZKY + ALBERT SAPUTRA (INA)
WOMEN'S DOUBLES
CHAMPION : WAHYUNI ANNISA + WJAYANTI NIMAS RANI (INA)
RUNNERS UP : LE NGOC NGUYEN NHUNG + THAI THI HONG GAM (VIE)
MIXED DOUBLES
CHAMPION : DUONG BAO DUC + THAI THI HONG GAM (VIE)
RUNNERS UP : POODCHALAT PISIT + INTHANON RATCHANOK (THA)
FOR FULL RESULTS PLEASE CLICK : CLICK HERE
LAO Future Series
Thursday, 24 Apr 2008
Vientiane Thursday, The stadium was paked with more than 2.000 local fans on the second dau of this Future Series
The Mixed and Men's Doubles had done Lao proud, cruising through to the Quarter Finals tomorrow
From left: Fongmalayseng Phatonekhan & Vanpasith Philavanh (Lao)
Results 25 APR 2008: Click here
Finals Results - Yonex Sunrise Badminton Asia Championship
Monday, 21 Apr 2008
Yonex Sunrise Badminton Asia Championship 15th to 20th April 2008 Stadium Bandaraya Johor Bharu
EVENTS
CHAMPIONS
RUNNER-UPS
MEN’S SINGLES
Park Sung Hwan
Chen Jin (CHN)
WOMEN’S SINGLES
Jiang Yanjiao (CHN)
Wang Lin (CHN)
MEN’S DOUBLES
Jung Jae Sung (KOR)
Lee Yong Dae (KOR)
Candra Wijaya (INA)
Widianto Nova (INA)
WOMEN’S DOUBLES
Yang Wei (CHN)
Zhang Jiewen (CHN)
Cheng Wen Hsin (TPE)
Chien Yu Chin (TPE)
MIXED DOUBLES
Limpele Flandy (INA)
Marissa Vita (INA)
Widianto Nova (INA)
Natsir Liliyana (INA)
LAO FUTURE SERIES 2008
Saturday, 19 Apr 2008
23rd April to 27 April 2008
Vientiane, Laos
Lao Future Series 2008 Schedule of Play-Updated 18APR
Draws Lao Future Series 2008
Draws in Progress by Karen, Chair Events - Mr Surasak and Match Control-Khuyen ( Photo by Edwin,HKG)
JOHORE BAHRU THE FINAL LAP TO BEIJING
Saturday, 12 Apr 2008
At US$125,000.00 in prize monies and ranked Level 3 Gold in Badminton World Federation ranking, the Yonex-Sunrise Badminton Asia Championship starting on Tuesday 15 th April at the Stadium Bandaraya, Johore Bahru will hold special significance to some players taking part.
The event of this year has taken on a new dimension in interest and importance. And the reason being that effectively this would be the last chance for any athlete aspiring to make one final fling for entry to the Beijing Olympics in August…. either with a qualification ticket or an improved ranking status. This annual Asian Flagship is the last of the events designated by the BWF for ranking points for the Beijing Olympic Games.
The proof of this is in the exceptionally encouraging turnout of 24 nations parading their top players in the five day tournament. The final list released by the secretariat of the BAC in Kuala Lumpur when entries closed on 28 th March, is a who’s who of Asian badminton. The Chinese, Indonesians, Koreans, Malaysians and the Japanese will be parading the top-of-the-line performers while India , Thailand , Hong Kong and Taipei will have players with proven track record.
The Chinese delegation will be headed by Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang in the men and ladies individual events respectively with a supporting cast of Bao Chunlai, Chen Jin, Zhang Ning, Lu Lan and Zhu Lin. Except for their top doubles pairing of Fu Haifeng & Can Yun which is being rested, China will be in absolute strength in all the other disciplines at the championship. Guo Zhengdong & Xie Zhongbo will spearhead their men’s doubles while the pairing of Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen and Zheng Bo & Gao Ling will lead the ladies and mixed events respectively.
Malaysia ’s Lee Chong Wei with territorial advantage should be well placed to take the Chinese for all they are worth. He has seen off Lin Dan and Chunlai at one time or another before and there is no reason why he should not be able to do that again. He has been in pretty good shape and his recent success at the national championship, should set his morale right.
But obviously the stage is set for more exciting times than just matches between Chinese and local players. Looming large on the horizon will be the Olympic champion and one of the sport’s most prolific players - Taufik Hidayat. He is the defending champion and would use the BAC championship as the springboard towards an unprecedented back-to-back gold at the Olympics. He was a gold medalist at the last Games.
Lining up alongside these four are some very strong contenders, including Taufik’s teammate Sony Dwi Kuncoro, a twice-winner of this title, the unpredictable yet potent Korean Lee Hyun Il, the recent winner of the Indian Open Ponsana Boonsak of Thailand the much improved Japanese Shoji Sato and the aging but still dangerous local boy, Wong Choon Hann.
The Malaysian doubles pairing of Koo Kien Keat & Tan Boon Hong, once recognized as the best in the world, has been pretty inconsistent in recent times and unless it can regain some semblance of its true potentiality, it can expect a ‘roasting’ from the likes of teammates Tan Fook & Wan Wah, who are also the defending champions, Koreans Jae Sung & Yong Dae and Luluk & Yulianto of Indonesia.
Yonex Sunrise Badminton Asia Championship
Sunday, 06 Apr 2008
Yonex Sunrise Badminton Asia Championship 15th to 20th April 2008 Stadium Bandaraya Johor Bharu Closing Date for submission of entries : 28th March 2008 Date for Rankings : 3rd April 2008 Click here for Listings updated:
MS WS MD WD XD
Schedule of play: CLICK HERE (Updated 11-APR)
Draws for Qualifying Rounds:
MS WS MD XD
Draws for Main Rounds : 14th April 2008 at 4pm
at New York Hotel,Johor Bharu
Qualifying Draws are maked by Staffs at BAC Secretariat,KL - 10th April 2008
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