Tag: womens badminton

Two titles in two weeks – Marin is riding a fabulous hot streak – will she stay fit enough to challenge for a podium place at the Olympics this summer? The danger that she poses to the Fab Four is...

Before we look forward to Paris 2024 let’s cast our minds back to Paris 2022 and the final of the Yonex French Open.  Pearly & Thinaah had negotiated a tough run to the final...

TAI Tzu Ying is the Champion again at the World Tour Finals – this is a triumph we will savour in years to come. Her resilience and will-to-win carried her through an incredible weekend...

In a truly momentous milestone TAI Tzu Ying has achieved the feat of securing her 500th victory. She’s travelled a long way from the skinny kid winning her first pro match in 2007 to the worldwide icon about to grace...

Pearly Tan & Thinaah Muralitharan seemed destined for a two-set exit at the Axiata Arena today but then something extraordinary happened. By the middle of the second set the two Malaysians were struggling to get any sort of foothold in...

The crème de la crème of Women’s Singles was on the podium at the Badminton Asia Championships this year. TAI Tzu Ying, AN Se Young, Akane Yamaguchi and CHEN YuFei are four outstanding players who represent peak excellence. It is...

TAI Tzu Ying is the Champion of Asia, securing the title for a third time with an unyielding display of aggression and precision against AN Se Young in the final. TTY’s dominance stunned her Korean rival. By refusing to be...

Kim and Kong’s impressive victory at this year’s All England won them a whole lot of new fans. Having witnessed their performances for three days in a row I was enthralled by the dynamic...

Nothing stirs my badminton soul like the thought of a showdown between TAI Tzu Ying and Ratchanok Intanon. When two of the most technically brilliant players in the modern era meet, we know to...