South Korea in The Final of Sudirman Cup

South Korea made sure their step forward to the final after defeating Indonesia on the semifinal of Sudirman Cup in Guangzhou Stadium. South Korea got their first point from the mix double Lee Young Dae/Lee Hyo Jung who face Nova/Lil. They won the match in straight set 18-21 and 15-21.

Indonesia got a chance after his men's double, Sony Dwi Kuncoro won the match. At the first set Sony showed a bad gameplay. He lost points fastly and ended on 14-21. On the secon set he played better and won by 21-15. A tight game happened on the third set. Both of the player race point per point until 20-20. Sony ended the match by 22-20.

South Korea come back to lead 2-1. Hwang Hye Youn defeated Maria Kristin 21-23 and 19-21. Maria Kristin made many mistakes that caused points for Hwang. She said it was because the pain on her leg.

Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae took the winning of South Korea after they defeated the men's double from indonesia, Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan. The Indonesian players were not good. They made mistakes very often. The men's double of South Korea won easily by 9-21 and 19-21.

China and South Korea Lead The Group

China and South Korea won all matches and lead the groups in Sudirman Cup. South Korea leads group 1A and China leads group 1B. China defeated Indonesia 5-0 and South Korea defeated Denmark 4-1 on their last matches. Below them are Indonesia and Malaysia as the runner up of group 1A and 2B. Denmark, Hongkong, England, and Japan are eliminated.

In this result, China will meet Malaysia and South Korea will meet Indonesia to go to the final. The matches will held on 16 Mei and the final will held on 17 Mei.

The complete result are:

Group 1A

Team	Play	Win	Loose	Points
South Korea	3	3	0	3
Malaysia	3	2	1	2
Denmark	3	1	2	1
Hong Kong	3	0	3	0

Group 1B

Team	Play	Win	Loose	Points
China	3	3	0	3
Indonesia	3	2	1	2
England	3	1	2	1
Japan	3	0	3	0

Indonesia Defeated England by 4-1 in Sudirman Cup 2009

Indonesia which in the same group with China, Japan, and England had not faced serious problem. On the second day of Sudirman Cup, Indonesia succesfully defeated Japan by 4-1. Indonesian badminton team got the same score in facing England.

In the match between Indonesia vs England which took place on Guangzhou Gymnasium on Monday, England take the first set of mens double. Nathan Robertson/Anthony Clark fight Bona Septano/Mohammad Ahsan for 60 minutes 11-21, 21-18, 22-24. England lead 0-1 from indonesia.

Firdasari made the score equal 1-1 after defeated Sarah Walker in straight set 21-12 and 21-18 in women single. Simon Santoso who played on the third match made Indonesia lead. Simon defeated Andrew Smith by 21-15 and 21-14.

Indonesia made sure their winning from England after their women's double, Greysia polii/Nitya Krishinda Maheswari won 21-15 and 51-7 from Jennifer Wallwork/Gabrielle White. Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir close the game with Anthony Clark/Donna Kellog. They won in 21-15 and 21-10 and makde Indonesia won 4-1 from England.

Sony Dwi Kuncoro Won Japan Super Series 2008

Sony Dwi Kuncoro finally won the Japan Super Series 2008. Sony, the badminton player of Indonesia succeed defeating Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in straight set 21-17 and 21-11 in the final. The match didn't take a long. Sony defeated Lee easily in 40 minutes. It seemed because of Lees fatigue after the Beijing Olympics.

With the result, Sony Dwi Kuncoro had revenged the match in Beijing Olympics which he defeated by Lee Chong Wei. In the Japan Super Series 2008 Indonesia had collect two gold medals after Muhammad Rijal andVita Marissa won the gold medal for mixed double in the match before.

Suprising Winning of Rijal and Vita in Japan

All Indonesian final happened in the mixed double final of Japan Super Series 2008. Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir had to face Rijal and Vita who all of the are from Indonesia.

Nova and Lilyana were guessed to be the winner due to of their higher rank, but the match in the court said different thing. Rijal and Vita took the gold medal in 43 minutes with straight set 14-21, 21-15, and 21-19.

Lee Chong Wei Suffer Fatigue in Japan Super Series

Defending champions Lee Chong Wei and Tine Rasmussen struggled into the Japan Open quarter-finals Thursday with the Malaysian world number one complaining of post-Olympics fatigue.

Lee survived a second-game fightback by local hope Sho Sasaki to win 21-7, 22-20 while Denmark's Rasmussen came from behind to beat China's Wang Lin 10-21, 21-11, 21-18.

Lee, who lost last month's Olympic final to China's Lin Dan, had also looked unconvincing in his first-round 25-23, 21-8 win over unfancied Chinese Zhu Weilun.

"I still feel tired as I only took a week off after the Olympics and prepared for this tournament as I wanted to take part in as many events as possible," the 25-year-old.

"I lost my concentration and wound down after an 11-3 lead in the second game. That's why I was overtaken that way."

Lee faces a first ever match-up with China's 150th-ranked Qiu Yanbo in the last eight.

"I may recover from fatigue somewhat in due course. But whether or not I am tired, I want to take one match at a time in a careful manner," he said.

Qiu progressed when fifth-seeded Indonesian Simon Santoso pulled out with back pain when 21-10, 8-6 down. Santoso injured his back in winning last week's Taiwan Open.

In other men's matches, Indonesian second seed Sony Dwi Kuncoro outclassed Sairul Amar Ayob 21-8, 21-7 to face another Malaysian, Muhammad Roslin Hashim, who beat Thailand's Boonsak Ponsana 21-17, 21-15.

Ex-Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat beat Denmark's Jan Jorgensen 21-10, 21-12 to set up a quarter-final with European championship runner-up Joachim Persson, who overcame Tommy Sugiarto 21-14, 21-15.

Rasmussen, the All-England winner and women's second seed, needed 48 minutes to overcome Wang as top-seeded Lu Lan of China made short work of Japan's Kaori Imabeppu 21-7, 21-8.

"I had to work really hard and, maybe, I didn't play too clever," said Rasmussen, 29, whose career has blossomed after winning her first major title here last year.

"I think I was against the (air conditioners') wind in the first game and I didn't get enough length. So Wang could just stand on it and put pressure on me," Rasmussen added.

Rasmussen faces a tough quarter-final against Hong Kong's world silver medallist Wang Chen, who reached the last eight on a walkover against China's Jiang Yanjiao.

"I think it's going to be a 50-50, open-ended match," said the Dane, who has already won three Super Series events this year in Malaysia, England and Singapore.

"I have to adjust many things and I have to play better if I want to win."

The 200,000-dollar Japan Open is the seventh leg of badminton's 12-round Super Series.

Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan Stopped in Japan Super Series 2008

Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan Men's single badminton athletes from Indonesia lost from Yonatan Suryatama and Rian Sukmawan whom also from Indonesia.

Markis and Hendra, who were considered as the superior in this match lost in 41 minutes. Although they got gold medal in Beijing Olympics 2008, they could not win the match and defeated with 21-17, 14-21, and 21-19.

Taufik Hidayat Lost AGAIN in Japan Super Series 2008

Taufik Hidayat got the second lost after failed to defend the Beijing Olympics 2008. Taufik must end the Japan Super Series 2008 only until the quarterfinal. He was defeated by Joachim Persson, a badminton athlete from Denmark.

In the game which held in Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Shibuya, Tokyo, (19/9/2008) Taufik Hidayat lead the game in the beginning. He won the first set with 21-12. But in the second set, Hidayat who still leading in the beginning of the set, unable to defend it. Slowly Joachim Persson lead the second set and won it with 21-19.

In the third set Persson increase his gameplay. He lead quicly until 12-5 at first, but Taufik Hidayat took lead with 17-16. The game became tighter until deuce 20-20. In the end, Persson got the last set and automatically won the game with 23-21. In the semifinal Persson will face Lee Chong Wei.

Saina Nehwal Out From Japan Super Series 2008

Saina Nehwal badminton athletes of India out from Japan Super Series 2008. She lost in the badminton tournament in straight set in the first round in Tokyo on Wednesday.

She was the Beijing olympics quarterfinalist who lost from Hong Kong's badminton athletes, Mi Zhou in 30 minutes. Zhou will take on local favourite Megumi Taruno, outplayed Canada's Charmaine Reid 21-8 21-9.

Saina had clinched the prestigious Grand Prix Gold event in Chinese Taipei last week after a fine Olympic debut, in which she beat some higher ranked opponents en route to the quarterfinals.

China The Badminton Power

China is the best country for badminton now. They have best badminton athletes and most of them placed in the top BWF rank. Just say the most famous badminton athletes: Lin Dan, Bao Chinlai, Xie Xingfang, Lu Lan, etc. They came from China.

China has dominated the medals of many championship. China has solid team and good athletes. In the Thomas and Uber cup, they have got both of the trophy. Furthermore in the 2008 Beijing Olympic China got 3 gold medals (men's singles, women's doubles, and women's singles), 2 silvers medal (men's doubles, women's singles), and 3 bronzes (men's singles, mixed doubles, womens doubles). It's result is better than other countrie like Indonesia and South Korea which could get one gold medal only.

South Korea Took The Gold Mixed Medal

Lee Hyojung and Lee Yongdae, mixed double from South Korea, unpredictedly got the gold medal from Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir from indonesia. Lee Hyojung and Lee Yongdae are in the 10th rank while Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir are in the first rank. Howefer, the South Korean players could made it in straight set 21-11, 21-17.

In the first set Lee Hyojung and Lee Yongdae got points fastly until 16-18 and they won the set in 21-11. Their domination was continued in the second set. Even the mistakes which are made by Nova and Lily made the point gap became bigger. The set was end in 21-17.

Lin Dan Won Gold Medal In Beijing

Lin Dan, a men single badminton player from China won the gold medal in Beijing Olympics after beating Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia 21-12 and 21-8. The top seed was in control from the outset and eased past second seed Lee for China's third badminton title. Lin, 24, took an 11-1 lead in the second game with Lee's only point coming on an unforced error by Lin.

Bidding for Malaysia's first Olympic gold, Lee was no match for Lin, who won the match with a smash down the line that Lee returned into the net. A soldier in the People's Liberation Army, Lin wrapped a Chinese flag around his shoulders and saluted to the crowd. "I think this is one of the best matches of my career," he said.

China's Chen Jin won the bronze, defeating Lee Hyunil of South Korea 21-16 12-21 21-14. Lee had been booed a few days earlier when he dumped Chinese third seed Bao Chunlai out of the tournament in a heated match. But the crowd was on their best behaviour on Sunday, enjoying a closely-fought match which Chen won with an overhead smash.

Bill Gates Likes Badminton

Badminton is not a popular sport in America. But who tough Bill Gates can like it. Bill Gates showed sitting in the VIP Seat Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium. He and his wife saw a match between Bao Chunlai from china and Kevin Gordon from Guatemala. The match was won by Bao Chunlai with straight set 21-17 and 21-16

"It was great. I was very impressed," Gates, who stepped down from daily operations at the software maker in June, told reporters.

Indonesian men double badminton player, Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan finally won the gold the gold medal in the olympic games. They got the winning from Chinese badminton athletes, Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng.
In the game which held on August 16th 2008, Markis and hendra won through a tight game. Even Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng could won the first set. But The Indonesian badminton athletes could get the other two sets. they won by 12-21, 21-11, and 21-16.

Maria Kristin Blowed Istora

Maria Kristin showed a very beautiful game in the Indonesia Open 2008. She reached the final successfully and faced one of the best China women single, Zhu Lin. In the court, since the beginning Maria Kristin who was not expected could reached the final show her best performance. She returned every shuttlecock from her enemy and then make her got winning. She could to that although her enemies are China badminton athletes which are known are the best badminton women athletes at present.

After defeating her teammates, Pia Zebadiah Bernadet, in the first round, Kristin beated yao Jie, Chinese badminton athlete who played for Netherland. In the quarter final she got the Zhou Mi from Hongkong, while a big surprise was done when she defeated the second single of China, Zhang Ning.

In the final when facing Zhu Lin, Maria show excelent gameplay. She able to force the champion of Indonesia Open 2006 to play rubber game 18-21, 21-17, and 14-21. Although she didn't able to defeat Zhu Lin. The game was long and strech for 1 hour and 18 minutes. The game take both of the players power. Because of too tired, Zhu Lin even got a yellow card because of taking too much time to take a rest.

Zhu Lin seemed frustating with the gameplay of Maria Kristin. She played without expression and spirit. Kristin return most of the shuttlecock with strong defend. She also tried to spend her enemy's power by giving lobs, drop shots, and smashes. Her enemy who want to end the game as soon as possible tend to make many mistakes. Although she got lost in the end.

Maria Kristin got big support from the Istora audience who most are indonesian. Although she loose, the audience are not dissappointed. They satisfied with her performance and seemd to get the Susi Susanti back.

Sony Dwi Kuncoro Won Indonesia Open 2008

Finally Sony Dwi Kuncoro Able to win Indonesia Open 2008 for single. He has waited this for a long time. This is his first winning for Indonesia Open.”I am really happy because i have been waiting for so long. Finally I get it now,” Sony said.

Sony Got the title after beat his friend Simon Santoso. The game was really attractive in the first game. Simon could give big pressure to Simon and Simon could get the first game with 19-21. But in the second game, Sony Dwi Kuncoro showed his real gameplay. Sony can beat Simon by 21-14 and continued with the rubber set with 21-9.

Sony hoped the winning will be followed by the winning in the Beijing olimpiade 2008 in China. She realized that his game play is getting better and he optimist that he can get his target.