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0 Concentration Is the Key For Badminton Players

If you talk to accomplished athletes in any sport, you will hear them speak of the importance of concentration, for concentration is at the heart of success in any endeavor, including badminton. Most everyone knows that concentration has to do with paying attention. Does that mean consciously willing yourself to focus? Is concentration a shrill voice in your head screaming over and over, "Pay attention!" until you do? Maybe at first. Focus is delicate, elusive. Pay close attention to the trees and you may miss the forest, and vice versa. Eventually, if you stay with it, you will learn to relax and focus more naturally. Once you master the...

0 What If Superseries Applies "The Best of Five"?

Superseries, and therefore Superseries Premier, is currently the highest level of badminton tournament officially held by the BWF, the governing body of world badminton, at individual tournament calendar. In addition to more dollars offered, this event allows shuttlers to earn more points to boost their rankings at the BWF World Ranking, which is generally publish weekly through the season. So far each of the events level held by the BWF ~ from Superseries to Future Series ~ applies the same regulation in term of number of the games in a match, in which a winner will be decided by two streak games won or, in case of rubber game, two won games...

0 Austrian International Challenge 2012: Winners' Statistics

Men's singles: Przemyslaw Wacha (Poland) v Sattawat Pongnairat (United States) 21-19 21-18 in 30 minutes v Ashton Chen YZ (Singapore) 21-23 21-12 23-21 in 1 hour 13 minutes v Sho Zeniya (Japan) 21-15 21-18 in 39 minutes v Yan Kit Chan (Hong KOng, China) 21-17 21-13 in 30 minutes v Yuhan Tan (Belgium) 14-21 21-15 21-16 in 45 minutes Women's singles: Sayaka Takahashi (Japan) v Beatriz Corrales (Spain) 21-13 21-15 in 29 minutes v Kamila Augustyn (Poland) 21-11 21-18 in 23 minutes v Ragna Ingolfsdottir (Iceland) 21-7 21-18 in 29 minutes v Neslihat Yigit (Turkey) 21-13 12-21 21-12 in 38 minutes v Tsz Ka Chan (Hong Kong, China) 21-17 21-9 in 38 minutes Men's...

0 Austrian International Challenge 2012

Venue: Wiener Stadthalle - Halle B, Wien, Austria Time: 22-25 February 2012 PRZEMYSLAW WACHA Winners: Men's singles Przemyslaw Wacha (Poland) Women's singles Sayaka Takahashi (Japan) Men's doubles Rupesh Kumar/Sanave Thomas (India) Women's doubles Ng Hui Ern/Ng Hui Lin (Malaysia) Mixed doubles Chau Hoi Wah/Wong Wai Hong (Hong Kong, China) Final matches: MS: Przemyslaw Wacha (POL) v Yuhan Tan (BEL) 14-21 21-15 21-16 WS: Sayaka Takahashi (JPN) v Tsz Ka Chan (HKG) 21-17 21-9 MD: Rupesh Kumar/Sanave Thomas (IND) v Hiroyuki Saeki/Ryota Taohata (Japan) 23-21 22-20 WD: Ng Hui Ern/Ng Hui Lin (MAS) v Eva Lee/Paula Lynn Obanana (United States)...

0 Indonesian boys against all odds

TEAM INDONESIA  While some cynically comment on poor performance of the shuttlers at the current individual events, Indonesia men's team showed a mentality strength, coming from behind to secure direct spot of the Thomas Cup final round in Wuhan, China. All worries collided when the first two matches only caused the lead for Republic of Korea. The boys managed to ease the pressure by taking the remaining three matches, escaping the would be disaster of all time with a dramatic 3-2 victory. Speaking honestly, it was lucky that Indonesia did not play Japan who had quite stronger squads than the Koreans. This result, to some extent,...

0 Jalan Terjal Tim Uber Indonesia

FIGHT AGAINST ALL ODS, FIRDA! BRING THEM ON! Tim Uber Indonesia hampir saja terpental dari orbit putaran final Piala Uber yang tahun ini akan berlangsung di Wuhan, Cina, bulan Juni nanti.Takluk dari Thailand pada fase grup, Indonesia harus berjumpa dengan "the Mighty China" pada babak kedua. Meskipun lawan menurunkan skuad alternatif, kekuatannya ternyata tidak mampu ditahan oleh putri-putri Indonesia. Akibatnya, skuad Merah Putih harus berjibaku dalam babak play-off. Syukurlah tim berhasil lolos dari lubang jarum dengan melewati hadangan Singapura, Malaysia, dan Hong Kong. Hasil selama babak kualifikasi di Macau menjadi catatan yang...

0 2011 Season Summary: Future Series

MEN'S SINGLES Torneo Giradilla (Cuba) : Arif Gifar Ramadhan Fiji : Wesley Caulkett County of Manukau (New Zealand) : Yogendran Krishnan Carebaco (Barbados) : Howard Shu Zimbabwe : Ali Shahhousseini Colombia : Andres Corpancho Ethiopia : Ali Shahousseini WOMEN'S SINGLES Torneo Giradilla (Cuba) : Muthia Restu Putri Fiji : Andra Whiteside County of Manukau (New Zealand) : Karyn Velez Carebaco (Barbados) : Lohaynny Vicente Zimbabwe : Claudia Mayer Colombia : Barbara Matias Ethiopia : Victoria Na MEN'S DOUBLES Torneo Giradilla (Cuba) : Berry Angriawan/Christopher Rusdianto Fiji : Wesley Caulket/Raymond Tam County of Manukau (New Zealand) :...

0 2011 Season Summary: International Challenge

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SINGLES Sweden : Pablo Abian, Kaori Imabeppu Iran : Tommy Sugiarto, Nicole Grether Austria : Hao Hsu Jen, Nozomi Okuhara Poland : Pablo Abian, Larisa Griga Vietnam : Lee Dong Keun, Jing Yi Tee New Zealand : Riichi Takeshita, Sayaka Sato Osaka (Japan) : Keigo Sonoda, Minatsu Mitani Peru: Kevin Cordon, Rena Wang Netherlands : Hans-Kristian Vittinghus, Susan Egelstaff Denmark : Jan O Jorgensen, Anastasia Prokopenko Morocco : Pablo Abian, Carolina Marin Spain : Viktor Axelsen, Carolina Marin Maldives : Pablo Abian, PV Sindhu White Nights (Russia) : Hao Hsu Jen, Fransiska Ratnasari Indonesia : Tommy Sugiarto, PV Sindhu Kharkov...

0 2011 Season Summary: Grand Prix

MEN'S SINGLESRussia : Zhou WenlongCanada : Marc ZwieblerVietnam : Nguyen Tien MinhNetherlands : Hsueh Hsuan YiPan American Games : Kevin CordonWOMEN'S SINGLESRussia : Lu LanCanada : Chen Shao ChiehVietnam : Fu MingtianNetherlands : Yao JiePan American Games : Michelle LiMEN'S DOUBLESRussia : Naoki Kawamae/Shoji SatoCanada : Ko Sung Hyun/Lee Yong DaeVietnam : Angga Pratama/Ryan Agung SaputraNetherlands : Adam Cwalina/Michal LogoszPan American Games : Howard Bach/Tony GunawanWOMEN'S DOUBLESRussia : Valeri Sorokina/Nina VislovaCanada : Cheng Shu/Yixin BaoVietnam : Anneke Feinya Agustin/Nitya Krishinda MaheswariNetherlands : Duanganong Aroonkesorn/Kunchala...

0 Europameisterin 2012 : Deutschland

FABIENNE DEPREZ JOHANNA GOLISZEWSKI ISABEL HERTTRICH OLGA KONON SANDRA MARINELLO BIRGIT MICHELS CARLA NELTE JULIANE SCHENK KARIN SCHNAASE (badminton.de...

0 Thomas-Uber Cup 2012 Oceania Preliminary, Matchday 2 (19/2)

UBER CUPAustralia v New Zealand 4-1Victoria Na - Michelle Chan Ky 21-18 21-18Renuga Veeran - Amanda Brown 21-7 21-6Verdet Kessler - Anna Rankin 21-19 21-14Leanne Choo/He Tian Tang - Amanda Brown/Stephanie Cheng 21-7 21-5Eugenia Tanaka/Renuga Veeran - Michelle Chan Ky/Anna Rankin 21-10 21-16THOMAS CUPNew Zealand v Australia 3-2Michael Fowke - Wesley Caulkett 12-21 17-21James Eunson - Luke Choong 21-14 21-8Kevin Dennerly-Minturn/Oliver Leydon-Davies - Ross Smith/Glenn Warfe 22-14 21-8 23-21Luke Charlesworth - Jeff Tho 19-21 17-21James Eunson/Michael Fowke - Ben McCarthy/Raymond Tam 21-19 8-21 21-19New Caledonia v Tahiti 4-1Fabien Kaddour - Remi...

0 European Team Championships 2012, Matchday 6 (19/2)

MEN'S TEAMS - 3/4 PLAY-OFF England v Russia 3-0 Rajiv Ouseph - Vladimir Ivanov 7-21 21-13 21-19 Carl Baxter - Ivan Sozonov 21-17 21-19 Chrils Langridge/Nathan Robertson - Vitalij Durkin/Alexandr Nikolaenko 19-21 21-14 21-10 MEN'S TEAMS - FINAL MATCH Denmark v Germany 3-0 Jan O Jorgensen - Marc Zwiebler 21-11 21-14 Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen - Ingo Kindervater/Johannes Schoettler 19-21 21-11 21-18 Hans-Kristian Vittinghus - Dieter Domke 21-19 21-15 HISTORY MAKERS (Photo source: badmintoneurope.com) WOMEN'S TEAMS - 3/4 PLAY-OFF Netherlands v Russia 3-1 Judith Meulendijks - Anastasia Prokopenko 21-14 21-12 Lotte Jonathans/Paulien...

0 Thomas-Uber Cup 2012 Oceania Preliminary, Matchday 1 (18/2)

THOMAS CUPAustralia v New Caledonia 5-0Wesley Caulkett - Fabien Kaddour 21-18 21-10Luke Chong - Loic Menesson 21-7 21-7Stuart Gomez - Morgan Paitio 21-13 21-14Ben McCarthy/Raymond Tam - Sandy Suarno/Mathieu Martaud 21-6 21-5Ross Smith/Glenn Warfe - Morgan Paitio/Joey Santino 21-6 21-3New Zealand v Tahiti 5-0Michael Fowke - Remi Rossi 21-13 21-15James Eunson - Sebastien Bedrune 21-5 21-9Luke Charlesworth - Rauhiri Goguenheim 21-6 21-5Kevin Dennerly-Minturn/Oliver Leydon-Davis - Frederic Ploteau/Remi Rossi 21-9 21-12Luke Charlesworth/James Eunson - Sebastien Bedrune/Rauhiri Goguenheim 21-8 21-14Australia v Tahiti 5-0Wesley Caulkett - Remi Rossi...

0 Thomas-Uber Cup 2012 Asian Preliminary, Matchday 7 (19/2)

PLAY-OFF FOR 5th to 8th PLACES UBER CUPSingapore v Malaysia 3-2Gu Juan - Tee Jing Yi 13-21 21-10 15-21Yao Lei/Shinta Mulia Sari - Liu Ying Goh/Yin Loo Lim 21-13 21-16Fu Mingtian - Sannatasah Saniru 21-12 21-15Chen Jiayuan/Thng Ting Ting - Vivian Hoo/Wong Pei Tty 14-21 14-21Liang Xiaoyu - Yang Li Lian 21-14 21-17Indonesia v Hong Kong, China 4-1Adrianti Firdasari-Chan Hung Yun 21-17 21-15Maria Febe-Mong Kwan Yi 21-11 21-10Greysia Polii/Meiliana Jauhari-Poon Lok Yan/Tse Ying Suet 21-18 21-18Lindaweni Fanetri-Cheung Ngan Yi 21-23 14-21Nitya Krishinda/Anneke Feinya-Chan Hung Yung/Mong Kwan Yi 21-11 21-2THOMAS CUPChinese Taipei v Thailand 5-0Hsu Jen...

0 European Team Championships 2012, Matchday 5 (18/2)

MEN'S TEAM SEMIFINALS Denmark v England 3-0 Jan O Jorgensen - Rajiv Ouseph 21-19 (retired) Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen - Chris Adcock/Andrew Ellis 21-13 21-13 Hans-Kristian Vittinghus - Carl Baxter 13-21 21-18 21-18 Germany v Russia 3-1 Marc Zwiebler - Ivan Sozonov 21-12 22-20 Michael Fuchs/Oliver Roth - Vitalij Durkin/Alexandr Nikolaenko 16-21 16-21 Dieter Domke - Vladimir Malkov 21-7 21-15 Ingo Kindervater/Johannes Schoettler - Vladimir Ivanov/Ivan Sozonov 21-23 21-15 21-11 WOMEN'S TEAM SEMIFINALS Denmark v Russia 3-0 Tine Baun - Anastasia Prokopenko 21-9 21-12 Christinna Pedersen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl - Anastasia Chervaykova/Nina Vislova...

0 Thomas-Uber Cup 2012 Pan American Preliminary, Matchday 1 (17/2)

THOMAS CUP Brazil v Barbados 5-0 Daniel Paiola - Andre Padmore 21-7 21-7 Alex Tjong - Dakeil Thorpe 21-12 21-12 Lucas Alves - Greg Padmore 21-12 21-12 Daniel Paiola/Luiz Dos Santos - Dakeil Thorpe/Bradley Pilgrim 21-13 21-8 Hugo Arthuso/Lucas Alves - Andre Padmore/Kevin Wood 21-16 21-19 Canada v Suriname 5-0 Joseph Rogers - Mitchel Wongsodikromo 21-9 21-11 Sergiy Shatenko - Virgil Soeroredjo 21-15 21-15 Toby Ng/Francoise Bourret - Irfan Djabar/Dylan Darmohoetomo 21-13 21-7 Adrian Liu/Derrick Ng - Virgil Soeroredjo/Mitchel Wongsodikromo 21-13 21-13 Brazil v Suriname 4-1 Daniel Paiola - Mitchel Wongsodikromo 21-12 21-13 Alex Tjong - Virgil...

0 Thomas-Uber Cup 2012 Asian Preliminary, Matchday 6 (18/2)

PLAY-OFF FOR 5th TO 8th PLACES UBER CUP Indonesia v Malaysia 5-0 Adrianti Firdasari - Lydia Li Ya Cheah 21-7 21-13 Greysia Polii/Meiliana Jauhari - Vivian Hoo/Khe Wei Woon 21-15 18-21 21-15 Maria Febe Kusumastuti - Sannatasah Saniru 21-13 21-18 Nitya Krishinda M/Anneke Feinya A - Chin Eei Hui/Liu Ying Goh 11-21 21-8 21-18 Lindaweni Fanetri - Yang Li Lian 21-10 21-9 Singapore v Hong Kong, China 3-2 Gu Juan - Pui Yin Yip 21-10 21-9 Fu Ming Tian - Tsz Ka Chan 21-17 10-21 8-21 Yao Lei/Shinta Mulia Sari - Lok Yan Poon/Ying Suet Tse 21-18 14-21 21-15 Xing Aiying - Ngan Yi Cheung 21-19 19-21 11-21 Chen Jiayuan/Thng Ting Ting - Hoi Wah Chau/Tsz...

0 European Team Championships 2012, Matchday 4 (17/2)

MEN'S TEAM - QUARTERFINALS Denmark v Poland 3-0 Jan O Jorgensen - Przemyslaw Wacha 21-17 21-15 Mads Conrad-Petersen/Jonas Rasmussen - Lukasz Moren/Wojciech Skudlarczyk 21-14 21-14 Hans-Kristian Vittinghus - Hubert Paczek 21-13 21-8 Germany v Netherlands 3-2 Marc Zwiebler - Eric Pang 21-17 19-21 21-13 Ingo Kindervater/Johannes Schoettler - Jorrit De Ruiter/Dave Khodabux 21-16 21-9 Dieter Domke - Dicky Palyama 17-21 17-21 Michael Fuchs/Oliver Roth - Jacco Arends/Jelle Maas 21-19 13-11 16-21 Marcel Reuter - Nick Fransman 21-15 21-14 England v Ukraine 3-1 Rajiv Ouseph - Dmytro Zavadzky 21-15 21-15 Carl Baxter - Valeriy Atraschenkov 23-21 21-12 Ben...

0 Thomas-Uber Cup 2012, Asian Preliminary, Matchday 5 (17/2)

PLAY-OFF FOR 5th to 8th PLACES UBER CUP Indonesia v Singapore 5-0 Adrianti Firdasari - Gu Juan 11-21 21-10 21-16 Greysia Polii/Meiliana Jauhari - Yao Lei/Shinta Mulia Sari 21-16 22-20 Maria Febe Kusumastuti - Fu Mingtian 21-16 17-21 21-12 Nitya Krishinda Maheswari/Anneke Feinya Agustin - Chen Jiayuan/Thng Ting Ting 21-5 21-16 Lindaweni Fanetri - Xing Aiying 18-21 21-12 21-16 Hong Kong, China v Malaysia 3-2 Pui Yin Yip - Tee Jing Yi 21-12 21-9 Lok Yan Poon/Ying Suet Tse - Chin Eei Hui/Wong Pei Tty 16-21 18-21 Tsz Ka Chan - Lydia Li Ya Cheah 22-20 18-21 21-17 Hoi Wah Chau/Hung Yung Chan - Liu Ying Goh/Yin Loo Lim 19-21 15-21 Kwan Yi Mong...

0 European Team Championships 2012, Matchday 3 (16/2)

WOMEN'S TEAMS Switzerland v England 3-2 Jeanine Cicognini - Nicola Cerfontyne 21-14 21-12 Sabrina Jaquet - Sarah Walker 20-22 21-19 21-17 Marion Gruber/Sanya Herzig - Mariana Agathangelou/Heather Olver 7-21 8-21 Nicole Schaller - Kate Robertshaw 21-15 21-13 Jeanine Cicognini/Sabrina Jaquet - Jenny Wallwork/Gabrielle White 0-1 (retired) Ukraine v Czech Republic 5-0 Larisa Griga - Kristina Gavnholt 21-15 24-22 Marija Ulitina - Zuzana Pavelkova 21-14 21-12 Natalya Voytsekh - Lucie Cerna 21-9 21-11 Marija Ulitina/Natalya Voytsekh - Kristina Gavnholt/Lucie Havlova 18-21 21-11 21-11 Larisa Griga/Anna Kobcheva - Alzbeta Basova/Lucie Cerna 21-15...

0 Thomas-Uber Cup 2012 Asian Preliminary, Matchday 4 (16/2)

THOMAS CUP China v Thailand 3-0 Cheng Long - Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk 21-11 21-9 Chai Biao/Guo Zhendong - Bodin Issara/Maneepong Jongjit 21-17 21-6 Du Pengyu - Suppanyu Avihingsanon 21-18 21-9 Japan v Chinese Taipei 3-0 Sho Sasaki - Hsu Jen Hao 21-5 21-10 Noriyasu Hirata/Hirokatsu Hashimoto - Lee Sheng Mu/Fang Chieh Min 21-13 21-18 Kenichi Tago - Hsueh Hsuan Yi 19-21 26-24 21-11 Malaysia v India 3-0 Lee Chong Wei - Ajay Jayaram 12-21 17-21 21-8 Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong - Rupesh Kumar/Sanave Thomas 21-14 23-21 Muhammad Hafiz Hashim - Kashyap Parupalli 21-17 18-21 21-11 UBER CUP Chinese Taipei v Hong Kong, China 3-1 Cheng Shao Chieh...

0 European Team Championships 2012, Matchday 2 (15/2)

WOMEN'S TEAM Switzerland v Scotland 3-2 Jeanine Cicognini - Susan Egelstaff 13-21 18-21 Sabrine Jaquet - Kirsty Gilmour 21-15 14-21 21-14 Nicole Schaller - Linda Sloan 21-12 21-10 Jeanine Cicognini/Sabrine Jaquet - Rita Yuan Gao/Kirsty Gilmour 21-15 21-16 Marion Gruber/Sanya Herzig - Jillie Cooper/Linda Sloan 15-21 13-21 Belgium v Wales 4-1 Lianne Tan - Sarah Thomas 21-7 21-9 Sabine Devooght - Carissa Turner 21-19 13-21 22-20 Flore Vandenhoucke - Vikki Jones 21-18 7-21 23-21 Steffi Annys/Severine Corvilain 23-21 18-21 12-21 Janne Elst/Jelske Snoeck - Bethan Higginson/Vikki Jones 21-12 21-19 France v Iceland 4-1 Pi Hongyan - Ragna Ingolfsdottir...

0 Thomas-Uber Cup 2012 Asian Preliminary, Matchday 3 (15/2)

THOMAS CUP Singapore v Macau, China 5-0 Derek Wong Zi Liang - Kin Fai Leong 21-10 21-9 Chao Huang - Chi Man Lam 21-11 21-12 Jeffrey Wong/Jonathan Tang - Ion Weng Lo/Io Keng Iao 21-8 21-13 Gerald Ong - Chi Cong Ng 21-12 21-6 Terry Yeo/Liu Yi - Kin Fai Leong/Chi Man Lam Sri Lanka v Kazakhstan 5-0 Niluka Karunaratne - Artur Niyazov 21-13 21-6 Kindelitiyage Lasitha - Yerzhakanov Samat 21-19 21-17 Rajitha Sandeepana - Klyam Anton 21-13 21-11 Rajitha Sandeepana/Hasitha Chanaka - Artur Niyazov/Askar Ormanov 21-15 21-5 Kindelpitiyage Lasitha/Sankalpa Gunawardena - Yerzhakanov Samat/Klyam Anton 21-10 21-14 Japan v Thailand 4-1 Sho Sasaki - Boonsak...

0 European Team Championships 2012 - Men's Squads

Austria: Matthias Almer, Juergen Koch, Michael Lahnsteiner, David Obernoster, Vilson Vattanirappel, Luka Wraber, Peter Zauner, Roman Zimwald.Belgium: Birger Abts, Mattijs Dierickx, Freek Golinski, Nick Moreels, Marijn Put, Yuhan Tan, Sam Van Den Broeck, Nathan Vervaeke.Bulgaria: Peyo Boichinov, Jasen Borisov, Blagovest Kisyov, Stilian Makarski, Ivan Rusev, Krasimir Yankov.Croatia: Igor Cimbur, Zvonimir Durkinjak, Zvonimir Hoelbling, Ivan Tucakovic, Josip Uglesic, Luka Zdenjak.Czech Republic: Jakub Bitman, Pavel Drancak, Pavel Florian, Jan Frohlich, Ondrej Kopriva, Tomas Kopriva, Petr Koukal, Milan Ludik.Denmark: Viktor Axelsen, Mathias Boe,...