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Bao Chunlai shocked Athens Olympic gold medallist Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia to make it a Chinese double at the Japan Open Sunday after Wang Yihan won the women's crown. The unseeded Asian champion, who previously eliminated third seed Peter Gade of Denmark and Vietnam's Tien Minh Nguyen, the eighth seed, powered his way to a 21-15, 21-12 win. Earlier, defending champion Wang Yihan chalked up a 21-8, 21-9 victory over Wang Xin in an all-Chinese final to retain the women's singles title. "When I reached the final for the first time here, I was still young and I was nervous. Today, I was able ... Read Full Story
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World number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia brushed aside Thailand's Boonsak Ponsana in the Japan Open on Wednesday, showing no ill-effects from a knee injury. The top seed, who said an old injury to his left knee has recently flared, needed just 34 minutes to score a 21-9, 21-15 win over the in-form China Masters finalist in the first round of the men's singles. "For sure, he (Boonsak) is a tough opponent. I just tried to keep myself calm and play my game. I tried not to lose a single point because every point is very important," said Lee, the winner here in ... Read Full Story
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World number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia brushed aside Thailand's Boonsak Ponsana in the Japan Open on Wednesday, showing no ill-effects from a knee injury. The top seed, who said an old injury to his left knee has recently flared, needed just 34 minutes to score a 21-9, 21-15 win over the in-form China Masters finalist in the first round of the men's singles. "For sure, he (Boonsak) is a tough opponent. I just tried to keep myself calm and play my game. I tried not to lose a single point because every point is very important," said Lee, the winner here in ... Read Full Story
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Simon Santoso continued his giant-killing run by beating fellow Indonesian defending champion Soni Dwi Kuncoro at the Japan Open badminton tournament on Friday. Unseeded Santoso -- who eliminated world number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the third round on Thursday -- pulled off a 21-16, 21-17 victory over fifth-seeded Kuncoro in the men's singles quarter-finals. "I'm very, very happy to beat him for the first time, because he is a big senior in Indonesia," Santoso said. "I was able to keep myself calm today, while Soni made several mistakes. That resulted in this victory." Kuncoro said of his younger teammate: "He can ... Read Full Story
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Top-seeded Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia moved into the men's singles third round of the World Badminton Championships with an easy 21-11, 21-14 win over Nigerian Ola Fagbemi here on Wednesday. World number one Zhou Mi of Hong Kong also found it easy, racing to a 21-11, 21-15 victory over New Zealand's Chan Ky Michelle to advance to the women's singles third round. "I don't think I was at my 100 per cent best today, but so far so good," said world number one Lee, seeking his maiden title at the championships. "I think my next match (against Tien Minh Nguyen) will be tough ... Read Full Story
Badminton Association and the state government. Three times World Champion and former Olympic gold medallist Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia will be participating as a 'guest player', and he will play show matches on Dec 19 and 20. In all 145 shuttlers,  
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JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia - Defending champion Lee Chong Wei smashed his way to an easy 21-6, 21-13 win over Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat to reach the semi-finals at the World Super Series Masters Finals Thursday. The 27-year-old world number one from ...  
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with their second consecutive win Thursday at the City Council Indoor stadium here. Chong Wei took care of Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat 21-6,21-13 while Mew Choo was just too good for Thailand's Porntip Buranaprasertsuk in her 21-9,21-17 win. They still  
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the court like dancers. It is like watching poetry in motion. My favourite player is Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia; he is so handsome and charismatic, and his movements are so graceful. Unfortunately, having won so many championships and accolades, he is  
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talent and has beaten big names like Lin Dan, Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia and Hidayat Taufik of Indonesia this year. Guangdong also entered the semis by virtue of their better match difference against other teams. Bao Chunlai, world No. 15 and China's No.  
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