Venue : Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan-CHN Category : Continental Individual Championships (BWF Grade 2 Level 4 ~ World Tour Super 500) Total prize-money : US$350,000 M/Q Reports : http://www.badmintonasia.org/tourna...dminton-asia-championships-2018/download/4054 Seeding Reports : http://www.badmintonasia.org/tourna...dminton-asia-championships-2018/download/4055 Tournamentsoftware link : https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=0465918A-459C-48F8-BC12-70F18B5EAF67 Tournament Prospectus : http://www.badmintonasia.org/tourna...dminton-asia-championships-2018/download/4014 CHN time : https://www.worldtimezone.com/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=3596&forma=Find Time 2017 ASIAN Champions => https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...48544D-A795-4401-9AFE-23A5532931B9&d=20170430 MS - Chen Long (CHN) WS - Tai Tzu Ying (TPE) MD - Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen (CHN) WD - Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi (JPN) XD - Lu Kai/Huang Yaqiong (CHN) DRAW : http://www.badmintonasia.org/tourna...dminton-asia-championships-2018/download/4066. Almost all Asia's bests have been registered to participate BAC, only men's doubles world number one pair skip this event following Marcus F. Gideon will hold wedding reception on 14th April. Host China has maximum quota in all five categories with total 20 representatives, their closest rival in region Japan also fields big squad including men's singles ace Kento Momota.
Live Streaming available also from CCTV-5 Live Streaming (available for all) : http://www.310tv.com/channel/cctv5.html For anyone live in China available also in the official link : http://tv.cctv.com/live/cctv5
Top-seed Srikanth Kidambi has tricky opening round against the in-form Kenta Nishimoto then an arduous test for the Indian will arrive at quarterfinal, 2016 winner Lee Chong Wei. Joining with them, 7th seed Chou Tien Chen and 4th seed Shi Yuqi, the latter has possible meeting with Kento Momota in last sixteen. On bottom half draw, title-holder Chen Long is slated to face 8th seed Ng Ka Long in last eight while his illustrious senior Lin Dan has challenging task to clear first round, TPE young star Wang Tzu Wei, barring any upsets four-time Asian Champion Lin and second seed Son Wan Ho may meet at quarterfinal. Reigning world champion Nozomi Okuhara has tough path here, home promising talent Gao Fangjie then Saina Nehwal, Ratchanok Intanon, Tai Tzu Ying in second round, quarter and semifinal respectively. Another Japanese starlet, Akane Yamaguchi has more comfortable drawing, she's expected to face Chen Yufei in last eight and either Pusarla Sindhu or Sung Ji Hyun as possible semifinal opponent. In the absence of invincible duo Gideon/Sukamuljo, the chance to nail men's doubles crown is wide open, China best bet Li JH/Liu YC will take on qualifier in first round whilst current World Champion Liu C/Zhang N get Japanese darkhorse Hoki/Kobayashi. Three Japanese WD pairs Misaki/Matsumoto, Fukushima/Hirota, Tanaka/Yonemoto will be tournament favourites alongside with world number one Chen QC/Jia YF and Indonesian hotshots Polii/Rahayu. The Olympic Champion Ahmad/Natsir should pass early rounds and will find either Malaysian Tan KM/Lai PJ or local youngsters He JY/Du Y in quarters, second quadrant will see Tang CM/Tse YS and Zheng SW/Huang YQ as leading contenders to progress. Lower-half draw will see newly-crowned All England champion and the sensational Japanese duo Watanabe/Higashino have Korean rival Seo SJ/Kim HN at first round.
On Day 1, we will find out if Hu Yun can restore some of his fading powers and how fine-tuned are Ahsan and Hendra for The Thomas Cup World Team Championships.
LD had won 4 times and the old man will be generous....I predict LD will lose in first or at most second round. $350K total prize money, so what will a champion gets out of this, not worth a sweat for LD
Player's Withdrawal : Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (THA), Akane Yamaguchi (JPN), Sonia Cheah (MAS), Hoki/Kobayashi (JPN), Awanda/Istirani (INA), Hanadia/Permatasari (INA), Saputra/Islami (INA).
Is there any live streaming for this tournament? Anyone knows? The official BWF tv won't be streaming this I am afraid.
Qualifiers List : • MS : Hu Yun [HKG], Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik [JOR], Kantaphon Wangcharoen [THA], Ratnajit Tamang [NEP] • WS : Jeon Jui [KOR], Nguyen Thuy Linh [VIE], Yeo Jia Min, Chua Hui Zhen Grace [SGP] • MD : Amrullo Bakhshullaev/Artyom Savatyugin [UZB], Dinuka Karunaratna/Niluka Karunaratne [SRI], Angga Pratama/Rian Agung Saputro, Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan [INA] • WD : No Qualifying Round • XD : No Qualifying Round
tomorrow will be the real test for everyone ... i hope CL wakes up , hibernated too long == hope for momota to pose threat to the top players
BREAKING NEWS : Lin Dan has been snubbed by BADMINTON ASIA CHAMPIONSHIPS Organisers for Centre Court appearance and it has been decided that he will play on Court no. 5 STATS ALERT : The Chinese has lost his last 5 matches when he didn't play on Court Number 1.
What am I not surprised Can't he pay his way to Court Number 1? Like he did when he insisted to wear the red uniform against the red uniformed higher rank Chen Long?