CLELY
Regular Member
Total prize-money : US$600,000
Venue : Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham-ENG
Tournament website : http://www.allenglandbadminton.com/
Tournament official twitter : https://twitter.com/YonexAllEngland
Birmingham time : http://www.worldtimezone.com/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=4872&forma=Find Time
Live Streaming : - http://videostream.dn.ua/videopage/videoPage.php?g=c2J2b2JoK2F0Y3ZsbmhZ&c=en&i=eWlhaXVidGd1bA№f№f
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SEMIFINAL ORDER OF PLAY (12.00pm) => https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...D0E721-E845-4C5C-8775-88BDCEDCA622&d=20170311
One step closer to Lee-Lin classic duel as these two badminton iconic men of contemporary era have high possibility to face off in tomorrow's final. Three-time champion Lee Chong Wei was doing his routine to dispose last year beaten finalist Tian Houwei, 21-12 / 21-15, earlier at the same court his arch-rival Lin Dan came back from first game losing, 8-21 to take revenge over Rio bronze medal match defeat against Danish star Viktor Axelsen, 21-14 / 21-15. The in-form Chou Tien Chen continues brilliant run to thwart Thai player Tanongsak from semifinal stage in close contest. Last but not least China new talent, Shi Yuqi demonstrated remarkable court coverage and aggressive play to frustrate giant-killer Kazumasa Sakai, 21-13 / 21-4. Lee CW will see Chou TC this afternoon at TV court and Lin Dan will be tested by his junior compatriot, Shi Yuqi.
Three of four WS quarterfinal ties presented heart-pumping match, a mission impossible comeback was did by 2013 runner-up Ratchanok Intanon to end Carolina Marin campaign here, 11-18 trailed behind Intanon catched up and broke the over-confident Spaniard who hitted shuttle into the net several times. Another notable tight contest involved Japanese starlet Akane Yamaguchi won over the tall Sun Yu narrowly in gruelling deciding game in 87 minutes pulsating match, 21-23 / 21-14 / 22-20. The Japanese saved one match point before she grabbed three consecutive points at crucial stage. Sung Ji Hyun edged out Saina Nehwal with identical scoreline, 20-22 / 22-20. Nehwal saved three match points before Sung sealed the first game then a dejavu came into second game with same situation. Top-seed Tai Tzu Ying was too strong for Sindhu yesterday, the below-par performance by Rio silver medalist as she couldn't do too much to counter attack her skillful opponent.
Chinese combinations eliminated their more fancied rival, Li JH/Liu YC stunned world number one Goh VS/Tan WK while Liu C/Zhang N did marvelous job to knock out the dynamic Japanese pair Kamura/Sonoda. Both winners battled hard to down those higher-ranked pairs in three games. On bottom-half draw, Danish duo Conrad/Kolding will challenge Indonesia last hopeful in this tournament, Gideon/Sukamuljo today.
All Japanese WD pairs faltered in last eight, three familiar names secure semifinal spots. Pedersen/Juhl will face Jung KE/Shin SC. Another Korean combo, Chang YN/Lee SH will find another Chinese hurdle, the surprising semifinalists Bao Yixin/Yu Xiaohan who outmaneuvered recent GER Open champion Fukushima/Hirota.
Two upsets happened in mixed doubles last night, home favourite The English married couple ended Olympic Champion Ahmad/Natsir journey, Liliyana Natsir seemed still not fully recovered yet and her movement was pretty slow. Adcock/Adcock will face Lu K/Huang YQ who powered past the veteran Dane Fischer/Pedersen. Japan new hopefuls Watanabe/Higashino through to last four, passed Korean fresh partnerships Yoo YS/Kim HN in close match. They will set up a clash with Rio silver medalists, Chan PS/Goh LY to chase final ticket.
LIVE TV COVERAGE (COURT 1, 12.00pm) :
1) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN) v Ratchanok Intanon (THA)
2) Lee Chong Wei (MAS) v Chou Tien Chen (TPE)
3) Lu Kai/Huang Yaqiong (CHN) v Chris Adcock/Gabrielle Adcock (ENG)
4) Jung Kyung Eun/Shin Seung Chan (KOR) v Kamilla Rytter Juhl/Christinna Pedersen (DEN)
5) Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA) v Mads Conrad Petersen/Mads Pieler Kolding
