Just wondering if anyone is aware of this tournament coming up next week? It will feature players from China, Chinese Taipei, Malaysia and GB as well as others and it usually features the top juniors from these countries. The players sent also tend to be the best from their country (for example, Chen Long & Wang Xiaoli were winners in 2007) Here's the website, draws aren't published from what I can find: http://corporate.olympics.com.au/games/ayof-2013/custom/page/sports
Team GB's squad for the games including badminton players. Fortunately no chance of a medal here! http://www.teamgb.com/sites/all/themes/teamGB/docs/ayof_athlete_list.pdf
Results for mixed team event (Day 1): Looks like a mini WJC Link for results: http://ayof2013.olympics.com.au/results
Big names are Xue Song of China and Soong Joo Ven of Malaysia Both are considered the next generation of champions in their respective nation
Today, Xue Song was the master of his game Much more offensive and constructive in his play compared to his opponents. I can see why he is praised by many Those from China can be proud of their player, very talented youngster
sjv wasnt that good i would say. any of the 4 (iskandar,zulfadli,randam,syawal) is better than him at their age. congrats china for the team gold
Alex Lane put in a good performance against Malaysian no.1 Joo Ven Soong, losing out 24-22 21-16 and having 2 game points in first set. He goes into bronze play off
china won 5 gold excluding the wd. but wd is the only department that mas are ranked in top 3 of the world(junior) china need to work harder if they want to do better in this year ajc and wjc