CLELY
Regular Member

Venue : Wuhan Sports Centre, Wuhan-Hubei Province, CHN
Total prize-money : US$200,000
Category : Continental Individual Championships
Grade : Superseries
Tournament prospectus : http://badmintonasia.org/upload/Don...-Championships-2016-Tournament-Prospectus.pdf
Live Streaming (Court 1) alternatives :
http://www.zoptv.com/live/cctv-5
http://www.zoptv.com/live/cctv-5-plus
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqIYoBi8GLVhj7F3XW4utjg
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfJwT6SO_rWs9YMaT3fX1XkzvC5JR2_Cz
CHN time : http://www.worldtimezone.com/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=3596&forma=Find Time
SEMIFINAL (02.00pm local time, 2 court) => http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...570B8E-D2AA-401B-96B5-D873594B6690&d=20160430
China has three representatives for MS semifinal, a strong signal for upcoming Thomas Cup Finals. The most awaited duel of two iconic names in world of badminton will headline tomorrow's semifinal, Malaysian hero Lee Chong Wei against home mega star Lin Dan. Lee won their last encounter in Fuzhou end of 2015 when he bagged first ever CHN Open title, a sensational victory over his two archrivals Lin Dan and Chen Long at semifinal and final respectively. Lee pushed extra effort to eliminate world #7 Chou Tien Chen and Lin had easier quarterfinal match against Lee Dong Keun who asked for medical treatment in first game. At upper half of draw, China has secured one final ticket through Chen Long v Tian Houwei, a rematch of BAC semifinal last year edition, the world number one Chen gave walkover to Tian at that time. Chen displayed convincing performance to dispose Tommy Sugiarto while the left-hander Tian had trouble to overcome Taiwanese youngster Wang Tzu Wei in rubber games.
Two Wangs have different result here, Wang Yihan downed recent All England champion Nozomi Okuhara in gruelling 81 minutes match, an important win for Wang to hunt her second Olympic Games ticket after London 2012. Earlier at same court, Wang Shixian failed to force rubber games as she lost straight-sets to Indian jewel Saina Nehwal. Another marathon clash also happened in this category, Sayaka Sato once again lost to her nemesis Sung Ji Hyun in 84 minutes. Top-seed Li Xuerui took revenge over Tai Tzu Ying on her Malaysia Premier defeat and she will take on Sung Ji Hyun in last four. At the other half of draw, a familiar battle will pit Wang Yihan v Saina Nehwal.
Mixed doubles semifinal is almost going to the script, home ace Zhang N/Zhao YL outclassed their previous opponents and the much-improved Ko SH/Kim HN will be their real test, this Korean top-ranked duo have experienced significant development since 2015 last quarter and their world ranking soar to number three now. Defending champion Ahmad/Natsir also have no problem to cruise into semifinal and will meet another Korean tricky combination Shin BC/Chae YJ. It's really complicated for China team to pick second mixed doubles pair for Rio 2016, either Xu C/Ma J or Liu C/Bao YX, both of them are far from outstanding performance recently.
Women's doubles discipline delivers worrying sign at the moment for China as none of their three pairs advance into BAC semifinal. Tang/Yu withdrew from this event due to Yu Yang ankle injury, the Olympic Champion is losing their finest touch, succumbed to Chang YN/Lee SH, second seed Luo twins sisters is unreliable, still vulnerable against Japanese pair, this time lost to 2015 World Championships bronze medalist Fukuman/Yonao, the juniors Chen QC/Jia YH spring some hopes to stretch current best combination Matsutomo/Takahashi in two close games. The world number one is favoured to continue her gallant run in this year against Korean Chang/Lee while Indonesians Maheswari/Polii who played long duration match once again to overcome Jung KE/Shin SC will be challenged by Fukuman/Yonao tomorrow.
One men's doubles ticket has been guaranteed by home pair, Fu HF/Zhang N have advantage to defeat their younger teammates, Li JH/Liu YC who created big shock in this tournament to stun reigning world champion Ahsan/Setiawan in second round. Heavy favourite Lee YD/Yoo YS got surprising fight by former All England champion Liu XL/Qiu ZH, this Chinese pair lost frequently in early rounds of Superseries tournament after bagged silver medal in last year World Championships. Lee/Yoo will up against the dangerous Kamura/Sonoda who scored pretty satisfying outcome in last two tournaments, they thwarted last INA hope in this category, Gideon/Sukamuljo in three games.
Court 1 matches (02.00pm) :
1) Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei (CHN) v Ko Sung Hyun/Kim Ha Na (KOR)
2) Li Xuerui (CHN) v Sung Ji Hyun (KOR)
3) Lee Chong Wei (MAS) v Lin Dan (CHN)
4) Lee Yong Dae/Yoo Yeon Seong (KOR) v Takeshi Kamura/Keigo Sonoda (JPN)
5) Fu Haifeng/Zhang Nan (CHN) v Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen (CHN)