Venue : Riocentro Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro-BRA
Schedule : 11-20 August 2016
Rio Olympic Website : https://www.rio2016.com/en/badminton
BWF Olympic Website : http://olympics.bwfbadminton.com/
Full Draw link : http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/index.php?threads/the-draw-in-full.165718/
BWF Live Score : http://olympics.bwfbadminton.com/live/
Tournamentsoftware link : http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=3400A457-E0A4-4C87-89CA-C9A6CF1B2C0D
Live Streaming & Live TV Broadcast information : http://www.badmintoncentral.com/for...ing-and-tv-broadcast-for-rio-olympics.165856/
Rio de Janeiro time : http://www.worldtimezone.com/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=1307&forma=Find Time
DAY-3 ORDER OF PLAY (08.00am local time, 3 courts) => http://olympics.bwfbadminton.com/results/2595/rio-2016-olympic-games/2016-08-13
*Match Highlights :
- Tang YT/Yu Y (CHN) v Chang YN/Lee SH (KOR)
- Fischer/Pedersen (DEN) v Xu C/Ma J (CHN)
- Ahsan/Setiawan (INA) v Chai B/Hong W (INA)
- Maheswari/Polii (INA) v Vivian Hoo/Woon KW (MAS)
- Ahmad/Natsir (INA) v Chan PS/Goh LY (MAS)
- Lee YD/Yoo YS (KOR) v Ivanov/Sozonov (RUS)
- Adcock/Adcock (GBR) v Mateusiak/Zieba (POL)
- Kim GJ/Kim SR (KOR) v Boe/Mogensen (DEN)
- Jung KE/Shin SC (KOR) v Pedersen/Juhl (DEN)
- Zhang N/Zhao YL (CHN) v Jordan/Susanto (INA)
The unexpected defeats coloured second day competition, reigning world Champion Ahsan/Setiawan lost three games to Endo/Hayakawa, the Japanese have secured quarterfinal ticket while the Indonesian number one will face do or die mission against China Chai/Hong. Strong contender Lee YD/Yoo YS had hard test to overcome Chinese Taipei representative Tsai CH/Lee SM, the world number one pair were so emotional to celebrate their triumphant. Another stunning victory saw the Great Britain men's doubles pair Ellis/Langridge disposed more favoured Korean opponent Kim GJ/Kim SR.
In singles category, Irish man Scott Evans surprised German fighter Marc Zwiebler in Group K. The youngest badminton player in Rio Olympics, Akane Yamaguchi dropped first game before bounced back to eliminate Czech player Kristina Gavnholt. In Group P Men's Singles department, Guatemala's Kevin Cordon conceded walkover due to injury.
Mixed doubles group of death, group B exactly describes the complicated situation and today's match will determine who will advance to next round as all four pairs have pocketed winning score once. The clash of London 2012 silver and bronze medalist, Xu/Ma v Fischer/Pedersen and Polish veteran Mateusiak/Zieba against GBR couple The Adcocks will be the intriguing encounters to watch today. The other outcomes are going to script, Zhang/Zhao, Jordan/Susanto, Ahmad/Natsir, Chan/Goh, Ko SH/Kim HN and Kazuno/Kurihara will face each other in their respective group to decide winner and runner-up position.
It's important match for Danish duo Pedersen/Juhl to keep their chance alive, tough task for them as fourth seed Jung KE/Shin SC will be their next opponent. The Koreans picked second victory in group B, downed Luo twin sisters in straight-sets yesterday. Top-seed Matsutomo/Takahashi will meet Netherlands hopeful Muskens/Piek to chase first position of group A. Another favourites, Tang/Yu and Maheswari/Polii also prevailed alongside with Chang YN/Lee SH, Vivian Hoo/Woon KW.
2016 All England semifinal rematch will pit Ivanov/Sozonov against Lee/Yoo to determine who will top group A. Endo/Hayakawa defied all odds to beat the favourite Ahsan/Setiawan and out of prediction the Japanese will be out as group D winner. 2012 London silver medalist Boe/Mogensen booked quarterfinal slot and will up against Kim GJ/Kim SR, a crucial tie for two Kims as they succumbed to GBR duo Ellis/Langridge in marathon match yesterday. Fu HF/Zhang N also Goh VS/Tan WK as well have little trouble in group stage and check into last eight.
