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“WHAT IS HAPPENING?!” That is what I was thinking as I watched seed after seed being toppled in the Olympics this year. Upset after upset totally undermined my predictions, and I’m sure many others! We have seen big upsets before in the Olympics but I don’t think anyone was expecting the events to unfold the […]
The Olympics this year so far has been full of upsets, some controversy and a whole lot of great badminton! Below are two Tokyo Olympics Controversies that I have in mind. I will follow this up with a round-up of badminton in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics once we know the medalists. So stay tuned for […]
While the All England 2021 saw some great badminton, it came among the backdrop of significant controversy which has partially overshadowed the success of the victors of the tournament. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lee Zii Jia 李梓嘉 (@leeziijia) Almost one week after the conclusion of the tournament, the Indonesians are […]
Shuttle Smash participates in the Amazon Affiliate program. This article contains affiliate links and as an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to the purchaser. There were lots of news stories flying about in February in the badminton world. This was mostly off the court, but on the court – Finland hosted […]
Last week we saw the belated finals of the 2020 Badminton season – otherwise known as the World Tour Finals. Antonsen came away as Champion World Tour Finals 2020 edition. Given Viktor Axelsen’s amazing form recently, there were many who would have bet he would make it three out of three in Thailand. However, it […]
January 2021 saw the return of elite international competition and boy did we miss it. It was a welcome reminder to me how much I love the sport and not being able to play myself at the moment, this relieved some of the withdrawal symptoms! So here’s a Badminton Round-up of January 2021. Thai Tournament […]
What?! Another Thailand Tournament?! Yes, that’s right! Luckily for us (and the players), Thailand hosts two Super 1000 tournament’s which are worth a whole lot of money and points to qualify for the BWF World Tour Finals. The Toyota Thailand Open 2021 follows on from last weeks Yonex Thailand Open. With last week’s Yonex Thailand […]
On the 12th of January 2021, after the better part of a year passed us by, we finally had competitive badminton back in our lives in the shape of the Thailand Open 2021. In the current climate, many of us haven’t been able to play for months. However, watching the professionals doing what they do […]
