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Straits Times
01-05-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Japan and Indonesia top their groups at Sudirman Cup
Paris 2024 Olympics - Badminton - Women's Doubles Bronze Medal Match - Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France - August 03, 2024. Nami Matsuyama of Japan and Chiharu Shida of Japan celebrate after winning bronze in the match against Pearly Tan of Malaysia and Muralitharan Thinaah of Malaysia. REUTERS/Ann Wang XIAMEN, China - Japan's Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida beat Malaysia's Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan 21-18 18-21 21-18 in the women's doubles to take Japan to the top of Group C with a 3-2 victory at the Sudirman Cup on Thursday. Both teams have already booked their spots in Friday's quarter-finals of the biennial mixed team competition after beating France and Australia earlier this week. Malaysia's two-decade wait for a Sudirman Cup win over Japan continues, having last beaten them in 2005, while Japan extended their dominance to nine wins since 1989. Malaysia's Leong Jun Hao, world number 26, defeated eighth ranked Kodai Naraoka in the men's singles after world number four mixed doubles pair Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei cruised past Japan's Hiroki Midorikawa and Arisa Igarashi. Japan's Tomoka Miyazaki then breezed past Goh Jin Wei in the women's singles, before Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi levelled with a gruelling 12-21 22-20 23-21 win over Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the men's doubles, setting up the women's doubles decider. The day was straightforward for former champions Indonesia as they won four straight matches after dropping the initial mixed doubles tie, sealing a 4-1 win over Denmark to top Group D, having already qualified for the quarter-finals. 19-year-old Alwi Farhan stunned world number three Anders Antonsen 21-17 15-21 21-17 in the men's singles to level the score, before swift straight sets wins in the women's singles, men's and women's doubles powered the 1989 champions to a dominant victory. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Reuters
01-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Japan and Indonesia top their groups at Sudirman Cup
XIAMEN, China, May 1 (Reuters) - Japan's Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida beat Malaysia's Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan 21-18 18-21 21-18 in the women's doubles to take Japan to the top of Group C with a 3-2 victory at the Sudirman Cup on Thursday. Both teams have already booked their spots in Friday's quarter-finals of the biennial mixed team competition after beating France and Australia earlier this week. Malaysia's two-decade wait for a Sudirman Cup win over Japan continues, having last beaten them in 2005, while Japan extended their dominance to nine wins since 1989. Malaysia's Leong Jun Hao, world number 26, defeated eighth ranked Kodai Naraoka in the men's singles after world number four mixed doubles pair Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei cruised past Japan's Hiroki Midorikawa and Arisa Igarashi. Japan's Tomoka Miyazaki then breezed past Goh Jin Wei in the women's singles, before Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi levelled with a gruelling 12-21 22-20 23-21 win over Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the men's doubles, setting up the women's doubles decider. The day was straightforward for former champions Indonesia as they won four straight matches after dropping the initial mixed doubles tie, sealing a 4-1 win over Denmark to top Group D, having already qualified for the quarter-finals. 19-year-old Alwi Farhan stunned world number three Anders Antonsen 21-17 15-21 21-17 in the men's singles to level the score, before swift straight sets wins in the women's singles, men's and women's doubles powered the 1989 champions to a dominant victory.
South China Morning Post
09-04-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
‘Stop the stalking': Japanese badminton star asks fans in China to keep distance
Japanese badminton star Chiharu Shida has pleaded with fans in China to stop stalking her, saying that she feels 'very uncomfortable and very scared'. Advertisement Shida, who is playing in the Badminton Asia Championships in Ningbo, on Tuesday said on social media that every time she has competed in mainland China in the past 18 months, she has encountered stalkers. The 27-year-old, who won a bronze medal in the women's doubles at the Paris Olympics last year, is hugely popular in China and is often referred to as 'the most beautiful badminton player' on social media. 'Thank you to everyone for your continued support, but I would like to request something from all my fans,' Shida wrote. 'We have been stalked every time we compete in China, it has already been going on for a year and a half. Recently, we've been feeling very uncomfortable and very scared.' Shida Chiharu (right) with doubles partner Nami Matsuyama. Photo: Xinhua Shida, writing in simplified Chinese characters, did not elaborate further or explain her use of 'we'. Her doubles partner is Nami Matsuyama.
