We're about a month removed from the BWF World Tour Finals, and it still feels very fresh. The Danish Delight, Viktor Axelsen was dominating the entire tournament, until the championship match. His fellow countrymen Anders Antonsen got the better of him 21-16, 5-21, 21-17 to take the BWF World Tour Finals championship. Fast forward about... Continue Reading →
This one still hurts. I'm trying to reel it in, but it is what it is. Congrats to Anders Antonsen. He made the Danish Delight uncomfortable on the court. You could tell early on this match might be a bit different than what we've seen from Axelsen recently. It looked like Axelsen never got to... Continue Reading →
WOW. The Women's Singles Finale at the BWF World Tour Finals might've been the best match so far inside the Impact Arena. Carolina Marin just had the biggest collapse in recent Badminton history. Up 1-0 after the first game Tai Tzu Ying came out smashing, taking the second game 21-8. But the third game is... Continue Reading →
What's more intense than international world championship badminton? Doubles international world championship badminton. And that's exactly what Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin of China Taipei gave us in the Men's Doubles championship at the BWF World Tour Finals. They move almost in unison, like a pair a Jedi knights. Just swap out the light sabers... Continue Reading →
In the semi-finals we saw the Danish Delight Viktor Axelsen take on Chou Tien Chen in a rematch from their final Group Play match. Unfortunately for Chou Tien Chen, it was the same result. Axelsen made a statement with this win, reminding everyone on the circuit exactly who the Danish Delight is, and what he... Continue Reading →
Day 3 of the BWF World Tour Finals is over and the Group Play matches are done. Viktor Axelsen rounded out Group A with yet another stellar performance in the Impact Arena. The Danish Delight absolutely throttled the world #2 Chou Tien Chen in 36 minutes (21-10, 21-14). Chen started the first game up 3-0... Continue Reading →
One of the first matches to start Day 3 of the BWF World Tour Finals was an absolute spectacle to watch. It's everything that's right about the game of badminton. Russia VS Korea (Obviously not North Korea. Everyone knows North Korea has won every badminton championship that's ever existed) in the Men's Doubles division. Korea... Continue Reading →
The Danish Delight picked right up where he left off yesterday going into the second day of Group Play at the BWF World Tour Finals. In the second group play match, Axelsen faced off with Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia. Axelsen would win the match 2-0 (21-15, 21-4), winning the second game in convincing fashion. The... Continue Reading →
That's right. International badminton going on right now in Bangkok, Thailand. They're bangin' shuttlecocks in Bangkok. That can't be a coincidence right? It's just too perfect. World championship badminton is still relatively new to me. But the good news for everyone is that the World Tour Finals started yesterday, so there's plenty of action left... Continue Reading →
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