Badminton Philippines

Badminton Philippines bows to badminton world power

MANILA, Philippines — Indonesia lived up to its status as a badminton world power, hammering out a 3-0 victory over host Philippines to advance to the men’s semifinals of the 2020 Badminton Asia Manila Team Championships at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum last night.

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, ranked fifth in the Badminton World Federation men’s singles rankings, clobbered Ros Lenard Pedrosa, 21-10, 21-16, and Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setaiwan, ranked second in men’s doubles, blasted Peter Gabriel Magnaye and Alvin Morada, 21-16, 21-12, to go 2-0 up.

World No. 7 Jonatan Christie then put on the finishing touch on a 21-11, 21-14 bashing of Lanz Ralf Zafra.

Badminton in the Philippines Shuttlers stay in contention

Joey Villar (The Philippine Star) – February 13, 2020 – 12:00 am

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines rose to the occasion. And pulled off a dramatic 3-2 victory over Singapore last night. To breathe life to its campaign. In the men’s division of the 2020 Badminton Asia Manila Team Championships at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.

Above all Solomon Padiz Jr. turned back Weng Soong Darrion Michael Ng, 21-10, 21-19. In the third singles match. To help seal the win for the hosts. Who succumbed to Chinese Taipei, 0-5, in Tuesday’s opener.

In conclusion, the victory kept the quarterfinal hopes of the local men’s team afloat.

In contrast to the Nationals to advance. The Taiwanese must hurdle the Singaporeans in today’s final group stage play.

In addition Ros Leonard Pedrosa fell to Loh Kean Yew in the first singles, 11-21, 8-21. Peter Gabriel Magnaye and Alvin Morada knotted the count by edging Jun Liang Andy Kwek and Loh Kean Hean, 22-20, 21-19.

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Padiz completes PH comeback vs SG in Asian Badminton Championships

Published 6 hours ago on February 12, 2020, By Tiebreaker Times

Solomon Padiz put the finishing touches on a come-from-behind win of SMASH Pilipinas Men’s Badminton Team over Singapore to clinch a potential quarterfinals berth in the 2020 Smart Badminton Asia Manila Team Championships, Wednesday at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.

However In the third and last singles match, Padiz scored a 21-10, 21-19 win over Wing Darrion Ng in this tournament backed by SMART Communications Inc., MVP Sports Foundation, Leisure and Resorts World Corporation, Cignal, and TV5.

In conclusion The UAAP Season 82 Rookie of the Year stormed out of the gates with smashes, stunning Weng Darrion Ng with a dominant first set win.

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PHL women’s team swept anew at Badminton Asia tournament

February 12, 2020 | 10:21 pm

By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
Senior Reporter

THE Philippine women’s team continued to find the going tough on the second day of the 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships, swept anew, 5-0, this time by Indonesia in tournament action on Wednesday at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.

Above all looking to bounce back from the 5-0 rout they absorbed at the hands of Thailand on opening day on Tuesday, the Filipinas still competed but just could not get the breakthrough in the best-of-five match.

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