Qing Tian News

Kuala Lumpur, March 27 : India's Saina Nehwal was Wednesday nominated for the Badminton World Federation Female Player of the Year award for 2012.

World number one Lee Chong Wei dropped his first game of the tournament Saturday as he overcame Denmark's Jan O Jorgensen to secure a place in the finals of the Malaysia Badminton Open.

SEOUL: Controversial women's badminton pairings from China and South Korea who were booted out of the London Games in a "play-to-lose" scandal will face each other in the semi-finals of the Korea Open Saturday.

Sixth seeded Juliane Schenk of Germany caused a huge upset beating second seed Li Xuerui of China, who won gold at the London Olympics, in two sets 21-19, 21-12 here on Friday at the Denmark Open badminton tournament.