Yonex Japan Open 2015

Yonex Japan Open begins this week.

The location of the stadium is the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.

In addition, as per tradition, a new racquet is launched, the Duora 10.

Quote,"With DUORA’s cutting-edge technology, command the court with every single shot.
Huge forehands. Quick backhands.
The DUORA lets players do both with one revolutionary design."

The concept behind the design...

It's a shame I did not plan to visit Tokyo to watch Japan Open, seems like it's very well organized according to my friend who visited Japan Open.

Badminton Holiday World Championships in Jakarta 10-16 August 2015

I was at the quaterfinals of the BWF world championships in Jakarta Indonesia.

However, I did not fly to Jakarta directly but flew to Bandung Indonesia and drove from Bandung to Jakarta to catch the quaterfinals.

The tickets were bought from blibli.com at Indonesian Ruppiah 150,000.

At Istora Senayan Stadium.

The stadium is blacked out just like All-England. The major sponsor of the event is Li-Ning.

Booths of sponsors outside the stadium...

Having an Indonesia Nasi Goreng with Indocafe coffee during lunch time at Istora Senayan.

Lee Chong Wei back in action after almost a year of suspension. He was sporting a blue dyed hairstyle.

Badminton Holiday-Malaysia Open 2015

Last month, in early April, I went to Kuala Lumpur to watch the Malaysia Open at Bukit Jalil. The stadium is the Putra indoor stadium

 Watching the quaterfinals between Nozomi Okuhara of Japan vs Wang Shi Xian of China.

 The ever popular 이용대 and his partner 유연성. 이용대씨 is very popular amongst the female supporters, owing to his K-Drama/K-pop good looks.

 A few Japanese supporters cheering for のぞみ奥原さん.

The match of Carolina Marin versus a lesser well known player from Hong Kong.