VICTOR’s flagship Singapore store opens

World Badminton Championships  men’s single winner Zhao Jian Hua cuts the ribbon

On March 11 a grand ceremony was held to open VICTOR’s flagship store in Singapore, the store’s opening showing that the VICTOR brand is set to continue its advance in Southeast Asia....<FULL ARTICLE>

The ribbon cutting ceremony 

Summary of 2012 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold

Lee Sheng Mu / Fang Chieh Min and  Lee Hyun Il take runners-up spots at the Swiss Open

 Chinese Taipei’s Lee Sheng Mu / Fang Chieh Min took second place in the men’s doubles

Lee Sheng Mu / Fang Chieh Min, Chinese Taipei’s a leading men’s doubles pair, went down 21:13, 21:14 to Japanese pair  Shoji Sato/Naoki Kawamae in the final at the Swiss Open, taking second place. Chinese Taipei’s head coach, Zhang Zheng Xiong, said the pair were clearly out of sorts on the day, the usually solid defense at the heart of the defense and counterattack strategy they usually execute so adeptly couldn’t keep out the attacks of their opponents; their impatience led to them making too many mistakes, putting them at the mercy of their opponents...<FULL ARTICLE>

Lee Hyun Il strolls into Men’s Singles second round at Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold 2012

Lee Hyun Il strolls into Men’s Singles second round at Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold 2012

Korea’s top player Lee Hyun Il started his campaign in a perfect manner as he secured his berth into Men’s Singles second round of Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold 2012, which is in progress at Basel Switzerland.

 Korea Men's Singles player : Lee Hyun Ii

In the first round clash, Lee Hyun showed his class and registered an easy victory over Indonesia’s Sony Dwi Kuncoro on Tuesday, March 13....FULL ARTICLE

BWF Super Series All England Open 2012

Jung Jae Sung / Lee Yong Dae take the All-England men’s doubles title

Jung Jae Sung/ Lee Yong Dae took their first title of the year

The final of the All-England men’s doubles title saw Jung Jae Sung / Lee Yong Dae take on Cai Yun / Fu Hai Feng. An almost full-house saw this duel between two of the leading men’s doubles pairs. The result saw  Jung Jae Sung / Lee Yong Dae beat the pair from China 21:23,21:9 and 21:14 to take the All-England title again after their 2008 win...FULL ARTICLE

All England Open:Tai Tzu Ying won in WS quarter-final

Chinese Taipei’s talented female shuttler Tai Tzu Ying delivered a sensational performance in the Women’s Singles quarter-final when she defeated Sung Ji Hyun of Korea in All England Open Premier Super Series 2012 in Birmingham, on Friday, March 9.

Tai Tzu Ying ousts Sung Ji Hyun in Women’s Singles quarter-final

The un-seeded Tzu Ying, who is placed at number 16 in Women’s Singles world placements, showed her hard-to-learn skills and thrashed the World Number 11 Ji Hyun in a hard-fought match that took three games of attacking badminton from both sides...FULL ARTICLE

VICTOR Shoes Win the TaiSPO Innovation Product Excellence Award

TaiSPO Innovation Product EXCELLENCE AWARD

At the 2012 TaiSPO Innovation Product and Innovation Design awards ceremony held in Taipei World Trade Center’s No.1 Exhibition Hall, VICTOR Rackets had the honor of being awarded the TaiSPO Innovation Product Excellence Award for its latest professional badminton shoes, SH9000ACE...FULL ARTICLE

BWF World Rankings for February 2012

There were only small changes in top 10 players in the world rankings for February announced by the BWF on March 1 as every player is trying their best in every tournament to accumulate Olympic qualifying points.

 Winners of the 2010 Uber Cup-South Korea

Apart from Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei who holds firmly onto number one spot in the men’s singles rankings for February, the rankings for all the other disciplines are headed by players from China. (Wang Yi Han in the women’s singles, Cai Yun/Fu Hai Feng in the men’s doubles, Wang Xiao Li/Yu Yang in the women’s doubles, and Zhang Nan/Zhao Yun Lei in the mixed doubles.)...FULL ARTILE

Summary of the 2012 German Open Badminton Championships

South Korea take three silver medals

In the mixed doubles, South Korea’s Ha Jung Eun / Lee Yong Dae lost 19:21,16:21 to Denmark’s Kamilla Rytter Juhl / Thomas Laybourn.  

 South Korea  In the mixed doubles: Ha Jung Eun / Lee Yong Dae

In the women’s doubles final, South Korea’s Jung Kyung Eun / Kim Ha Na were up against China’s Tang Jin Hua / Xia Huan. With the first game at deuce the South Korean’s made a few errors and went down 21:23. In the hard fought second game the two pairs were evenly matched at 13 all before the South Korean’s fell back, losing 13:21, taking the runners-up spot....FULL ARTICLE

2012 Greman Open: Lee Yong Dae eyeing a double

Yong Dae, who has won two men’s doubles crowns in Germany and is the defending champion with Jung Jae Sung, has had to work extra hard as he has played eight matches en route to the final.

The World Number Two in MD: Lee Yong Dae/ Jung Jae Sung 

While he and Jae Sung were expected to reach the final, his mixed partnership with Ha Jung Eun, are only the third seeds...FULL ARTICLE

2012 German Open-Lee Yong Dae

In the men’s doubles, defending champions Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae are the clear favourites with teammates Ko Sung Hyun/Yoo Yeon Seong their likely opponents in Sunday’s final.

South Korea men's doubles player Lee Yong Dae

Yong Dae , will also compete in the mixed doubles with Ha Jung Eun. They are the third seeds and will likely face top seeds Chen Hung Ling/Cheng Wen Hsing of Taipei in the semi-finals. Thailand’s Sudket Prapakamol-Saralee Thoungthongkam are the second seeds....FULL ARTICLE