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An Se-young (L) of South Korea shakes hands with Akane Yamaguchi of Japan after their women's singles match at the 2023 Sudirman Cup world badminton championships. - AFP Pic  JIANGSU: South Korea showed why they are still a force to be reckoned with in the Sudirman Cup despite no longer parading star shuttlers. The four-time winners powered into their second successive semi-final today after triumphing 3-1 over Taiwan at the Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre. World No 5 Seo Seung Jae-Chae Yu Jung drew first blood when they defeated Yang Po Hsuan-Hu Ling Fang 21-17, 21-19 in 43 minutes. As expected, Taiwan's men's singles ace Chou Tien Chen swiftly put his side back on track by powering past unheralded world No 213 Lee Yun Gyu 21-17, 21-16. MORE NEWS: Malaysia defeat Denmark to march into Sudirman Cup semi-finals Forget about past records, says Sudirman Cup-bound Wooi Yik Letshanaa to give her best shot in Sudirman Cup Malaysian shuttlers beat Taiwan to top Sudirman Cup group Tai...

  India’s best results in the tournament came in 2011 and 2017 when they made the quarter-finals. The Sudirman Cup 2023 is a mixed-team tournament that consists of five ties (MS, WS, MD, WD, XD). The team Championship is named after the Indonesian player Dick Sudirman and is held biennially. India have never won a medal at the Sudirman Cup. Their best results came in 2011 and 2017 when they reached the Quarter-finals but lost to China 0-3, 1-3 respectively. However, this time Indian team is looking strong, Their biggest strength is their Men’s Doubles pair of Satwik/Chirag, who are in red-hot form. They reclaimed the WR 5 earlier this month on the back of a successful Badminton Asia Championships campaign that saw them become the first Indian doubles pair to win gold medal in the tournament. Satwik/Chirag will play a huge role if India are to succeed in the Sudirman Cup. Apart from the men’s doubles, India also have good men’s singles and women’s singles shuttlers in the form of HS...

  Placed in the 'group of death', India had lost 1-4 to Chinese Taipei and 0-5 against Malaysia — two heavyweights of the game — to crash out of the mixed team championship Already out of the knockout race, India signed off their campaign in the Sudirman Cup badminton tournament with a 4-1 win over Australia in their final Group C tie in Suzhou, China on Wednesday (May 17). Placed in the 'group of death', India had lost 1-4 to Chinese Taipei and 0-5 against Malaysia — two heavyweights of the game — to crash out of the mixed team championship. Against Australia, India did not have the best of starts as the mixed doubles pair of Sai Pratheek and Tanisha Crasto lost 21-17 14-21 18-21 against Kenneth Zhe Hooi Choo and Gronya Somerville. H.S. Prannoy drew the scores for India with a commanding 21-8 21-8 win over Jack Yu in just 28 minutes. With nothing at stake, India fielded Anupama Upadhyaya in the women's singles in place of P.V. Sindhu and the youngster didn't di...

  KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's fine run at badminton's Sudirman Cup ended when the team crashed out in the semi-finals today in Suzhou, China. Malaysia, making only their third appearance in the last four stage of the world mixed-team competition, lost 3-1 to four-time winners South Korea. After delivering the first point in all their four previous ties, Malaysia's mixed doubles suffered their first defeat today when Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei lost 11-21, 21-13, 21-7 to world No 5 Seo Seung Jae-Chae Yu Jung. "We were confident of winning after taking the first game. We thought we knew their game well after playing them at the German Open this year. MORE NEWS Kimchi power still strong in Sudirman Cup Malaysia banking on mixed pairs in knockout stage of Sudirman Cup Malaysian shuttlers thrash India to reach Sudirman Cup q-finals Malaysian shuttlers thrash Australia in opening Sudirman Cup tie "Unfortunately, they switched their play and we got caught out. I made too many ...