The June 2010 issue of International Badminton Magazine includes:
THOMAS & UBER CUP FINALS
06 THE THOMAS CUP AND UBER CUP FINALS, THE RESPECTIVE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS, WERE STAGED IN MALAYSIA. WHILST CHINA DOMINATED THE MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP, SOUTH KOREA ENDED THEIR UBER CUP JINX IN STYLE WITH A SURPRISE 3-1 VICTORY OVER THE WORLD’S LEADING BADMINTON NATION
LIN DAN: STAR OF THE EAST
09 CHINA’S OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST SPORTS STARS IN CHINA, BUT SOMETIMES HE CAN BE MORE BAD BOY THAN GOLDEN BOY, AS DOMINIC BLISS DISCOVERS
YONEX EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – MANCHESTER 2010
12 RICHARD EATON REVIEWS THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE YONEX EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MANCHESTER IN WHICH DENMARK WON FOUR OF THE FIVE TITLES TO FURTHER UNDERLINE THEIR STATUS AS EUROPE’S LEADING BADMINTON NATION
Q&A: NATHAN ROBERTSON
19 ALL ENGLAND CHAMPION, COMMONWEALTH GOLD MEDALLIST AND OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALLIST NATHAN ROBERTSON TALKS TO INTERNATIONAL BADMINTON MAGAZINE
YONEX COACHING COURSES
22 SPORTSCOTLAND HAS CONTRACTED BADMINTON STAR RITA YUAN GAO TO COACH ON THE YONEX CLUB PLAYER WEEK AND ADVANCED PLAYER WEEKEND COURSES TO BE HELD IN AUGUST 2010 AT INVERCLYDE IN LARGS
COACHING & INSTRUCTION
23 MARK GOLDS EXPLAINS HOW PERFORMED CORRECTLY, A DECEPTIVE SHOT SHOULD MAKE YOUR OPPONENT LATE GETTING INTO POSITION TO HIT THE SHUTTLE OR UNABLE TO REACH IT AT ALL!
BUSINESS MATTERS: ASHAWAY
24 ASHAWAY IS WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE WORLD’S NO.1 SUPPLIER OF BADMINTON STRING. PAUL SMITH, PARTNER AT GOODE SPORT, THE UK DISTRIBUTORS FOR ASHAWAY, EXPLAINS THE SUCCESS BEHIND THE BRAND AND PROVIDES AN INSIGHT INTO WHAT NEW PRODUCTS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE BRAND IN THE NEW SEASON
WILSON SWISS OPEN SUPER SERIES 2010
27 THE 2010 WILSON SWISS OPEN WAS THE TWENTIETH STAGING OF THE PRESTIGIOUS CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WAS NOTABLE NOT ONLY FOR THE PERFORMANCES OF AN IMPRESSIVE CHINESE TEAM WHO CLAIMED THREE OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS’ FIVE TITLES, BUT ALSO FOR RECORD ATTENDANCES WHICH SAW OVER 20,000 SPECTATORS VISIT THE EVENT STAGED AT ST. JAKOBSHALLE IN BASEL
ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
28 LIN DAN WINS HIS FIRST ASIAN TITLE AT NEW DELHI’S SIRI BADMINTON STADIUM
WORLD RANKINGS
29 MEN’S SINGLES, WOMEN’S SINGLES, MIXED DOUBLES, MEN’S DOUBLES AND WOMEN’S DOUBLES WORLD RANKINGS AT A GLANCE