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Thursday, September 10, 2009

Shuttlers start getting international wins

By Emil C. Noguera, Correspondent

The Philippine Badminton Association hailed the national badminton team and its junior counterparts following their feats in the international front in recent weeks, including a gold and silver in Australia and three bronze finishes in Sri Lanka, Japan and South Korea.

Badminton President and for­mer First Lady Amelita Ramos hosted a luncheon meeting honoring the members of the national and junior teams for their exploits abroad. These include a gold medal feat in the Arafura Games in Australia in May, courtesy of Ralph Ian Men­dez and Arolas Amahit Jr., who crushed F. Kaddour and M. Desaymoz of India, 21-14, 21-12, in the men’s doubles.

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US OPEN

Nadal into quarters; Cilic sends Murray crashing out

NEW YORK CITY: Rafael Nadal assured a jump past Britain’s Andy Murray back into the world No.2 ranking by advancing to the US Open quarterfinals Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) while the Scotsman crashed out...

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SERENA set TO BATTLE Clijsters in semifinals

NEW YORK CITY: Defending champion Serena Williams will play comeback queen Kim Clijsters for a place in the US Open final after both scored straight sets wins in their quarterfinals on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila)

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Orcollo’s miscues allow Yang to win duel’s first half

Taiwanese Yang Ching-shun took advantage of Dennis Orcollo’s string of miscues midway to take a 25-19 lead in the first half of the Face Off Series 2-One More Time on Tuesday at the Club Capo Exclusive in Quezon City.

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NFL openers put Brady, Favre, Vick in spotlight

LOS ANGELES: Tom Brady is back, and New England’s superstar signal-caller is expected to put the Patriots back in the Super Bowl running.

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