BWF World Tour Finals, Day 5: Finals day in Bangkok

1:58 PM: Lee-Shin hit again

Lee So Hee and Shin Seung Chan out of the blue appear to have discovered their groove once more. They’re attacking significantly better, discovering empty areas of the courtroom, and have unsettled Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong’s momentum. Can they proceed?

Rating: 21-15, 13-14

1:50 PM: Kim and Kong dominate

Lee So Hee and Shin Seung Chan are attempting their greatest to assault however Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong’s defence is irritating them they usually have simply not been capable of be decisive to this point. Shin’s receiving and netplay have been inconsistent and one will get the sensation that if she kinds that out, Lee and Shin could have a significantly better probability. Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong are motoring alongside properly.

Rating: 21-15, 11-7

1:38 PM: Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong draw first blood

A number of unforced errors from Lee So Hee and Shin Seung Chan has given Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong all of the momentum they wanted after the break. Lee has been distinctive on the internet however Shin must be extra energetic to assist out her associate. Kim and Kong can be hoping to proceed in the identical vein within the second recreation.

Rating: 21-15

1:28 PM: Even contest

This can be a high-quality match-up between two pairs of equal calibre. Neither has dominated to this point and an 88-shot rally inside the first 4 minutes of the match ought to let you know all you’ll want to know. Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong have a really slender lead although.

Rating: 11-9

12:45 PM: Who would be the ladies’s doubles champion?

The primary BWF World Tour Finals champion to be determined right this moment would be the ladies’s doubles and it’s an all-South Korean affair.

Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong tackle compatriots Lee So Hee and Shin Seung Chan in a repeat of final week’s Toyota Thailand Open remaining, the place the previous pair emerged champions.

Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong, ranked second on Tour, are additionally unbeaten within the BWF World Tour Finals so far, and when mixed with the Toyota Thailand Open triumph, that profitable streak stretches again two weeks.

So, Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong undoubtedly begin because the favourites right this moment however Lee So Hee and Shin Seung Chan look in nice type themselves and can little doubt need to upstage their fellow countrywomen.

Who will emerge on high?

12:35 PM: Welcome once more!

Good afternoon of us and welcome to the Olympic Channel’s reside protection of the ultimate day of the BWF World Tour Finals.

It is time for the champions to be determined in Thailand, because the final two remaining badminton gamers and pairs in every occasion battle for the end-of-season honours.

If you happen to missed Saturday’s semi-final motion, you’ll be able to re-live it here.

Bookmark this web page and be part of us from round 1:00 PM Bangkok time (6:00 AM GMT) for reside weblog updates from day 5 – finals day – of the BWF World Tour Finals.

Extra particulars of what is developing on Sunday are beneath.

Who made it by way of to the final day on the BWF World Tour Finals in Thailand

Saturday noticed 2017 badminton world champion Viktor Axelsen – the Rio 2016 bronze medallist – arrange an all-Danish males’s singles remaining in opposition to Anders Antonsen, with each males defeating their Chinese language Taipei opponents within the semi-finals.

Tai Tzu-ying and Carolina Marín will face one another for the third time in three consecutive finals, with Marín having gained every of the primary two in straight video games on the Yonex and Toyota Thailand Opens.

Males’s doubles pair Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin will hope to salvage one thing for the Chinese language Taipei workforce as they goal to finish the match unbeaten.

There may be an all-South Korean ladies’s doubles remaining, whereas they’re additionally represented within the blended doubles remaining in opposition to Thailand’s dwelling hopes Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai – who like Marín and Axelsen are on the lookout for the third match win in a row in Bangkok.

Our workforce can be offering updates of all the ultimate video games and response too. This is how they’re going to line-up on Sunday:

BWF World Tour Finals Sunday schedule

Matches start at 1 pm Bangkok time on Sunday.

• Ladies’s doubles remaining: Lee/Shin (KOR) v Kim/Hong (KOR)
• Males’s doubles remaining: Lee/Wang (TPE) v Ahsan/Setiawan (INA)
• Ladies’s singles remaining: Tai Tzu-ying (TPE) v Carolina Marín (ESP)
• Males’s singles remaining: Viktor Axelsen (DEN) v Anders Antonsen (DEN)
• Combined doubles remaining: Search engine optimization/Chae (KOR) v Dechapol/Sapsiree (THA)