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Vincent Liew

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Vincent Liew

Vincent Liew is the founder and lead editor of BadmintonPlanet.com, an independent publication covering international badminton, including major tournaments, players, world rankings, and developments across the sport.

With more than 15 years of experience covering badminton, Liew has written and edited content on major international tournaments, professional players, the BWF World Tour, world rankings, and international team competitions.

He has also created educational content on badminton rules, strategy, and techniques. His Rules for Badminton Singles and Rules for Badminton Doubles videos have each received more than 1 million views on YouTube.

As founder and lead editor, Liew oversees BadmintonPlanet.com's editorial direction and digital publishing operations.

For editorial inquiries, corrections, news tips, or other badminton-related questions, contact Vincent Liew at [email protected].

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Chen Long of China returns a shuttlecock to Hafiz of Malaysia during the Thomas Cup quarter-finals in Wuhan, May 23, 2012
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Uber Cup: Defending champ South Korea survives scare (pic)

 WUHAN, China – Defending Uber Cup champions South Korea survived a scare of beingeliminated out of the top four on Wednesday as China‘s mighty badminton armada continuedtheir momentum by reaching the semifinals at Thomas and Uber Cup. South Korea clinched their first ever Uber Cup title two years ago by beating China in the final,but they were made to work hard by Chinese Taipei this time in Wuhan in the quarter-finalsbefore they won 3–2. In the first four matches, South Korea and Chinese Taipei leveled at 2-all. Hye Youn-hwang,former Asian Games and All England bronze medalist, withstood the pressure to defeat ShihHan Hung 21–18, 25–23 to finish the marathon battle which lasted five hours and 40 minutes. South Korea will face Japan in the semifinals as China continued stable performance, making a3–0 clean sweep at both Thomas and Uber Cup. The Chinese women‘s team, aiming to regain the Uber Cup, were too good for Germany. WorldNo 6 Juliane Schenk‘s absence made Germany even fragile in front of China. Victories from world No 1 Wang Yihan and No 2 Wang Xin put China 2–0 ahead. Women doublesworld No 1 Yu Yang/Wang Xiaoli held off the challenges from Carla Nelte/Isabel Herttrich tosecure a semifinal berth for China, with a score of 21–10, 19–21 and 21–8. In the Thomas Cup, Chinese men‘s team were also through to the semifinals by beatingMalaysia. However, Malaysia made some impacts on China without world No 1 Lee Chong-wei,who suffered an ankle injury on Tuesday and had to rest for at least three weeks.

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