LIN DAN vs CHEN LONG | Malaysia Open Finals 2019 BADMINTON

Lin Dan vs Chen Long | Malaysia Open Finals 2019

The 2019 Malaysia Open, officially the CELCOM AXIATA Malaysia Open 2019, is a badminton tournament which takes place at Axiata Arena in Malaysia from 2 to 7 April 2019 and has a total purse of $700,000.

Tournament
The 2019 Malaysia Open is the ninth tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour and also part of the Malaysia Open championships, which has been held since 1937. This tournament is organized by the Badminton Association of Malaysia with sanction from the BWF

Venue
This international tournament is held at Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Lin Dan (born October 14, 1983) is a Chinese professional badminton player. He is a two-time Olympic champion, five-time World champion, as well as a six-time All England champion.

Widely regarded as the greatest badminton player of all time, by the age of 28 Lin had completed the "Super Grand Slam", having won all nine major titles in the badminton world:
Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, Thomas Cup, Sudirman Cup, Super Series Masters Finals, All England Open, Asian Games, and Asian Championships, becoming the first and only player to achieve this feat.[6][7] He also became the first men's singles player to retain the Olympic gold medal by winning in 2008 and defending his title in 2012.[8] Winning the Malaysian Open in 2017 marked Lin's success in having won every major title in the badminton world.[9]

In 2004, he was dubbed "Super Dan" by opponent Peter Gade after winning the All England Open final, and the nickname has since been widely used by his fans as well as the media to refer to him, in recognition of his achievements.


Chen Long (Chinese: ??; pinyin: Chén Lóng; Mandarin; born 18 January 1989), is a Chinese professional badminton player. He is the reigning Olympic champion and two-time World champion and All England champion.
2016 Summer Olympics
In the 2016 Olympic Games, Chen Long was the second seed behind World No.1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia. After defeating Niluka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka 21-7, 21-10 and Poland's Adrian Dziólko 21-12, 21-9 during the Group Stage, Chen Long qualified for the knockout rounds.

In the Quarter-finals, he defeated Son Wan-ho of South Korea by a tight scoreline of 21-11, 18-21, 21-11, after which he defeated eventual bronze-medalist Denmark's Viktor Axelsen 21-14, 21-15 in the semi-finals.

Facing Lee Chong Wei in the Badminton Men's Singles final at the Pavilion 4, Riocentro on 20 August 2016, Chen Long grabbed the Olympic gold medal after he defeated the Malaysian(Lee Chong Wei) and won the match with a score of 21-18, 21-18, earning his first Olympic Gold Medal.[6]
2017
In 7–12 March, All England Open, Chen Long lost to Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk in Round 16 by 16–21, 19–21.

In 25–30 April, Badminton Asian Championships in Wuhan, China, Chen Long defeated Lin Dan by rubble set game, 21–23, 21–11, 21–10, in the Men's Singles final and he get his first Asian Championships title.

On 21–28 May in the 2017 Sudirman Cup, Chen Long won all the three games he played, but in the final, China team lost to Korea by 2–3.

On 20–25 June, Crown Group Australia Open, Chen Long lost to Kidambi Srikanth in the Men's Singles final by straight set game, 20–22, 16–21.

On 21–27 August, Total BWF World Championships, Chen Long lost to Viktor Axelsen in the Men's Singles quarter final, 9–21, 10–21. He failed to defend his World Championship title of 2016.

On 14–19 November, China Open Superseries Premier in Tahoe, China, Chen Long defeated Viktor Axelsen in the Men's Singles final by rubble set game, 21–16, 14–21, 21–13. He get his fourth China Open title.

On 21–26 November, Yonex–Sunrise Hong Kong Open, Chen Long lost to Lee Chong Wei by straight set game, 14–21, 19–21.

In the Dubai Superseries Final, Chen Long withdrew due to a knee injury.

2018
He represented the China national badminton team in the 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup .In the group stage, he upset Prannoy from India and Brice Leverdez from France.In the quarter finals,he defeated Chou Tien-Chen from Chinese Taipei. China beaten Chinese Taipei in 3-0.In the match against Indonesia in semi finals.He defeated Anthony Sinisuka Gintingin two sets.During the final match,China was against Japan.He lost his match against the 2018 world champion and then world no.1 Kento Momota in two sets. Though he lost his match, China beat Japan 3–1 and won the 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup).

Intro Credit: Obito Artz