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Sunday, May 06, 2007

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Women shuttlers all for sexy dressing

Dress sexily like Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova and help improve badminton's glamorous image.
The call was made two years ago by the Badminton World Federation - and women shuttlers have not wasted time heeding it.
In the past week, they showed have not only superior strokes and smashes at the Aviva Open Singapore, but also more skin.
Gone are the mainly plain, oversized outfits and straight and baggy silhouettes.
These days, badminton's fairer sex are looking absolutely smashing. Hemlines have been raised and necklines lowered.
Zip-up fitted tops with a slight variation of the mandarin collar are paired with skorts - skirts with inner shorts - that flare below the hip.
Sleeves are also missing from some outfits, showing off slim and well-toned arms. Splashes of pastel colours - lilac, pink and baby blue - add a feminine touch.
These different fashion strokes were initiated by the BWF, which urged women players to wear more glamorous outfits at the 2005 World Championships in an attempt to court more spectators and participation for the sport.
Then, BWF deputy president Punch Gunalan said he wished women shuttlers would dress more like Sharapova, who is often seen in revealing clothes.
The BWF has a committee, headed by England's former women's and mixed doubles world champion Nora Perry, to work with manufacturers and players on new designs.
Badminton equipment and apparel giant Yonex, which outfits many of the world's top players, has been working with the BWF since 2005 to come up with more appealing designs.
Singapore's singles player Xing Aiying welcomes the changes, saying: 'The new outfits are more comfortable than before. Now I can move without restriction.'
Indonesian men's doubles player Candra Wijaya notices that the women are looking prettier.
'The outfits are also both fashionable and stylish,' he said.
A BWF official also hinted at the possibility of engaging the services of famous fashion houses to design future outfits.
Securing the services of Sharapova's designers would be a good start.

So.. that explains why international players are wearing skorts. To look more smashing and feminine? Though smashing can play for a pun.

Aviva Open Singapore came to a close with a display of awing badminton.

Boonsak, 25, came into the tournament unseeded but the style in which he beat the world's top player Lin Dan in the quarter-finals made people sit up and take notice. His 21-17, 21-14 demolition of shellshocked world number seven Chen put the icing on the cake for what was the biggest victory of his career.

The most spectacular match i thought was played by men's doubles. With every match point saved and game point played, we as sportmans feel the adrenaline and rush as though we're the ones in the game. That's what real sports people would feel when watching a competition - quoted from liying.

The intersch nationals for jcs has started this week. A showcase of wonderful play by jj and rj drew a crowd as onlookers from all schools crowded over after their matches were over. The china player from jjc played a stunning net shot after doing a split which left rj player stunned and thereafter placing the shot into the net. The match continued with the crowd cheering on with every spectacular rally played by the girls. The match ended only after jj china player withdrew from the match due to an injured back. She had collapsed on the floor after the 2nd set came to an end, but fighting on in hope to bring her team to victory. Such determination is truely respectable. The next match up on tuesday with jjc against acjc is another good match up for catch.

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