Badminton: Dan favourite for Super Series

SINGAPORE: Chinese great Lin Dan is poised to seize control of badminton’s showpiece Super Series in Singapore this week as he goes in search of the only major honour to elude him. Dan only needs to reach the quarter-finals to overtake series leader and world number one Lee Chong Wei, who is missing the event. Olympic champion Lin, a four-time All-England winner, is the only player to achieve the ‘Golden Grand Slam’ by also lifting the world championships, World Cup, Thomas Cup, Sudirman Cup, Asian Games and Asia Championships titles, but he still has not been able to win the Super Series.



Published in The Express Tribune, June 14th, 2011.