SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL STOCKHOLM 2012
ALL FINALS
MS:
YAN KIT CHAN (HKG) beat ERIC PANG (NED) 21-17 / 21-19
WS:
HONGYAN PI (FRA) beat KRISTINA GAVNHOLT (CZE) 21-13 / 21-17
MD:
VLADIMIR IVANOV/IVAN SOZONOV (RUS) beat JORRIT DE RUITER/DAVE KHODABUX (NED) 21-16 / 21-9
WD:
MARIANA AGATHANGELOU/HEATHER OLVER (ENG) beat EVA LEE/PAULA LYNN OBANANA (USA) 21-15 / 21-12
XD:
NATHAN ROBERTSON/JENNY WALLWORK (ENG) beat MADS PIELER KOLDING/JULIE HOUMANN (DEN) 21-17 / 21-17
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ALL FINALS
WS:
YIHAN WANG (CHN) beat XIN WANG (CHN) 21-19 / 21-11
MS:
LEE CHONG WEI (MAS) beat KENICHI TAGO (JPN) 21-6 / 21-13
MD:
CHIEH MIN FANG/SHENG MU LEE (TPE) beat GUN WOO CHO/BAEK CHOEL SHIN (KOR) 16-21/21-16/21-16
WD:
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Positive thinking has had a bad report in recent times, as many powerful things do.Maybe when you think of positive thinking you think of people thoughtlessly shouting out 'yeah! Go for it! Or go all out', and have maybe tried that and nothing happened.Positive Mental Attitude (PMA) is a phrase...
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Many Badminton players are good in the physical aspect but not tough enough mentally. A badminton player can have all the fitness, power, agility and skills but without the presence of mental toughness, he or she can be affected mentally anytime, anywhere. Marathon runners are good examples. Normally most of...
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