Soon new pictures of Badminton games

I went today to see finals of the French open of Badminton, in Paris;

That was my very first time I could see international players.

I saw single men, single women, double men, double women & double mixt games.





Here are the results..

Double men: Mollyhus/Kristiansen (Denmark) vs Langridge/Tonks (UK): 15-13, 15-12
Single women: Hongyan Pi vs Anne Marie Pedersen (Denmark): 11-1, 11-2

Canon Eos 350D, EF 75-300mm, 205mm, f/5, 1/200 sec, 1600 ISO

H.Pi giving an interview after winning her final game against the danish Pendersen

Double Mixt: Lasmari/Widiowati (France/Indonesia) vs Houmann et Chemniz (Denmark): 4-15, 15-4, 15-13
Double women: Eymard/Rahmawati (France) vs Matsuo/Yamada (Japan): 15-12, 14-17, 15-6
Single men: Pukhov (Russia) vs Rasidi (France): 15-12, 15-2

During 5 hours, I took some 373 photographies with mainly my Canon EF 75-300 mm lens;
I confirm, it's really hard and non obvious taking pictures of badminton, but I succeeded in taking some good shoots. You'll see them soon.

Among all the games seen, the double women final was the best one, the longest one, and the most dramatic one... it was almost stressing, see such long plays with no indication of wich team who has the best chance to win the point !
Sometimes, a team was about to lose the point, and finally won it...