Misaki Matsutomo (R) of Japan hits a return next to her partner Ayaka Takahashi during their women's doubles semi-final match against Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang of China at the 2015 Badminton Asia Championships, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, April 25, 2015. REUTERS/China Daily
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - World badminton will hope a more open field and a European resurgence can inject more excitement at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and help banish memories of London's scandal-plagued tournament where China swept all titles.
The genteel racquet sport suffered its greatest Olympic humiliation at London where four pairs in the women's doubles were disqualified for deliberately trying to lose pool matches to secure more favourable draws in the knockout phase.
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