BWF Rankings-released on October 18, 2013

2013-10-18

The top ranked players in the five disciplines in the most recent BEF world rankings were respectively: men’s singles: Lee Chong Wei, women’s singles:Li Xui Rui, men’s doubles:KO Sung HyunLee Yong Dae, women’s doubles: Wang Xiao Li/Yu Yang, mixed doubles:Zhang Nan/Zhao Yun Lei.
 
Lee Yong Dae
VICTOR Star - Lee Yong Dae
 
Men’s singles Top 10
Rank Country Player Points
1 LEE Chong Wei 97323.0828
2 CHEN Long 81685.0064
3 DU Pengyu 64370.0000
4 Kenichi TAGO 62644.9656
5 Jan O JORGENSEN 59778.3484
6 VIE Tien Minh NGUYEN 58896.7218
7  Tommy SUGIARTO 58727.9500
8  Boonsak PONSANA 56827.9914
9 WANG Zhengming 55190.0000
10 GER Marc ZWIEBLER 51373.5848
22  CHOU Tien Chen
39000.0000
 
In the men’ singles world Top 10, top ranked Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia is a massive 16000 points ahead of the player ranked second, China’s Chen Long. The player ranked 5 to 10 (Jan O JORGENSEN,Tien Minh NGUYEN,Tommy SUGIARTO,Boonsak PONSANA,WANG Zhengming,Marc ZWIEBLER ) all have between 50,000 and 60,000 points, showing how fierce the competition between them is. The performance of these players at the Denmark Open and France Open in October will have a direct effect on their world ranking,  
 
Women’s singles Top 10
Rank Country Player Points
1 LI Xuerui 87199.9715
2 Ratchanok INTANON 76838.1795
3 Juliane SCHENK 73423.5663
4 Saina NEHWAL 70910.0000
5 WANG Yihan 66668.4749
6 SUNG Ji Hyun 65737.5837
7 WANG Shixian 62400.0000
8 TAI Tzu Ying 57119.3326
9 Minatsu MITANI 56277.0000
10 P. V. Sindhu 51472.0000
11 BAE Yeon Ju 50300.0000
24 PAI Hsiao Ma 38590.0000
 
Apart from top ranked Li Xue Rui, the women’s singles player who is the focus of attention at present is young Intanon of Thailand. Just 18, she took the title at the Badminton World Championships in August, a win that sent her up to second in the world rankings. Many fans predict that, with her form continuing to be excellent this year, it is only a matter of time before she overtakes Li Xue Rui to be crowned world No.1.
 
Sung Ji Hyun
Korea’s top women’s singles player SUNG Ji Hyun (World No.6)
Tai Tzu Ying
Chinese Taipei’s top women’s singles player TAI Tzu Ying (World No.8)
 
VICTOR’s poster girl stars in the women’s singles-- the ROK’s SUNG Ji Hyun and Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying are ranked sixth and eight in the world respectively.
 
Men’s doubles Top 10
Rank Country Player Points
1 86745.8812
2
Hendra SETIAWAN
Mohammad AHSAN
80840.0000
3
Mathias BOE
Carsten MOGENSEN
76261.9007
4
Hiroyuki ENDO
Kenichi HAYAKAWA
68905.3068
5
Kien Keat KOO
Boon Heong TAN
68680.3459
6
LIU Xiaolong
Qiu Zihan
65849.5297
7
KIM Ki Jung
KIM Sa Rang
64689.0000
8
 SHIN Baek Choel

YOO Yeon Seong

59090.0000
9
CAI Yun
FU Haifeng
56347.4635
10 TPE LEE Sheng Mu
TSAI Chia Hsin
56232.1774
 
Chinese Taipei’s men’s doubles pair Lee Sheng MuTsai China Hsin are ranked 10th in the world and won the gold at the Tianjin East Asian Games recently. At present, there is only a small 115 point difference between them and the pair ranked 9th, China’s Cai Yun/Fu Hai Feng.
 
Women’s doubles Top 10
Rank Country Player Points
1
WANG Xiaoli
YU Yang (F)
99655.3868
2
MA Jin
TANG Jinhua
80450.0000
3
Kamilla RYTTER JUHL
Christinna PEDERSEN
71495.6336
4
Misaki MATSUTOMO
Ayaka TAKAHASHI
69220.1634
5 62439.9943
6
EOM Hye Won
JANG Ye Na
58280.0000
7
Pia Zebadiah BERNADETH
Rizki Amelia PRADIPTA
57370.0000
8
Duanganong AROONKESORN
Kunchala VORAVICHITCHAIKUL
52618.4839
9
TIAN Qing
ZHAO Yunlei
49900.0000
10 LEE So Hee
SHIN Seung Chan
48360.0000
13 KO A Ra
YOO Hae Won
43070.0000
18
CHOI Hye In
So Young KIM
37090.0000
 
The women’s doubles is still dominated by China’s Wang Xiao Li/Yu Yang, the pair enjoying a huge almost 20,000 lead over second ranked pair China’s Ma Jin/Tang Jin Hua. In fact, even if Ma/Tang win three Super Series tournaments in a row, they still might not be able to overtake Wang/Yu.
 
Three pairs who are Victor stars are currently in the Top 10 in the women’s doubles world rankings: KIM Ha NaJUNG Kyung Eun rank 5th, Eom Hye Won/Jang Ye Na are 6th, and newcomers Lee So Hee/ Shin Seung Chan are 10th. 
 
Mixed doubles Top 10
Rank Country Player Points
1
ZHANG Nan
ZHAO Yunlei
93550.5344
2
XU Chen
MA Jin
91210.7000
3 88202.0000
4
Joachim FISCHER NIELSEN
Christinna PEDERSEN
75818.6000
5
Peng Soon CHAN
Liu Ying GOH
62717.7000
6
Muhammad RIJAL
Debby SUSANTO
57017.0000
7
Robert MATEUSIAK
Nadiezda ZIEBA *
56760.0000
8
Sudket PRAPAKAMOL
Saralee THOUNGTHONGKAM
53907.7000
9
Markis KIDO
Pia Zebadiah BERNADETH
53880.0000
10 SHIN Baek Choel
JANG Ye Na
52790.0000
 
Three pairs are close together in the top three spots in the mixed doubles rankings, China’s Zhang Nan/Zhao Yun Lei in top spot, their compatriots Xu Chen/Ma Jin in 2nd, and “Indonesian Lightning” Tontowi AHMADLiliyana NATSIR ranked third, the three pairs separated by less than 3000 points. 
 
Tontowi/ Liliyana
Indonesia’s formidable mixed doubles pair Tontowi AHMADLiliyana NATSIR (World ranked No.3)
 
Tontowi AHMADLiliyana NATSIR took a rest in September after winning the mixed doubles title at the Badminton World Championships and did not take part in any tournament higher than BWF Level 2. They are seeded three at this week’s Denmark Open and will go all out to claim their fifth title of the year.
 
( Edit by VICTOR Badminton )