The world’s top men’s doubles pair, Jung Jae Sung / Lee Yong Dae, have had reason to celebrate time and again this year
June was the start of a new badminton era; Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, world number 1 for quite a while, was injured in the final of the Thomas Cup in May and was unable to complete in the Indonesian Super Series in June.
Lee won the tournament last year and his absence this year meant that the number of ranking points he has won fell. China’s No. 1 men’s singles player Lin Dan replaced Lee in No.1 spot in the men’s singles world rankings.
In the men’s doubles world rankings, all that seems to have taken place is that first and second have exchanged places, but this change is extremely significant for players and fans alike. Korea’s top men’s pair, Jung Jae Sung / Lee Yong Dae, have been close to previously top-ranked pair, China’s Fu Hai Feng / Cai Yun, for a while, and scored an impressive victory against the Chinese pair at the All England Super Series in March this year to take the title.
Fancied by many as medal winners at the London Olympics, with their main threat Fu / Cai absent from the Indonesian Open, the Korean’s took the title and also moved into first place in the world rankings.
In the women’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles disciplines, China’s Wang Yi Han, Wang Xiao Li/ Yu Yang and Zhang Nan/Zhao Yun stayed at the top of the rankings.
Singapore Super Series mixed doubles winners, Chinese Taipei’s Chen Hung Ling / Cheng Wen Hsing
On the last day of the Singapore Super Series, Chinese Taipei’s Cheng Shao Chieh in the women’s singles, Cheng Wen Hsing / Chien Yu Chin in the women’s doubles and Cheng Wen Hsing / Chen Hung Ling in the mixed doubles all reached the final. Facing Japan’s top pair Shintaro Ikeda / Reiko Shiota the final of the mixed doubles, affected by the pressure, Cheng Wen Hsing made a series of service errors at the start of the match. Fortunately her substantial experience of international competition allowed her to calm down and play better; she was able put the Japanese pair under constant pressure with successive high speed flat drives and, with Chen providing fire support in the form of powerful smashes from the back of the court, the Chinese Taipei pair were able to brush the Japanese aside and take home the trophy.
With the biggest event on the world badminton calendar just around the corner all the members of the Chinese Taipei team are intensifying training with the aim of doing well at the Olympics.
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There were no major changes in the rankings of Chinese Taipei players in the latest BWF world rankings issued on July 5.Cheng Wen Hsing / Chen Hung Ling stay in 5th spot in the mixed doubles in the world rankings; Lee Sheng Mu / Fang Chieh Min rank 9th in the men’s doubles; Cheng Wen Hsing / Chien Yu Chin rank 10th in the women’s doubles,
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Ranking | Men’s singles | Women’s singles | Men’s doubles | Women’s doubles | Mixed doubles |
1 |
Lin Dan [China] |
Wang Yi Han [China] |
Lee Yong Dae/ Jung Jae Sung |
Wang Xiao Li/ Yu Yang [China] |
Zhang Nan/ Zhao Yun Lei [China] |
2 |
Lee Chong Wei [Malaysia] |
Wang Xin [China] |
Cai Yun / Fu Hai Feng
[China] |
Tian Qing/ Zhao Yunlei [China] |
Xu Chen/ Ma jin [China] |
3 |
Chen Long [China] |
Li Xue Rui [China] |
Mathias Boe/ Carsten Morgensen [Denmark] |
Ha Jung Eun/ Kim Min Jung [Korea] |
Joachim Fischer Nielsen/ |
4 |
Chen Jin [China] |
Wang Shi Xian [China] |
Ko Sung Hyun/ Yoo Yeon Seong [Korea] |
Bao Yi Xin/Zhong Qian Xin |
Tontowi Ahmad/
Lilyana Natsir [Indonesia] |
5 |
Peter Hoeg Gade [Denmark] |
Saina Nehwal [India] |
Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan
[Indonesia] |
Mizuki Fujii/Reika Kakiiwa [Japan] |
Chen Hung Ling/ Cheng Wen Hsing [Chinese Taipei] |
6 |
Sho Sasaki [Japan] |
Juliane Schenk[Germany] |
Muhammad Ahsan/ Bona Septano [Indonesia] |
Kim Ha Na/ Jung Kyung Eun [ Korea] |
Sudket Prapakamol/ |
7 |
Simon Santoso [Indonesia] |
Tina Baun [Denmark] |
Chai Biao/ Guo Zhen Dong [China] |
Kamilla Rytter Juhl/Christimma Pedersen |
Peng Soon Chan/ |
8 | Kenichi Tago[Japan] | Sung Ji Hyun [Korea] |
Kien Keat Koo / Boon Heong Tan[Malaysia] |
Tang Jinhua/ Xia Huan [China] |
Thomas Laybourn/ Kamilla Rytter Juhl
[Denmark] |
9 |
Du Peng Yu[China] |
Jiang Yan Jiao
[China] |
Fang Chieh Min / Lee Sheng Mu[Chinese Taipei] |
Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna [Japan] |
|
10 | Lee Hyun II[Korea] |
Ratchanok Intanon
[Thailand] |
Hong Wei/ShenYe [China] |
Cheng Wen Hsing / Chien Yu Chin [Chinese Taipei] |
Ikeda Shintaro/ Shiota Reiko
[Japan] |