Chinese Dragons show their claws

China’s dominance is beginning to show at the Li Ning China Open Super Series 2010 with seven of their men singles players reaching the quarter-finals on Thursday.

With the men’s singles event entering the quarter-finals, Danish star Jan O Jorgensen remains the sole non-Chinese standing and he will play Du Pengyu in the last eight. Jorgensen was forced to sweat before outplaying Hong Kong’s Chan Yan Kit 21-15, 19-21, 21-16 in round two.

Korean player Lee Hyun-il suffered a pre-mature exit after losing being tamed by young Chinese player Lu Yi, who won 21-14, 21-7. His reward for winning is a match up with teammate Bao Chunlai.

The match of the day in the quarter-finals will certainly be the clash between two good friends Olympic champion Lin Dan and Chen Long. Lin Dan had an easy time outwitting Shon Wan Ho 21-9, 21-12 while Chen Long managed a comfortable 21-12, 21-16 win over South Korea’s Park Sung Hwan.

Lin Dan needs a good result in this tournament as he is aiming to qualify for the Victor BWF Super Series Finals 2010 which will be held at the Hsinchuang Gymnasium in Taipeh from Jan 5-9 2011.

After 10 Super Series events this year, Lin Dan is only 13th in the Super Series standings as he has played in only four Super Series events – Japan (runners-up), China Masters (champion) Swiss (quarter-finalist) and All England (quarter-finalist). He will need to shine in the last two tournaments to stand a realistic chance of reaching the Super Series Finals, which for the first time ever, will offer ranking points to the finalists.

In the women’s singles, top seeds Wang Xin and Wang Yihan cruised to the quarter-finals with ease. Wang Xin was given an early scare before defeating Singaporean Xing Aiying 23-21, 21-13 while Wang Yihan outpaced Chen Xiao Jia 21-11, 21-17.

Thai lass Inthanon Ratchanok denied host player Lu Lan of a chance of reaching the last eight after managing a 23-21, 15-21, 21-19 win.

South Korea’s Bae Youn Joo also made her way to the quarterfinals after beating Chinese Taipeh’s Cheng Shao Chieh 21-15, 21-6.

The other quarter-finalists are Hui Zhou, Wang Shixian, Jiang Yanjiao and Xiz Jingyun.

Bahrain International Challenge - Quarterfinal Result

Men's singles

Karunaratne Dinuka [SRI] - [AUT] Grassmuck Daniel 16-21 23-21 21-14

Tan Yuhan [BEL] - [HUN] Toth Henrik 17-21 21-16 21-8

Sugiarto Tommy [3][INA] - [RUS] Ivlev Sergey 21-16 21-9

Setiawan Heri [BRN] - [IRI] Shahhosseini Ali [5] 21-18 21-18

Hettiarachchi Nuwan [SRI] - [SVK] Matejka Michal [6] 21-19 16-21 21-15

Lahnsteiner Michael [4][AUT] - [BEL ] Moreels Maxime 21-19 21-13

Ozturk Ramazan [TUR] - [AUT] Bertsch Matthias 21-12 23-21

Pang Eric [2][NED] - [TUR] Vural Emre 21-19 21-13

Women's singles

Meulendijks Judith [1][NED] - [IRI] Amiripour Negin 21-9 21-11

Hald-Jensen Anne [5][GRE] - [TUR] Fere Cemre 25-23 21-14

Trvdy Maja [3][SLO] - [BRN] Anto Agna 21-9 21-15

Caliskan Oznur [8][TUR] - [SRI] Jayasinghe Thilini 21-14 20-22 21-15

Kilic Neslihan [TUR] - [EGY] Hosny Hadia [7] 21-18 22-20

Bayrak Ozge [TUR] - [SRI] Hettiarachchige Renu Chandrika 21-18 21-12

Tan Lianne [6][BEL] - [IRI] Zamanian Nejat Zadeh Sahar 21-10 21-9

Yigit Neslihan [TUR] - [SVK] Fasungova Monika 21-17 21-13

Men's doubles

Kumar Rupesh/Thomas Sanave [1][IND] - [JOR] Mansour Nayef/Tamimim Rami 21-8 21-16

Lale Emre/Sen Murat [TUR] - [IRI] Shahhosseini Ali/Khanjani Mohammadreza 21-16 18-21 21-17

El Khateeb Ali Ahmed [EGY]/Okvana Viki Indra [INA] - [SYR] Awad Amar/Matar Fayez 21-18 21-19

Antipov Alexander/Ivlev Sergey [RUS] - [BRN] Haridas Sunil/Pillai Unnikrishna Walkover

Saleh Mohamad/Sawas Mohamad [SYR] - [BRN] Kallookkaran Anto/Sukumaran Jain 21-12 21-5

Aslan Emre/Oruc Huseyin [3][TUR] - [IRI] Khanjani Farzin/Sadeghi Saderdin 21-15 21-15

Francis Alwin/Anchery Bennet Antony [IND] - [BRN] Varghese James/Sahibjan Manoj Walkover

Jafar Ebrahim Jafar Al-Sayed/Setiawan Heri [2][BRN] - [JOR] Al-Nobani Basel/Aljabrah Sadam Walkover

Women's doubles

Reid Charmaine [CAN]/Grether Nicole [GER][1] - [TUR] Fere Cemre/Bayrak Ozge 21-19 21-14

Kabiri Sabereh/Delavari Kashani Sara [IRI] - [IRI] Sajadi Aram/[PAK] Mohammand Sara 21-19 21-10

Ninan Megha Merin [IND]/Shetty Shalini [BRN] - [EGY] Nagy Dina/Hosny Hadia [4] 22-20 21-16

Megawati Gustiani [INA]/Fasungova Monika [SVK] - [JOR] Aliwat Dana/Alardah Dima 21-12 21-8

Nair Dhanya/Sahdev Mohita [IND] - [SYR] Mahmoud Sanaa/Jalad Tagreed 21-14 21-5

Kilic Neslihan/Yigit Neslihan [3][TUR] - [POL] Wojtkowska Agniesz/[SLO] Trvdy Maja 21-18 21-17

Tayssir Aya/Ashraf Nadin [EGY] - [TUR] Epice Ezgi/Caliskan Oznur Walkover

Amiripour Negin/Zamanian Nejat Zadeh Sahar [2][IRI] - [JOR] Mazahreh Leina/Alkhalife Razan 21-9 21-11

Mixed doubles

Okvana Viki Indra/Megawati Gustiani [1][INA] - [JOR] Hafeth Abdallah/Mohamad Rawan Walkover

Pottathil Suraj Haridas/Ninan Megha Merin [IND] - [IND] Thomas Sanave/[BRN] Shetty Shalini 23-21 20-22 21-7

Matejka Michal/Fasungova Monika [4][SVK] - [EGY] El Khateeb Ali Ahmed/Nagy Dina 19-21 21-16 21-19

Vural Emre/Bayrak Ozge [TUR] - [JOR] Mansour Nayef/Alkhalife Razan 21-12 21-12

Hettiarachchi Nuwan/Hettiarachchige Renu Chandrika [SRI] - [EGY] Sayad Mahmoud El/Ashraf Nadin 21-11 21-11

Ozturk Ramazan/Kilic Neslihan [TUR] - [BEL] Gillis Jonathan/Corvilain Severine [3] 21-15 21-16

Jafar Ebrahim Jafar Al-Sayed/Sutanto Rintan [BRN] - [FRA] Turlan Yoann/[MAR] Rochdy-Abbas Rajae Walkover

Szkudlarczk Wojciech/Wojtkowska Agnieszka [2][POL] - [BRN] Setiawan Heri/[EGY] Hosny Hadia 21-12 21-14

Result MMOA Kaohsiung International Challenge 2010 - December 2, 2010

Men's singles - Round 2

Shih Hua Teng [TPE] - [MAS] Soon Huat Goh [1] 22-20 5-21 22-20

Po Wei Cheng [TPE] - [TPE] Chih Hao Su 21-14 21-11

Pakkawat Vilailak [6][THA] - [TPE] Fu Pao Cheng 21-18 21-12

Hung Shi Lin [TPE] - [TPE] Chia Hao Yang 21-16 17-21 21-17

Shao Wen Hsu [3][TPE] - [TPE] Hsiang Ting Yeh 21-9 21-19

Wei Hsaing Lan [TPE] - [INA] Shesar Hiren Rhustavito 21-18 21-16

Han Chou Chu [TPE] - [VIE] Ha Anh Le [8] 21-18 21-6

Ching Hung Cheng [TPE] - [TPE] Chih Hsun Yang 21-13 21-15

Chih Lun Liu [TPE] - [THA] Sitthikom Thammasin 22-20 14-21 21-18

Kuei Chun Shih [7][TPE] - [TPE] Feng Tse Hsieh 21-15 21-12

Chun Ken Chao [TPE] - [TPE] Ping Hsuan Hsieh 21-13 19-21 21-15

Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif [4][MAS] - [TPE] Hao Cheng Chan 21-16 21-16

Chih Chieh Yang [TPE] - [TPE] Tsai Hsin Wu 23-21 21-9

Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin [5][MAS] - [TPE] Yao Ting Fang 20-22 21-11 21-18

Chia Hao Lin [TPE] - [TPE] Yu Jui Lin 21-16 21-16

Jen Hao Hsu [2][TPE] - [TPE] Chia Hsuan Lin 21-16 21-6

Women's singles - Round 2

Thi Trang Vu [VIE] - [NZL] Michelle Kit Ying Chan [1] 21-8 23-25 21-12

Chi Ya Cheng [TPE] - [THA] Sapsiree Taerattanachai [7] 21-17 21-19

Pei Hsin Chiang [3][TPE] - [INA] Febby Angguni 21-17 21-8

Chia Chien Lu [TPE] - [TPE] Shu Ching Tseng 21-16 19-21 21-13

Yu Po Pai [6][TPE] - [TPE] Hsiao Jo Liu 21-16 21-17

Shih Ying Chen [TPE] - [PHI] Malvinne Ann Venice Alcala [4] 21-17 20-22 24-22

Chanida Julrattanamanee [5][THA] - [VIE] Nguyen Phuong Nhi Phung 21-15 21-16

Ya Ching Hsu [2][TPE] - [TPE] Wei Yuan Wang 21-7 21-17

Men's doubles - Round 2

Chung Jen Chen/Yen Jiu Lin [1][TPE] - [TPE] Jui Wei Liang/Kuan Hao Liao 21-16 22-20

Chao Hsiang Liao/Chia Hsin Tsai [TPE] - [TPE] Wei Cheng Chen/Sung Lin Tsai 21-7 21-13

Jones Rafly Jansen/Dandi Prabudita [4][INA] - [TPE] Po Yi Huang/Chia Pin Lu 21-19 16-21 21-11

Chin Chung Tseng/Chia Min Wang [5][TPE] - [TPE] Chun Ken Chao/Chia Hao Yang 21-15 23-21

Chih Chi Liu/Guan Chung Lo [TPE] - [TPE] Chi Ju Lee/Xiang Yi Wang 19-21 21-18 23-21

Yi Neng Su/Min Hao Tseng [3][TPE] - [THA] Tin D Caballes/Khosit Phetpradab 20-22 21-14 21-6

Kai Liang Chang/Sheng Kai Chang [TPE] - [TPE] Yen Ting Chang/Cheng Ling Tsai 21-17 19-21 21-13

Bodin Isara/Maneepong Jongjit [2][THA] - [TPE] Tzu Chieh Tien/Chih Hao Wang 21-16 21-19

Women's doubles - Round 2

Rodjana Chuthabunditkul/Wiranpatch Hongchookeat [1][THA] - [TPE] Yun Ju Chang/Weam Yi Tang 21-18 21-17

Hsiao Jo Liu/Li An Yu [TPE] - [TPE] Wan Hui Cheng/Pei Chen Su 21-4 21-10

Bai Rou Chen/Ting Yao Chen [TPE] - [TPE] Hsin Hui Huang/Yu Ling Tseng 21-19 21-17

Tai An Lee/Shu Chih Liu [TPE] - [TPE] Ya Ching Hsu/Yi Wen Tsai 21-9 22-24 21-14

Thi Sen Nguyen/Thi Trang Vu [VIE] - [TPE] Hua Kao/Shu Rou Yang 21-15 21-13

Hung Yu Chen/Mei Ching Huang [TPE] - [TPE] Tung Shuan Hsun/Fang Chian Wu 22-20 21-15

Pei Ting Ku/Wei Yuan Wang [TPE] - [TPE] Ya Ju Chuang/Yi Chun Lu 21-16 21-9

Chia Chi Chou/Pei Lin Tsai [TPE] - [THA] Chanida Julrattanamanee/Sapsiree Taerattanachai 21-8 21-17

Mixed doubles - Round 2

Hung Chia Chen/Tung Hsuan Sun [TPE] - [TPE] Ching Hung Cheng/Weam Yi Tang 21-9 21-16

Guan Chung Lo/Hsin Hui Huang [TPE] - [TPE] Chia Yu Lin/Hung Yu Chen 21-14 21-13

Ping Min Chen/Yi Wen Tsai [TPE] - [TPE] Chia Hao Lin/Ya Ju Chuang 22-20 21-13

Min Hao Tseng/Hsin Yun Chang [TPE] - [TPE] Chi Hsuan Wu/Fang Chien Wu 21-17 21-16

Yi Neng Su/Chia Wen Lai [TPE] - [VIE] Ha Anh Le/Thu Huyen Le 21-17 22-20

Wannawat Ampunsuwan/Chonthicha Kititharakul [THA] - [TPE] Chih Chi Liu/I Chun Liu 21-14 21-13

Po Jui Huang/Mei Ching Huang [TPE] - [TPE] Chao Hsiang Liao/Shu Chih Liu 21-14 13-21 21-17

Chien Pin Hsieh/Yi Chun Lu [TPE] - [TPE] Shih Ying Chang/Wan Hui Cheng 21-12 10-21 21-17

Men's singles - Round 3

Shih Hua Teng [TPE] - [TPE] Po Wei Cheng 19-21 21-17 21-19

Pakkawat Vilailak [6][THA] - [TPE] Hung Shi Lin 21-13 21-16

Shao Wen Hsu [3][TPE] - [TPE] Wei Hsaing Lan 21-13 21-11

Han Chou Chu [TPE] - [TPE] Ching Hung Cheng 21-9 17-21 21-17

Kuei Chun Shih [7][TPE] - [TPE] Chih Lun Liu 21-14 21-16

Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif [4][MAS] - [TPE] Chun Ken Chao 21-12 21-17

Chih Chieh Yang [TPE] - [MAS] Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin [5] 7-21 24-22 21-13

Jen Hao Hsu [2][TPE] - [TPE] Chia Hao Lin 21-13 21-13

Yonex Welsh International 2010

Indonesia pada turnamen Yonex Welsh International 2010 yang berlangsung dari tanggal 2-5 Desember 2010 hanya diwakilkan oleh Bandar Sigit Pamungkas yang bermain di nomor tunggal putra. Bandar Sigit Pamungkas terlebih dahulu harus mengikuti babak kualifikasi untuk lolos ke babak utama. Dalam babak kualifikasi yang berlangsung selama sehari tanggal 2 Desember 2010, Sigit harus bermain dalam tiga pertandingan sehari. Pada babak pertama kualifikasi, Sigit yang menjadi unggulan ke-6 kualifikasi menang mudah atas pemain Inggris, Stuart Rownland 21-10 21-7.

Selanjutnya pada lapangan 4 Sports Wales National Center, Sigit menantang pemain Nigeria, Victor G Makanju di babak kedua dan kembali menang dua gim langsung, 21-11 21-15. Terakhir, pada babak final kualifikasi, Sigit berhasil menuntaskan perlawanan pemain Inggris lainnya, Matthew Nottingham 21-19 21-18. Esok, Sigit di babak pertama akan melawan Jamie Bonsels dari Inggris. Jika berhasil menang, Sigit akan menghadapi pemenang pertandingan antara Niel White (Inggris) dan Daniel Font (Wales) di babak kedua pada sore hari waktu setempat.