Former Asian champion clinches Thailand title

China's Li Xuerui continued her giant killing run when she captured the US$120,000 SCG Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold on Sunday. The seventh seed, who defeated top seed Saina Nehwal in the quarter-finals and fourth seed Porntip Buranaprasertsuk in the semi-finals, came back from a first game deficit to beat second seed and former world junior champion Jiang Yanjiao 10-21, 21-12, 21-14 in 57 minutes.

It was the duo's first ever meeting and the 20-year-old Li Xuerui, who captured the 2010 Badminton Asia Championship gold medal, got off to a slow start to fall 21-10. The defeat, however, woke her up and from there on end, Li Xuerui showed nerves of steel against her more experienced team mate. Showing maturity beyond her age, Li Xuerui began stroking the shuttle with confidence to create openings which she killed off with ease.


Meanwhile, top seed Chen Long (above), cruised to the men's title at the Chulalongkorn University Sports Complex. The world No. 4 carved out a 21-9, 21-19 victory over world No. 16 Lee Hyun Il of South Korea. The Korean gave a good fight in the opening stages of the first game and was trailing 10-7 before Chen Long shifted gear to win 11 of the next 12 points. Chen Long, however, had to work a little harder against his opponent, whom he had only met once previously.


Chasing his first individual title of the season, Chen Long, who was part of the victorious Chinese team who won their fourth straight Sudirman Cup but didn't play a single match, claimed the win in 45 minutes. The victory will certainly give Chen Long a big confidence boost ahead of next week's Li Ning Singapore Open Superseries, where he will be chasing only his second ever OSIM BWF World Superseries crown. He won the Li Ning China Open Superseries last December.


FINALS
Men
Singles: Chen Long (China) bt Lee Hyun Il (Korea) 21-8, 21-19
Doubles: Jung Jae Sung-Lee Yong Dae (Korea) bt Alvent Yulianto Chandra-Hendra Aprida Gunawan (Indonesia) 24-22, 21-14


Women
Singles: Li Xuerui (China) bt Jiang Yanjiao (China) 10-21, 21-12, 21-14
Doubles: Tian Qing-Zhao Yunlei (China) bt Cheng Shu-Bao Yixin (China) 21-7, 21-8


Mixed doubles: Lee Sheng Mu-Chien Yu Chin (Taipei) bt Nova Widianto-Vita Marissa (Indonesia) 21-10, 23-21.


Source : Badminton World Federation

Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold 2011 : Final Schedule

Final plays of Sunday, June 12, 2011

at CU Sports Complex - TV Court

WOMEN'S DOUBLES

12:00 PM Shu Cheng/Bao Yixin (China) - Qing Tian/Yunlei Zhao (China)

MIXED DOUBLES

13:00 PM Nova Widianto/Vita Marissa (Indonesia) - Sheng Mu Lee/Yu Chin Chien (Taipei)

WOMEN'S SINGLES

14:00 PM Xuerui Li (China) - Yanjiao Jiang (China)

MEN'S SINGLES

15:00 PM Long Chen (China) - Hyun Il Lee (Korea)

MEN'S DOUBLES

16:00 PM Jae Sung Jung/Yong Dae Lee (Korea) - Alvent Yulianto Chandra/Hendra Aprida Gunawan (Indonesia)

Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold 2011 : Semifinal Result

MIXED DOUBLES
Sheng Mu Lee/Yu Chin Chien (Taipei x4) beat Chen Xu/Jin Ma (China x5) 17-21 21-19 21-15
Nova Widianto/Vita Marissa (Indonesia x8) beat Baek Cheol Shin/Min Jung Kim (Korea) 21-17 20-22 21-18


WOMEN'S DOUBLES
Qing Tian/Yunlei Zhao (China x5) beat Lok Yan Poon/Ying Suet Tse (Hongkong) 21-23 21-12 21-15
Shu Cheng/Bao Yixin (China x7) beat Vivian Kah Mun Hoo/Khe Wei Woon (Malaysia) 21-17 21-14


MEN'S SINGLES
Long Chen (China x1) beat Sung Hwan Park (Korea x3) 21-15 21-13
Hyun Il Lee (Korea x6) beat Jin Chen (China x4) 18-21 21-18 22-20


WOMEN'S SINGLES
Yanjiao Jiang (China x2) beat Shao Chieh Cheng (Taipei x6) 10-21 21-12 21-14
Xuerui Li (China x7) beat Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (Thailand x4) 21-17 17-21 21-13


MEN'S DOUBLES
Jae Sung Jung/Yong Dae Lee (Korea x1) beat Howard Bach/Tony Gunawan (USA x8) 21-18 21-11
Alvent Yulianto Chandra/Hendra Aprida Gunawan (Indonesia x4) beat Sung Hyun Ko/Yeon Seong Yoo (Korea x2) 21-14 21-17


Source : Tournament Software

Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold 2011 : Chinese Women's Doubles, Too Strong!!

China makes the women's doubles final become All-Chinese Final again at Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold 2011 after both doubles in semi-finals won their match today. Fifth seeded, Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei must be played for about an-hour to lock their places in final match tomorrow by winning rubber-game, 21-23, 21-12, 21-15 against Hongkong's Poon Lok Yan/Tse Ying Suet. Different with Tian/Zhao, Cheng Shu/Bao Yixin just played straight-games for booked their places in final. The seventh seeds won 21-17, 21-14 from Vivian Kah Mun Hoo/Woon Khe Wei of Malaysia.


In the other category, men's singles, first seeds-Chen Long also booked places for final tomorrow, sent out  third seeded, Park Sung Hwan of Korea by 21-15, 21-13. The one place left will be battle between China's Chen Jin and Korea's Lee Hyun Il. Jiang Yanjiao in women's singles knocked out Chinese Taipei's Cheng Shao Chieh by 10-21, 21-12, 21-14 after very upset game in first game. Jiang will face between host-player, Porntip Buranaprasertsuk or her compatriot, Li Xuerui in final match.

Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold 2011 : Chinese Also Failed in Mixed Doubles

China can make their representative in the mixed doubles category went to final tomorrow at Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold 2011 after the last Chinese in semi-finals match, Xu Chen/Ma Jin (left) lost from Taipei's Lee Sheng Mu/Chien Yu Chin. Chinese and also the fifth seeds can't say too much after winning in the first game but lost in the other two games, makes it Chinese just have chance to get the champions on men's singles, women's singles and women's doubles. While men's doubles already have no representative sent to the semi-finals, because all Chinese already lost until quarter-finals stage. The match finally won by Sheng Mu/Yu Chin, 17-21, 21-19, 21-15 in 57 minutes. The fourth seeds will face the winner of another semi-finals match, Indonesia's Nova Widianto/Vita Marissa vs Korean's Shin Baek Cheol/Kim Min Jung in the final match tomorrow.

Singapore Super Series 2011 : Men's Doubles Qualification Draws

FIRST ROW
Hee Chun Mak/Wee Kiong Tan (MAS) v Yohanes Rendy Sugiarto/Afiat Yuris Wirawan (INA)
Hong Wei/Shen Ye (CHN) v Adrian Liu/Derrick Ng (CAN)


SECOND ROW
Vitalij Durkin/Alexandr Nikolaenko (RUS) v Liao Min Chun/Wu Chun Wei (TPE)
Christian John Skovgaard/Mads Pieler Kolding (DEN) v Luluk Hadiyanto/Imam Sodikin Irawan (INA)


THIRD ROW
Chayut Triyachart/Liu Yi (SIN) v Joko Riyadi/Ukikasah Yoga (INA)
Wei Shem Goh/Khim Wah Lim (MAS) v Angga Pratama/Ryan Agung Saputra


FOURTH ROW
Juergen Koch/Peter Zauner (AUT) v Rasmus Bonde/Anders Kristiansen (DEN)
Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki/Nova Widianto (INA) v Michael Fuchs/Oliver Roth (GER)


Admin Qualifiers Prediction
1st Row : Hong Wei/Shen Ye
2nd Row : Liao Min Chun/Wu Chun Wei
3rd Row : Angga Pratama/Ryan Agung Saputra
4th Row : Rasmus Bonde/Anders Kristiansen

Singapore Super Series 2011 : Women's Singles Qualification Draws

FIRST ROW
Susan Egelstaff (Scotland) v Wang Lin (China)
Beiwen Zhang (Singapore) v Joycelyn Ko (Canada)


SECOND ROW
Elizabeth Cann (England) v Li Michelle (Canada)
Chen Hsiao Huan (Taipei) v Arundhati Pantawane (India)


THIRD ROW
Jiayuan Chen (Singapore) v Sashina Vignes Waran (France)
Aiying Xing (Singapore) v Tatjana Bibik (Russia)


FOURTH ROW
Pai Hsiao Ma (Taipei) v Iris Wang (USA)
Rena Wang (USA) v Mingtian Fu (Singapore)


Admin Qualifiers Prediction
1st Row : Wang Lin
2nd Row : Chen Hsiao Huan
3rd Row : Jiayuan Chen
4th Row : Pai Hsiao Ma