YONEX Open Japan 2013 : M & Q Ver. 1

Men's Singles - Main Draw
1. Tommy Sugiarto
2. Sony Dwi Kuncoro
3. Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka

Men's Singles - Qualifying Draw
1. Simon Santoso

Women's Singles - Main Draw
1. Lindaweni Fanetri
2. Aprilla Yuswandari

Men's Doubles - Main Draw
1. Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan
2. Angga Pratama/Ryan Agung Saputra
3. Hendra Aprida Gunawan/Yonatan Suryatama Dasuki
4. Markis Kido/Markus Fernaldi Gideon

Women's Doubles - Main Draw
1. Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth/Rizki Amelia Pradipta
2. Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah/Gebby Ristiyani Imawan
3. Greysia Polii/Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
4. Vita Marissa/Variella Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar

Mixed Doubles - Main Draw
1. Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir
2. Muhammad Rijal/Debby Susanto
3. Markis Kido/Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth
4. Riky Widianto/Richi Puspita Dili
5. Praveen Jordan/Vita Marissa
6. Markus Fernaldi Gideon/Rizki Amelia Pradipta

Source : Badminton World Federation

MAYBANK Malaysia Badminton Open 2012 Draws

MAYBANK Malaysia Badminton Open 2012 will be held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 10th to 15th of January 2012. Indonesia will be represented by 30 players which will compete in all five categories. All players will play in the main round, except for women's singles and mixed doubles. In women's singles, all of four Indonesian singles must compete first in the qualification round. While, we have to see new two doubles, Markis Kido/Pia Zebadiah Bernadet and Fran Kurniawan/Shendy Puspa Irawati compete for the place in the main draw. Here are the complete draws.


Men's Singles Main Draw
Taufik Hidayat vs Qualification 1
Shon Wan Ho (Korea) vs Tommy Sugiarto
Ajay Jayaram (India) vs Simon Santoso [7]
Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka vs Parupalli Kashyap (India)


Women's Singles Qualifying Draw
Lindaweni Fanetri [1] vs Xing Aiying (Singapore)
Tee Jing Yi (Malaysia) vs Aprilla Yuswandari
Maria Febe Kusumastuti vs Wang Rena (USA)
Poon Lok Yan (Hong Kong) vs Adrianti Firdasari [2]


Men's Doubles Main Draw
Alvent Yulianto Chandra/Hendra Aprida Gunawan [7] vs Mads Conrad-Petersen/Jonas Rasmussen (Denmark)
Vitalij Durkin/Alexandr Nikolaenko (Russia) vs Angga Pratama/Ryan Agung Saputra
Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan [8] vs Qualification 1
Qualification 2 vs Mohammad Ahsan/Bona Septano [5]


Women's Doubles Main Draw
Qualification 1 vs Anneke Feinya Agustin/Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
Vita Marissa/Nadya Melati vs Cheng Wen Hsing/Chien Yu Chin [5](Chinese Taipei)
Eom Hye Won/Jang Ye Na (Korea) vs Greysia Polii/Meiliana Jauhari [6]


Mixed Doubles Qualifying Draw
Tan Aik Quan/Lai Pei Jing (Malaysia) vs Markis Kido/Pia Zebadiah Bernadet
Fang Chieh Min/Wang Pei Rong (Chinese Taipei) vs Fran Kurniawan/Shendy Puspa Irawati


Mixed Doubles Main Draw
Muhammad Rijal/Debby Susanto vs Michael Fuchs/Birgit Michels (Germany)
Nova Widianto/Vita Marissa vs Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl (Denmark)
Robert Blair/Gabrielle White (Great Britain) vs Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir [4]


Source : Badminton World Federation with editing

Semifinal Results of French Open Superseries 2011

Men's Singles
Kenichi Tago (JPN) beat Lin Dan (CHN)[2] 21-23 15-18 Retired
Lee Chong Wei (MAS)[1] beat Chen Long (CHN)[3] 23-21 17-21 21-15


Women's Doubles
Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei (CHN)[2] beat Ha Jung Eun/Kim Min Jung (KOR)[6] Walkover
Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang (CHN)[1] beat Mizuki Fujii/Reika Kakiiwa (JPN)[3] 21-8 22-20


Women's Singles
Li Xuerui (CHN) beat Tai Tzu Ying (TPE) 21-8 21-19
Wang Xin (CHN)[3] beat Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA) 15-21 21-4 21-7


Men's Doubles
Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng (CHN)[1] beat Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Noriyasu Hirata (JPN) 21-11 13-21 21-9
Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae (KOR)[2] beat Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (DEN)[3] 21-17 21-17


Mixed Doubles
Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (DEN)[4] beat Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei (CHN)[1] 21-14 22-24 22-20
Xu Chen/Ma Jin (CHN)[2] beat Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir (INA)[3] 16-21 21-14 21-11


Source : tournamentsoftware

Singapore Super Series 2011 : Men's Singles Second Round Results

Zhengming Wang (CHN) bt Taufik Hidayat (INA x1) 21-16 20-22 21-13
Viktor Axelsen (DEN) bt Chunlai Bao (CHN x7) 23-21 21-15
Hyun Il Lee (KOR) bt Long Chen (CHN x3) 21-18 21-23 21-18
Jin Chen (CHN) bt Sung Hwan Park (KOR x8) 21-15 21-16


Pengyu Du (CHN) bt Marc Zwielber (GER) 21-16 21-12
Peter Hoeg Gade (DEN x4) bt Rajiv Ouseph (ENG) 21-11 21-13
Simon Santoso (INA) bt Sho Sasaki (JPN) 21-11 21-12
Dan Lin (CHN x2) bt Jan O Jorgensen (DEN) 21-17 21-11

Singapore Super Series 2011 : Women's Doubles Second Round Results

Miyuki Maeda/Satoko Suetsuna (JPN x1) bt Leanne Choo/Renuga Veeran (AUS) 21-14 21-8
Qing Tian/Yunlei Zhao (CHN x5) bt Line Damkjaer Kruse/Marie Roepke (DEN) 21-13 21-14
Shizuka Matsuo/Mami Naito (JPN x4) bt Jiayuan Chen/Aiying Xing (SIN) 21-12 21-15
Vita Marissa/Nadya Melati (INA) bt Eei Hui Chin/Pei Tty Wong (MAS) 21-14 21-17


Jung Eun Ha/Min Jung Kim (KOR x6) bt Kyung Eun Jung/Ha Na Kim (KOR) 21-15 17-21 21-14
Meiliana Jauhari/Greysia Polii (INA x3) bt Sandra Marinello/Birgit Michels (GER) 21-15 21-16
Valeri Sorokina/Nina Vislova (RUS x8) bt Shinta Mulia Sari/Lei Yao (SIN) 14-21 22-20 21-17
Mizuki Fujii/Reika Kakiiwa (JPN x2) bt Matsutomo Misaki/Ayaka Takahashi (JPN) 19-21 21-15 21-18

Singapore Super Series 2011 : Mixed Doubles Second Round Results

Nan Zhang/Yunlei Zhao (CHN x1) bt Muhammad Rijal/Debby Susanto (INA) 21-14 21-18
Hanbin He/Yang Yu (CHN) bt Yeon Seong Yoo/Ye Na Jang (KOR) 21-18 21-16
Tantowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir (INA x4) bt Chen Xu/Jin Ma (CHN) 21-14 21-10
Yong Dae Lee/Jung Eun Ha (KOR) bt Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Zieba (POL x7) 21-12 21-13


Shoji Sato/Shizuka Matsuo (JPN) bt Sheng Mu Lee/Yu Chin Chien (TPE) 17-21 21-17 21-11
Hung Ling Chen/Wen Hsing Cheng (TPE) bt Shintaro Ikeda/Reiko Shiota (JPN) 21-14 21-10
Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork (ENG) bt Fran Kurniawan/Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth (INA) 21-18 21-15
Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam (THA x2) bt Robert Blair/Gabrielle White (SCO/ENG) 21-17 21-13

Contrasting fortunes for defending champions

Men's singles champion Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia was bounced out of the Li Ning Singapore Open Superseries while women's champion Saina Nehwal barely survived to make the cut to the second round on the opening day of the US$200,000 tournament on Wednesday.

Sony, who was carrying a wrist injury coming into the tournament, faced 2009 champion Bao Chunlai of China in the match of the day at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The seventh seeded Bao Chunlai (left), won a tight first game 21-19 before romping home in the second 21-13.


The crowd were treated to a world-class display of stinging smashes, deft dropshots and excellent courtcraft in the opening set which saw the lead exchange hands on numerous occasions. However, serving at 19-20 down, Sony's smashed into the net to gift Bao Chunlai the psychologically-important first game.


"As the defending champion, I really wanted to win this tournament," a disappointed Sony told a post-match conference. "But I had hurt my waist during training six months ago. I thought it would stand up to the task but the injury affected my game, especially in the second set. I felt OK in the first set but thereafter, it troubled me."


Bao Chunlai credited his win to his patience and a strategy to tire out his opponent. He said: "Sony was not in top form, especially in the second game. I played a patient and controlled game and am happy that the tactic worked. I really hope to play well in this tournament as this is the first (OSIM BWF World Superseries tournament) Olympic qualification event. It is important to me that I do well in Singapore."


World junior champion Viktor Axelsen got his revenge for last week's first round SCG Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold loss to Malaysia's Wong Choong Hann when the Dane won their rematch 25-23, 21-19. He will now face Bao Chunlai for a place in the quarter-finals. The top two seeds in the men's singles, former world champions Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia and China's Lin Dan also qualified for Thursday's second round.


Reigning Olympic and Asian Games gold medallist Lin Dan, defeated South Korea's Shon Wan Ho 21-14, 21-15 while top seed Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia was made to fight his way into the second round after Malaysia qualifier Liew Daren took the first game 22-24. However, Taufik used his experience and made a comeback 21-12, 21-18.


Saina (right), meanwhile, took on 2009 world champion Lu Lan of China for the second week in a row. Last week in Bangkok, the Indian ace needed three games to defeat her opponent in the opening round and it was the same once again in Singapore. The Commonwealth Games gold medallist took the first game 21-18, before falling 21-13 in the second. Just like in Bangkok, Saina rose up to take the third 21-16 to seal her place in the second round, where she will meet Taipei's Cheng Shao Chieh.


"I'm really happy to be here and I hope to continue my winning rhythm against Chinese players. I won quite a few matches against them, it's a good advantage. I hope that this tournament will contribute to me qualifying for the Olympics," said the Commonwealth Games gold medallist. Joining Saina in the second round is top seed and world No.1 Wang Shixian, who defeated Singapore's Fu Mingtian 21-10, 21-15.


The Victor Korea Open Superseries Premier winner will now take on world champion Wang Lin for a place in the quarter-finals. Wang Lin, who has only just recovered from a long-term knee injury, booked her place in the second round by beating Russia's Anastasia Prokopenko 21-15, 21-8. Second seed Wang Yihan safely made it to the next round when she ousted Indonesia's Adrianti Firdasari 21-17, 21-17

Singapore Super Series 2011 : Match Schedule for June 16

Match Schedule for June 16 - Second Round

Indonesian only

2:00 PM Nan Zhang/Yunlei Zhao (CHN x1) v Muhammad Rijal/Debby Susanto (INA)

2:50 PM Tantowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir (INA x4) bt Chen Xu/Jin Ma (CHN)

4:30 PM Vita Marissa/Nadya Melati (INA) bt Eei Hui Chin/Pei Tty Wong (MAS)

4:30 PM Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork (ENG) v Fran Kurniawan/Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth (INA)

5:30 PM Aprilla Yuswandari (INA) v Xin Wang (CHN x3)

6:10 PM Taufik Hidayat (INA x1) bt Zhengming Wang (CHN)

6:10 PM Sandra Marinello/Birgit Michels (GER) v Meiliana Jauhari/Greysia Polii (INA x3)

7:00 PM Alvent Yulianto Chandra/Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA) v Hung Ling Chen/Yu Lang Lin (TPE)

8:40 PM Sho Sasaki (JPN) v Simon Santoso (INA)

8:40 PM Wei Hong/Ye Shen (CHN) v Mohammad Ahsan/Bona Septano (INA x8)

9:40 PM Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa (JPN) v Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (INA x6)

Source : Tournament Software

Singapore Super Series 2011 : Men's Singles First Round Results

Taufik Hidayat (INA x1) bt Daren Liew (MAS) 22-24 21-12 21-18
Zhengming Wang (CHN) bt Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (THA) 21-18 21-15
Chunlai Bao (CHN x7) bt Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA) 21-19 21-13
Viktor Axelsen (DEN) bt Choong Hann Wong (MAS) 25-23 21-19


Long Chen (CHN x3) bt Alamsyah Yunus (INA) 21-15 21-7
Hyun Il Lee (KOR) bt Kazushi Yamada (JPN) 21-14 21-13
Sung Hwan Park (KOR x8) bt P Kashyap (IND) 21-15 21-14
Jin Chen (CHN) bt Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (DEN) 21-23 21-9 21-10


Marc Zwielber (GER) bt Tien Chen Chou (TPE) 14-21 21-18 21-19
Pengyu Du (CHN) bt Boonsak Ponsana (THA x5) 15-21 21-13 21-8
Rajiv Ouseph (ENG) bt Brice Leverdez (FRA) 19-21 21-14 21-17
Peter Hoeg Gade (DEN x4) bt Tommy Sugiarto (INA) 21-11 21-16


Sho Sasaki (JPN) bt Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka (INA) 21-17 17-21 21-18
Simon Santoso (INA) bt Tien Minh Nguyen (VIE x6) 15-21 24-22 21-17
Jan O Jorgensen (DEN) bt Kenichi Tago (JPN) 21-19 21-14
Dan Lin (CHN x2) bt Wan Ho Shon (KOR) 21-14 21-15

Singapore Super Series 2011 : Women's Singles First Round Results

Shixian Wang (CHN x1) bt Mingtian Fu (SIN) 21-10 21-15

Lin Wang (CHN) bt Anastasia Prokopenko (RUS) 21-15 21-8

Juliane Schenk (GER x8) bt Lindaweni Fanetri (INA) 21-18 21-16

Inthanon Ratchanok (THA) bt Jiayuan Chen (SIN) 21-13 21-12

Saina Nehwal (IND x4) bt Lan Lu (CHN) 21-18 13-21 21-16

Shao Chieh Cheng (TPE) bt Petya Nedelcheva (BUL) 21-17 18-21 21-9

Tine Baun (DEN x6) bt Linda Zechiri (BUL) 21-11 21-10

Sayaka Sato (JPN) bt Maria Febe Kusumastuti (INA) 21-12 18-21 21-16

Juan Gu (SIN) bt Ayane Kurihara (JPN) 14-21 21-19 21-13

Ai Goto (JPN) bt Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA x7) 21-11 21-7

Aprilla Yuswandari (INA) bt Eriko Hirose (JPN) 21-18 21-19

Xin Wang (CHN x3) bt Hongyan Pi (FRA) 21-11 21-8

Jie Yao (NED) bt Ji Hyun Sung (KOR) 23-21 21-15

Youn Joo Bae (KOR x5) bt Salakjit Ponsana (THA) 21-15 21-11

Tzu Ying Tai (TPE) bt Arundhati Pantawane (IND) 21-16 21-13

Yihan Wang (CHN x2) bt Adrianti Firdasari (INA) 21-17 21-17

Singapore Super Series 2011 : Men's Doubles First Round Results

Hee Chun Mak/Wee Kiong Tan (MAS) bt Songphon Anugritayawon/Sudket Prapakamol (THA) 21-16 16-21 21-12
Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Noriyasu Hirata (JPN) bt Rasmus Bonde/Anders Kristiansen (DEN) 21-19 18-21 21-11
Alvent Yulianto Chandra/Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA) bt Chieh Min Fang/Sheng Mu Lee (TPE x5) 21-13 21-16
Hung Ling Chen/Yu Lang Lin (TPE) bt Anthony Clark/Chris Langridge (ENG) 18-21 21-17 21-16


Ingo Kindervater/Johannes Schoettler (GER) bt Sung Hyun Ko/Yeon Seong Yoo (KOR x3) 13-21 21-16 21-14
Mads Conrad-Petersen/Jonas Rasmussen (DEN) bt Chris Adcock/Andrew Ellis (ENG) 21-15 21-13
Biao Chai/Zhendong Guo (CHN x7) bt Ki Jung Kim/Baek Cheol Shin (KOR) 14-21 21-12 21-17
Teik Chai Gan/Bin Shen Tan (MAS) bt Adam Cwalina/Michal Logosz (POL) 21-15 15-21 29-27


Wei Hong/Ye Shen (CHN) bt Yoshiteru Hirobe/Kenta Kazuno (JPN) 14-21 21-19 21-17
Mohammad Ahsan/Bona Septano (INA x8) bt Xiaolong Liu/Zihan Qiu (CHN) 21-15 21-17
Min Chun Liao/Chun Wei Wu (TPE) bt Gun Woo Cho/Yi Goo Kwon (KOR) 21-13 21-15
Yun Cai/Haifeng Fu (CHN x4) bt Naoki Kawamae/Shoji Sato (JPN) 21-19 21-15


Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa (JPN) bt Rupesh Kumar/Sanave Thomas (IND) 21-17 21-16
Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (INA x6) bt Howard Bach/Tony Gunawan (USA) 21-18 21-17
Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/Soon Hock Ong (MAS) bt Wei Shem Goh/Khim Wah Lim (MAS) 21-18 21-12
Jae Sung Jung/Yong Dae Lee (KOR x2) bt Ruud Bosch/Koen Ridder (NED) 21-15 21-12

Singapore Super Series 2011 : Women's Doubles First Round Results

Mizuki Fujii/Satoko Suetsuna (JPN x1) bt Jin Ma/Pan Pan (CHN) 21-19 17-21 21-17
Leanne Choo/Renuga Veeran (AUS) bt Xiaoyu Liang/Wei Han Tan (SIN) 21-14 21-14
Qing Tian/Yunlei Zhao (CHN x5) bt Ye Na Jang/Min Seo Kim (KOR) 21-17 21-14
Line Damkjaer Kruse/Marie Roepke (DEN) bt Yu Yan Vanessa Neo/Ting Ting Thng (SIN) 19-21 21-16 23-21


Shizuka Matsuo/Mami Naito (JPN x4) bt Bruce Alex/Li Michelle (CAN) 21-11 21-16
Jiayuan Chen/Aiying Xing (SIN) bt Jenny Wallwork/Gabrielle White (ENG) 21-16 21-9
Vita Marissa/Nadya Melati (INA) bt Duanganong Aroonkesorn/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THA x7) Walkover
Eei Hui Chin/Pei Tty Wong (MAS) bt Lotte Jonathans/Paulien Van Dooremalen (NED) 21-14 21-17


Kyung Eun Jung/Ha Na Kim (KOR) bt Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) 21-17 21-14
Jung Eun Ha/Min Jung Kim (KOR x6) bt Christinna Pedersen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN) 21-17 21-13
Sandra Marinello/Birgit Michels (GER) bt Hsin Yun Chang/Chia Wen Lai (TPE) 21-15 21-17
Meiliana Jauhari/Greysia Polii (INA x3) bt Shu Cheng/Bao Yixin (CHN) 21-18 21-11


Shinta Mulia Sari/Lei Yao (SIN) bt Mariana Agathangelou/Heather Olver (ENG) 19-21 21-8 21-16
Valeri Sorokina/Nina Vislova (RUS x8) bt Grace Gao/Joycelyn Ko (CAN) 21-17 21-7
Matsutomo Misaki/Ayaka Takahashi (JPN) bt Iris Wang/Rena Wang (USA) 21-9 21-13
Mizuki Fujii/Reika Kakiiwa (JPN x2) bt Pei Chen Hsieh/Pei Rong Wang (TPE) 21-12 21-14

Singapore Super Series 2011 : Mixed Doubles First Round Results

Nan Zhang/Yunlei Zhao (CHN x1) bt Kenichi Hayakawa/Matsutomo Misaki (JPN) 21-13 15-21 21-18
Muhammad Rijal/Debby Susanto (INA) bt Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Mizuki Fujii (JPN) 16-21 21-17 21-17
Hanbin He/Yang Yu (CHN) bt Songphon Anugritayawon/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THA x8) 21-18 21-10
Yeon Seong Yoo/Ye Na Jang (KOR) bt Ki Jung Kim/Kyung Eun Jung (KOR) 21-16 21-17


Tantowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir (INA x4) bt Zihan Qiu/Bao Yixin (CHN) 21-13 21-12
Chen Xu/Jin Ma (CHN) bt Alexandr Nikolaenko/Valeri Sorokina (RUS) 21-15 21-18
Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Zieba (POL x7) bt Nova Widianto/Vita Marissa (INA) 12-21 21-15 21-12
Yong Dae Lee/Jung Eun Ha (KOR) bt Michael Fuchs/Birgit Michels (GER) 21-16 21-16


Sheng Mu Lee/Yu Chin Chien (TPE) bt Baek Cheol Shin/Min Jung Kim (KOR) 21-14 21-8
Shoji Sato/Shizuka Matsuo (JPN) bt Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN x5) 21-18 21-19
Shintaro Ikeda/Reiko Shiota (JPN) bt Mads Pieler Kolding/Julie Houmann (DEN) 21-16 18-21 21-19
Hung Ling Chen/Wen Hsing Cheng (TPE) bt Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (DEN x3) 21-15 21-15


Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork (ENG) bt Johannes Schoettler/Sandra Marinello (GER) 21-17 21-10
Fran Kurniawan/Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth (INA) bt Tao Jiaming/Qing Tian (CHN x6) 21-18 22-20
Robert Blair/Gabrielle White (SCO/ENG) bt Toby Ng/Grace Gao (CAN) 21-13 21-13
Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam (THA x2) bt Chris Adcock/Imogen Bankier (ENG/SCO) 21-15 21-19

Lin Dan’s chance to surpass Chong Wei

Arguably the best player in badminton history, Olympic and Asian champion Lin Dan has the opportunity to put one over his long-time rival Lee Chong Wei in the Li Ning Singapore Open Superseries.

The Chinese superstar, who is the second seed in the tournament behind Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat (right), hopes to capture a title he has never won before. The three-time world champion also knows that if he qualifies for the quarter-finals, he will replace Chong Wei - who is skipping the tournament - as the No. 1 ranked player in the OSIM BWF World Superseries rankings.


The Malaysian, who is known as the 'King of the Superseries' for winning 18 Superseries titles since 2007, has dominated the rankings since the start of the Superseries four years ago. He, however, is skipping the Singapore leg as his main priority this year is the BWF World Championships in London this coming August. This has opened the door for Lin Dan, who has accumulated 25,390 points in the OSIM Standings, to lie second behind Chong Wei, who has 29,550 points. To add more spice to the tournament, the Li Ning Singapore Open Superseries is also the first Superseries in the Olympic qualifying period which began on May 1.


Lin Dan will began his campaign in Singapore with a match against South Korea's Shon Wan Ho. If, as expected he wins, he will face a daunting second round tie against either Denmark's Jan O Jorgensen or Japan's Kenichi Tago. Taufik, who triumphed in Singapore in 2001 and 2005, takes on Malaysian qualifier Liew Daren, who stunned compatriot and former All England champion Hafiz Hashim in the qualifying round on Tuesday. The tie of the first round, however, could be the meeting between defending champion Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia and 2009 champion Bao Chunlai of China.


The winner will face either Malaysian veteran Wong Choong Hann or world junior champion Viktor Axelsen. Choong Hann defeated the Dane in straight games in Thailand a week ago. Defending champion Saina Nehwal of India (left), will also face a familiar opponent, taking on 2009 world champion Lu Lan in a repeat of last week's first round tie in Bangkok. The Commonwealth Games champion was made to struggle before beating the Chinese ace in three games a week ago.


The main story, however, is which of China's top three women - Wang Shixian, Wang Yihan and Wang Xin - can help themselves to the title. Wang Shixian won the Proton Malaysia Open Superseries and the Yonex All England Open Superseries Premier while Wang Yihan took home the Victor Korean Open Superseries Premier crown. Thailand's Porntip Buranaprasertsuk is the only female singles player to win a Superseries crown this season when she won in India, but that was partly because the Chinese players skipped the event.


Source : Badminton World Federation
Photos by : BadmintonPhoto

Singapore Boys’ Town takes on world’s top shuttlers in exclusive badminton clinic

The world's top men's singles shuttlers Lin Dan and Boonsak Ponsana thrill boys in OSIM Badminton Clinic in Singapore.

Fifteen youths from Singapore's Boys' Town had the thrill of a lifetime today as they met them in an exclusive badminton clinic organised by OSIM International. The exclusive clinic was held in conjuction with the Li-Ning Singapore Open, part of the OSIM BWF World Superseries, which is currently taking place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium until 19th June.


Coached by Richard Yeo of the Chinese Swimming Club Li Ning Badminton Academy, the boys from Boys' Town had the rare opportunity to see, up close, Lin Dan (China) and Boonsak Ponsana (Thailand), ranked 2nd and 6th respectively in the world, demonstrate the finer moves of the game. Besides learning some useful tips from the coach, the boys even traded strokes with the two star shuttlers.


"Badminton is a sport with fantastic global appeal; attracting individuals of all ages and backgrounds, young and old," said OSIM Assistant General Manager, Lynn Tan. "We are truly happy to extend this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the children of Boys' Town to learn from two of the world's best badminton players! We are grateful to Lin Dan and Boonsak (left) for giving their time in this clinic."


To cap a memorable day out, besides the badminton clinic, the boys were treated to seats for the tournament. This event is supported by Li Ning and Singapore Badminton Association. The 3-year sponsorship of the OSIM BWF World Superseries continues OSIM's commitment to promoting sports as part of a healthy lifestyle. OSIM also has helped to promote the growth of triathlon over the past decade. The OSIM Singapore International Triathlon this July will mark its 10th anniversary.


Source : Badminton World Federation

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

Singapore Super Series 2011 : Men's Singles Qualification Draws

FIRST ROW
Przemyslaw Wacha (POL) v Yong Zhao Ashton Chen (SIN)
Viktor Axelsen (DEN) v Carl Baxter (ENG)


SECOND ROW
Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (THA) v Eric Pang (NED)
R.M.V Gurusai Datt (IND) v Hsueh Hsuan Yi (TPE)


THIRD ROW
Zi Liang Derek Wong (SIN) v Anand Pawar (IND)
Joachim Persson (DEN) v Pablo Abian (ESP)


FOURTH ROW
Ajay Jayaram (IND) v Muhammad Hafiz Hashim (MAS)
Daren Liew (MAS) v Dicky Palyama (NED)


Admin Qualifiers Prediction
1st Row : Viktor Axelsen
2nd Row : Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk
3rd Row : Joachim Persson
4th Row : Muhammad Hafiz Hashim

INDONESIA TEAM on Singapore Open Super Series 2011

Men's Singles Main Draw

1. Taufik Hidayat

2. Simon Santoso

3. Sony Dwi Kuncoro

4. Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka

5. Tommy Sugiarto

6. Alamsyah Yunus

Women's Singles Main Draw

1. Maria Febe Kusumastuti

2. Adriyanti Firdasari

3. Aprillia Yuswandari

4. Lindaweni Fanetri

Men's Doubles Main Draw

1. Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan

2. Bona Septano/Mohammad Ahsan

3. Alvent Yulianto Chandra/Hendra Aprida Gunawan

Men's Doubles Qualifying

1. Ryan Agung Saputra/Angga Pratama

2. Afiat Yuris Wirawan/Yohanes Rendy Sugiarto

3. Luluk Hadiyanto/Imam Sodikin Wirawan

4. Joko Riyadi/Yoga Ukikasah

5. Yonatan Suryatama Dasuki/Nova Widianto

Women's Doubles Main Draw

1. Greysia Polii/Meiliana Jauhari

2. Vita Marissa/Nadya Melati

Mixed Doubles Main Draw

1. Tantowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir

2. Fran Kurniawan/Pia Zebadiah Bernadet

3. Muhammad Rijal/Debby Susanto

4. Nova Widianto/Vita Marissa

LI NING Singapore Super Series 2011 - Indonesia Shuttlers

UPDATED ON : 20 MAY 2011
MEN'S SINGLES
1. Taufik Hidayat
2. Simon Santoso
3. Sony Dwi Kuncoro
4. Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka
5. Tommy Sugiarto
6. Alamsyah Yunus

Indonesia or Japan, Which Get Two Success ?

The YONEX SUNRISE India Open Superseries come to the last phase after all-semifinals completely finished this Saturday night. In mixed doubles, with no doubt Indonesia lock the crown after third seeded Fran Kurniawan-Pia Zebadiah Bernadet beat Malaysians Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying 21-21 21-6 in only 35 minutes. Before the match, the other semifinal which met all-Indonesians won by Tantowi Ahmad-Liliyana Natsir. Tantowi-Liliyana got the first game by 21-17 from Muhammad Rijal-Debby Susanto, but the second game finished on leading 15-9 after Rijal decided to retire from the match because of his waist injury.


Japan also locked the crown on women's doubles, after the top seeds (No. 1, 2) got success on their semifinal show. Miyuki Maeda-Satoko Suetsuna were given a fright by fourth seeded Indonesians Meiliana Jauhari-Greysia Polii before prevailing 25-23 21-8. On the other side, Mizuki Fujii-Reika Kakiiwa must have played rubber game before stunned Hongkong's Poon Lok Yan-Tse Ying Suet 21-17 16-21 21-16 in 61 minutes.


Japan and Indonesia can add one more crown if one of them can beat each other on the men's doubles final. The final will meet fourth seeded Hirokatsu Hashimoto-Noriyasu Hirata which sent back first seeded Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong 21-16, 21-19 and underdog of Indonesians Angga Pratama-Rian Agung Saputra which scored a convincing 21-23, 21-18, 21-14 victory from Alvent Yulianto Chandra-Hendra Aprida Gunawan.


Here are the full results of semifinal :
Men's Singles
Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia) beat Hu Yun (Hongkong) 21-11 21-15
Peter Hoeg Gade (Denmark) beat Park Sung Hwan (South Korea) 21-15 21-19


Women's Singles
Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (Thailand) beat Yip Pui Yin (Hongkong) 21-13 21-8
Bae Youn Joo (South Korea) beat Sayaka Sato (Japan) 23-21 15-21 21-12


Men's Doubles
Hirokatsu Hashimoto-Noriyasu Hirata (Japan) beat Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong (Malaysia) 21-16 21-19
Angga Pratama-Rian Agung Saputra (Indonesia) beat A Y Chandra-H A Gunawan (Indonesia) 21-23 21-18 21-14


Women's Doubles
Miyuki Maeda-Satoko Suetsuna (Japan) beat Meiliana Jauhari-Greysia Polii (Indonesia) 25-23 21-8
Mizuki Fujii-Reika Kakiiwa (Japan) beat Poon Lok Yan-Tse Ying Suet (Hongkong) 21-17 16-21 21-16


Mixed Doubles
Tantowi Ahmad-Liliyana Natsir (Indonesia) beat Muhammad Rijal-Debby Susanto (Indonesia) 21-17 15-9 Retired
Fran Kurniawan-Pia Zebadiah Bernadet (Indonesia) beat Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying (Malaysia) 21-12 21-16


Source : Tournament Software