Indonesia Open 2011 Preview : Pull Off Surprises

The second seed of Cheng Wen Hsing & Chien Yu Chin from Taipei will meet Shinta Mulia Sari & Yao Lei from Singapore in the first round. Although only ranked number 11th in the world, the Singaporean can pose a threat to the Taiwan pair, as they are known to pull off surprises.

Miyuki Maeda & Satoko Suetsuna of Japan - who, for the first time since Chengdu, are not the top seeds - will be facing a relatively new opponent Jung Kyung Eun & Kim Ha Na from Korea. Currently ranked 58th in the world, the Korean duo has proved to be worthy opponents since their partnership began this spring. On top of that, this prestigious event will grant them good points for them to gain a safe passage to the upcoming 2012 Olympic Games, though both missed out on qualifying for the 2011 Worlds.

Korea's top pair also happens to include defending champion Kim Min Jung (right)  and she and Ha are fresh from a runner-up finish in Singapore, as was Kim when she arrived in Jakarta last year with then-partner Lee Hyo Jung. This time around, however, China is here in full force and if the Koreans had troubles with Tian/Zhao in Singapore, they will have to get past the even mightier pair of Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang if they want to get anywhere near the podium this year.

First round women's doubles matches of note :

Cheng Wen Hsing/Chien Yu Chin [2] (TPE) vs Shinta Mulia Sari/Yao Lei (SIN)

Miyuki Maeda/Satoko Suetsuna [3] (JPN) vs Jung Kyung Eun/Kim Ha Na (KOR)

Meiliana Jauhari/Greysia Polii [6] (INA) vs Ma Jin/Pan Pan (CHN)

Vita Marissa/Nadya Melati (INA) vs Sandra Marinello/Birgit Michels (GER)

Source : Badzine.net

Indonesia Open 2011 Preview : Pointedly Premier

Juliane Schenk, who created a name for herself during the group stage at the 2011 Sudirman Cup, will have an uphill task against Bae Youn Joo of Korean. The German who upset the Chinese has a lot to prove in this edition of Indonesia Open and luckily, she has shown, for the most part, a distinct advantage over the Korean ladies.

Speaking of which, Singapore Open Runner-up Tine Baun is matched up with another Korean, Sung Ji Hyun. Sung lately has not been in top form. Although not as youthful as her opponent, Tine's vast experience should give her the advantage. However, Sung has also recently shown that she is developing the fitness she needs for the youth to be an advantage over the likes of Tine Baun.

Of course, the Koreans and Europeans are most intent on proving themselves against the Chinese armada. Even without World Champion Wang Lin, there are 5 seeded Chinese, as well as Thailand Open champion Li Xuerui. Also, two-time defending champion Saina Nehwal of India has been struggling since the Sudirman Cup but she will be hungry for the win in Jakarta and starts off in a mostly European quarter.

First round women's singles matches of note :

Bae Youn Joo [5] (KOR) vs Juliane Schenk (GER)

Jiang Yanjiao [6] (CHN) vs Eriko Hirose (JPN)

Liu Xin [7] (CHN) vs Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA)

Tine Baun [8] (DEN) vs Sung Ji Hyun (KOR)

Cheng Shao Chieh (TPE) vs Pi Hongyan (FRA)

Source : Badzine.net

Indonesia Open 2011 Preview : Two Strongest Pairs of Danes

In the men's doubles department, the Danes will be sending their two strongest pairs. Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen (left) will play against the Japanese pair of Hirokatsu Hashimoto & Noriyasu Hirata. The Japanese pair has shown great form that made them champions at the India Super Series, the very first of Japan. The Danes would need to be extra cautious as the Japanese pair has a legendary coach, Park Joo Bong, who is a master tactician.


Meanwhile, the combination of Mads Conrads Petersen & Jonas Rasmussen is pitted against the upcoming men's doubles pair, Chai Biao & Guo Zhendong. The Danes will need to continue their great form to gain an upper hand over the Chinese pair, even if they have already won their first rematch against their opponents from the Malaysia Open final this year.


Three-time world champions Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng played a superb match at the Singapore Open to win against Alvent Yulianto Chandra & Hendra Aprida Gunawan. This will be a back to back encounter for both the pairs, who will meet in the first round of Indonesia Open.


Another pair making their post-Sudirman debut are Malaysia's Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong. They have their work cut out from them in the bottom half along with 2010 and 2009 champions Fang Chieh Min/Lee Sheng Mu and Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae respectively.


First round men's doubles matches of note :
Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen [1] (DEN) vs Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Noriyasu Hirata (JPN)
Chai Biao/Guo Zhendong [8] (CHN) vs Mads Conrads Petersen/Jonas Rasmussen (DEN)
Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng [3] (CHN) vs Alvent Yulianto Chandra/Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA)


Source : Badzine.net

Indonesia Open 2011 Preview : Tantowi/Liliyana On Fire

The current world number one Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei of China will be up against the more experienced Indonesian pair of Nova Widianto/Vita Marissa. The Indonesian duo will have a lot of work to do to regain confidence from the loss at Thailand Open and first-round exit in Singapore Open. On the other hand, the Chinese duo too will have to work their way to the final as they might face a few top contenders before they can reach the finals.


Another hot local pair to note would the pair of Tantowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir, who will play the newly forged Korean pair of Lee Yong Dae & Ha Jung Eun. The Indonesian pair will be gleaming with confidence after the impressive win recently at Singapore Open, their third consecutive title which involved a win over the Koreans. However, the might of the Koreans is perhaps yet to be displayed with the current Olympic champion Lee. This is a match not to be missed.


Another of China's chief hopes in this tournament, Tao Jiaming/Tian Qing (above), will be facing Lee Sheng Mu/Chien Yu Chin of Chinese Taipei. The Taiwan players went on a roll last summer and they had the beginnings of one in Thailand last weekend but they will be eager to show they can do the same even with China's toughest players in the mix.


First round mixed doubles matches of note :
Tantowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir [4] (INA) vs Lee Yong Dae/Ha Jung Eun (KOR)
Tao Jiaming/Tian Qing [5] (CHN) vs Lee Sheng Mu/Chien Yu Chin (TPE)
Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Zieba [6] (POL) vs Shintaro Ikeda/Reiko Shiota (JPN)


Source : Badzine.net

Indonesia Open 2011 Preview : Lee Chong Wei Still Favorite

Indonesian fans will be delighted to see their local heroes in action. Among many of them, Simon Santoso will be up against Chen Jin of China. Simon who returned from an injury early this season is eyeing for this title, in which he never won. Chen, who did not produce much result this year until winning by walkover at the Singapore Open, will not let his guard down against Simon. Crowd favorite and six-time champion Taufik Hidayat is also on a collision course with a Chinese stalwart, his path crossing Bao Chunlai's in the second round.

Another first round match to note which will consists of two emerging stars. Chen Long, who won the Thailand Open, will be up against Jan O Jorgensen. It might seem that the in-form Chen will get the better Jan, but the Dane will be prepared to play his best.

Of course, everyone will be all eyes and ears if Lee Chong Wei (above) battles it out with his nemesis, Lin Dan, as the two men are the top two seeds and thus may meet in the final. Lee, who skipped the Singapore Open, will be fresh and ready. Lin Dan, on the other hand, handed a walkover to Chen Jin at the Singapore Open, citing an ill stomach. Lin may have to face Chen and/or Bao again before the final stage.

First round men's singles matches of note :

Chen Long [4] (CHN) vs Jan O Jorgensen (DEN)

Nguyen Tien Minh [7] (VIE) vs Lee Hyun Il (KOR)

Chen Jin (CHN) vs Simon Santoso (INA)

Wang Zhengming (CHN) vs Marc Zwielber (GER)

Source : Badzine.net

BWF World Ranking (2011-25)

Men's Singles

1. Chong Wei Lee (MAS)

2. Dan Lin (CHN)

3. Taufik Hidayat

4. Long Chen (CHN)

5. Peter Hoeg Gade (DEN)

6. Boonsak Ponsana (THA)

7. Tien Minh Nguyen (VIE)

8. Sung Hwan Park (KOR)

9. (+2) Jin Chen (CHN)

10. (-1) Chunlai Bao (CHN)

11. (-1) Simon Santoso

12. Pengyu Du (CHN)

13. (+1) Hyun Il Lee (KOR)

14. (-1) Jan O Jorgensen (DEN)

15. Marc Zwielber (GER)

22. (-2) Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka

25. Tommy Sugiarto

31. (-1) Alamsyah Yunus

34. Sony Dwi Kuncoro

73. (+1) Andre Kurniawan Tedjono

94. (-3) Indra Bagus Ade Chandra

Women's Singles

1. Shixian Wang (CHN)

2. Yihan Wang (CHN)

3. Xin Wang (CHN)

4. Saina Nehwal (IND)

5. (+1) Jiang Yanjiao (CHN)

6. (-1) Youn Joo Bae (KOR)

7. Xin Liu (CHN)

8. (+1) Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA)

9. (-1) Tine Baun (DEN)

10. (+1) Shao-Chieh Cheng (TPE)

11. (-1) Juliane Schenk (GER)

12. (+4) Xuerui Li (CHN)

13. (-1) Eriko Hirose (JPN)

14. (-1) Pui Yin Yip (HKG)

15. (-1) Ji Hyun Sung (KOR)

29. Adrianti Firdasari

32. (+1) Maria Febe Kusumastuti

35. Yuswandari Aprillia

36. Lindaweni Fanetri

50. (-1) Fransisca Ratnasari

58. (-3) Rovita Ana

97. (+1) Maria Kristin Yulianti

Men's Doubles

1. Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (DEN)

2. Jae Sung Jung/Yong Dae Lee (KOR)

3. Yun Cai/Haifeng Fu (CHN)

4. Kien Keat Koo/Boon Heong Tan (MAS)

5. Sung Hyun Ko/Yeon Seong Yoo (KOR)

6. Chieh Min Fang/Sheng Mu Lee (TPE)

7. Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan

8. Mohammad Ahsan/Bona Septano

9. Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Noriyasu Hirata (JPN)

10. Alvent Yulianto Chandra/Hendra Aprida Gunawan

11. Gun Woo Cho/Kwon Yi Goo (KOR)

12. Howard Bach/Tony Gunawan (USA)

13. Ingo Kindervater/Johannes Schoettler (GER)

14. Naoki Kawamae/Shoji Sato (JPN)

15. Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa (JPN)

35. Angga Pratama/Saputra Rian Agung

42. Yohanes Rendy Sugiarto/Afiat Yuris Wirawan

52. (-1) Luluk Hadiyanto/Candra Wijaya

68. (-3) Yonatan Suryatama Dasuki/Rian Sukmawan

69. (-3) Fernando Kurniawan/Wifqi Windarto

73. (-4) Robert Blair/Flandy Limpele (SCO/INA)

78. (-2) Rahmanto Agripina Prima/Suwardi Ricky Karanda

87. (-1) Andika Anhar/Setyo Nugroho Hendra

88. (-1) Andrei Adistia/Adianto Rahmat

89. (-1) Berry Angriawan/Ulinnuha Muhammad

Women's Doubles

1. Xiaoli Wang/Yang Yu (CHN)

2. Wen Hsing Cheng/Yu Chin Chien (TPE)

3. Maeda Miyuki/Satoko Suetsuna (JPN)

4. Mizuki Fujii/Reika Kakiiwa (JPN)

5. Greysia Polii/Meiliana Jauhari

6. Shizuka Matsuo/Mami Naito (JPN)

7. Duang Anong Aroonkesorn/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THA)

8. Petya Nedelcheva/Anastasia Russkikh (BUL/RUS)

9. Valeri Sorokina/Nina Vislova (RUS)

10. (+6) Qing Tian/Yunlei Zhao (CHN)

11. (-1) Shu Cheng/Yunlei Zhao (CHN)

12. (-1) Shinta Mulia Sari/Lei Yao (SIN)

13. (-1) Jung Eun Ha/Min Jung Kim (KOR)

14. (+1) Lok Yan Poon/Ying Suet Tse (HKG)

15. (-2) Lotte Jonathans/Paulien Van Dooremalen (NED)

24. (+7) Vita Marissa/Nadya Melati

32. (+3) Haris Della Destiara/Andini Suci Rizky

37. (+8) Imawan Gebby Ristiyani/Nuraidah Tiara Rosalia

42. (-2) Anneke Feinya Agustin/Annisa Wahyuni

55. (-2) Shendy Puspa Irawati/Nitya Krishinda Maheswari

60. (+22) Anneke Feinya Agustin/Nitya Krishinda Maheswari

71. (-2) Komala Dewi/Nurvita Keshya Hanadia

72. (-2) Dwi Agustiawati/Ayu Rahmasari

74. (-2) Vita Marissa/Saralee Thoungthongkam (INA/THA)

79. (-2) Lita Nurlita/Saralee Thoungthongkam (INA/THA)

89. Gozali Jenna/Aprilsasi Putri Lejasar Variella

Mixed Doubles

1. Nan Zhang/Yunlei Zhao (CHN)

2. Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam (THA)

3. Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (DEN)

4. Sung Hyun Ko/Jung Eun Ha (KOR)

5. Tantowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir

6. Tao Jiaming/Qing Tian (CHN)

7. Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Zieba (POL)

8. Songphon Anugritayawon/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THA)

9. Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN)

10. Michael Fuchs/Birgit Michels (GER)

11. (+3) Sheng Mu Lee/Yu Chin Chien (TPE)

12. (-1) Hendra Aprida Gunawan/Vita Marissa

13. (-1) Fran Kurniawan/Pia Zebadiah Bernadet

14. (-1) Hung Ling Chen/Wen Hsing Cheng (TPE)

15. Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork (ENG)

18. Muhammad Rijal/Debby Susanto

29. (+11) Nova Widianto/Vita Marissa

32. (-1) Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir

36. (-2) Markis Kido/Lita Nurlita

39. (-2) Hendra Setiawan/Anastasia Russkikh (INA/RUS)

61. (-1) Okvana Viki Indra/Gustiani Sari Megawati

69. (+12) Delynugraha Muhammad Rizky/Puspita Richi Dili

85. (+15) Fadhilah Rfan/Anggraini Weni

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

Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Noriyasu Hirata (JPN) bt Hee Chun Mak/Wee Kiong Tan (MAS) 21-16 21-14
Alvent Yulianto Chandra/Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA) bt Hung Ling Chen/Yu Lang Lin (TPE) 21-11 21-19
Ingo Kindervater/Johannes Schoettler (GER) bt Mads Conrad-Petersen/Jonas Rasmussen (DEN) 20-22 21-19 21-15
Biao Chai/Zhendong Guo (CHN x7) bt Teik Chai Gan/Bin Shen Tan (MAS) 21-17 21-18


Wei Hong/Ye Shen (CHN) bt Mohammad Ahsan/Bona Septano (INA x8) 22-20 13-21 21-18
Yun Cai/Haifeng Fu (CHN x4) bt Min Chun Liao/Chun Wei Wu (TPE) 21-14 21-15
Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa (JPN) bt Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (INA x6) 21-17 21-19
Jae Sung Jung/Yong Dae Lee (KOR x2) bt Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/Soon Hock Ong (MAS) 21-17 21-8