World champions turn back the clock to claim victory

Four years ago, Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng, were ranked No. 1 in the world and they completed a double to win the Singapore and Indonesian Opens.

Fast forward to 2011 and the three-time world champions have once again risen to the top of the world rankings and they celebrated the way they know best, by winning another OSIM BWF World Superseries crown.

Just like in 2007, the Chinese aces have won back-to-back titles in Singapore and Indonesia when they regained the men's doubles title in Singapore and Indonesia when they regained the men's doubles title by beating teammates Chai Biao-Guo Zhendong 21-13, 21-12 in a one-sided Djarum Indonesia Open Superseries Premier final at the Istora Senayan.

It was the pair's 10th Superseries crown since 2007, having won the Singapore Open, Indonesia Open and China Masters on two occasions as well as the Japan Open, Korea Open, French Open and the All England.

For the newly formed pairing of Chai Biao-Guo Zhendong, who captured the Proton Malaysia Open Superseries title earlier this year, they had to be content with the US$22,000 prize money and 9,350 world ranking points.

After their semi-final appearance in Singapore last week, they moved five places to No. 17 in the world and Chai Biao-Guo Zhendong can expect a similar push when the next rankings are published on Thursday.

The winners took home US$47,400 and 11,000 points and a big confidence booster with the World Championships in London less than two-months away.

Source : Badminton World Federation

Kamilla Rytter Juhl eyeing a double in Jakarta

Kamilla Rytter Juhl put in a Herculean effort on Friday to reach two semi-finals in the Djarum Indonesia Open Superseries Premier, the sixth tournament in the OSIM BWF World Superseries 2011 calendar.

A world champion in the mixed doubles with Thomas Laybourn in 2009, Juhl stands a chance of winning the mixed and women's doubles after a hard day which saw her play the second match of the afternoon and the last tie late at night at the Istora Senayan.

Juhl's day began when she and Christinna Pedersen, faced sixth seeded Indonesians Meiliana Jauhari-Greysia Polii. After an easy first game which the Danes won 21-15, the local lasses upped the gear before eventually losing 24-22. The Europeans will now meet top seeds Wang Xiaoli-Yu Yang, who survived a scare from South Korea's Ha Jung Eun-Kim Min Jung to win 13-21, 21-10, 21-11.

The other semi-final will see Mizuki Fujii-Reika Kakiiwa of Japan, who beat team mates Shizuka Matsuo-Mami Naito 15-21, 21-12, 21-15, taking on Indonesia's Vita Marissa-Nadya Melati. The Indonesians defeated former world No. 1s Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei Hui of Malaysia 21-17, 17-21, 21-17.

Juhl then partnered Laybourn to upset second seeds Sudket Prapakamol-Saralee Thoungthongkam of Thailand 21-13, 16-21, 22-20 in the mixed doubles. The Danes might find it tough to win in Jakarta as world No.1s Zhang Nan-Zhao Yunlei of China are still in the hunt after beating team mates Tao Jiaming-Tian Qing 21-11, 21-16.

There was mixed new for Denmark elsewhere in the tournament. Evergreen Peter Gade reached the men's semi-finals when he ousted third seed Taufik Hidayat, but world No.1s Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen, were knocked out of the men's doubles by Indonesia's Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan.

Tine Baun, who reached the final in last week's Li Ning Singapore Open Superseries, was eliminated from the women's singles event. Baun, who has recently recovered from injuries to her heel bone, succumbed to two-time defending champion Saina Nehwal of India, who won 21-19, 21-19.

The Commonwealth Games champion will fancy her chances of reaching her third consecutive final in Jakarta when she plays Taipei's Cheng Shao Chieh on Saturday. Shao Chieh, who upset world No. 1 Wang Shixian on Thursday, defeated another Chinese shuttler in the quarter-finals, beating Liu Xin 21-17, 21-15. The other semi-final is an all-Chinese affair between world No. 3 Wang Yihan and Jiang Yanjiao.

SOURCE : Badminton World Federation

BWF World Ranking (6/23/2011)

MEN'S SINGLES

1. Lee Chong Wei (MAS)

2. Lin Dan (CHN)

3. Taufik Hidayat (INA)

4. Chen Long (CHN)

5. Peter Hoeg Gade (DEN)

6. (+3) Chen Jin (CHN)

7. Nguyen Tien Minh (VIE)

8. Park Sung Hwan (KOR)

9. (-3) Boonsak Ponsana (THA)

10. (+2) Du Pengyu (CHN)

12. (-1) Simon Santoso (INA)

22. Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka (INA)

24. (+1) Tommy Sugiarto (INA)

31. Alamsyah Yunus (INA)

47. (-13) Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA)

81. (-8) Andre Kurniawan Tedjono (INA)

94. Indra Bagus Ade Chandra (INA)

WOMEN'S SINGLES
1. Wang Shixian (CHN)

2. Wang Xin (CHN)

3. Wang Yihan (CHN)

4. Saina Nehwal (IND)

5. Jiang Yanjiao (CHN)

6. (+3) Tine Baun (DEN)

7. Liu Xin (CHN)

8. (-2) Bae Youn Joo (KOR)

9. (+1) Cheng Shao Chieh (TPE)

10. (+1) Juliane Schenk (GER)

28. (+7) Aprillia Yuswandari (INA)

34. (+2) Lindaweni Fanetri (INA)

35. (-6) Adrianti Firdasari (INA)

36. (-4) Maria Febe Kusumastuti (INA)

56. (-6) Fransiska Ratnasari (INA)

59. (-1) Ana Rovita (INA)

97. Maria Kristin Yulianti (INA)

MEN'S DOUBLES

1. (+2) Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng (CHN)

2. (-1) Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (DEN)

3. (-1) Ko Sung Hyun/Yoo Yeon Seong (KOR)

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

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

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

7. Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (INA)

8. (+2) Alvent Yulianto Chandra/Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA)

9. Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Noriyasu Hirata (JPN)

10. (-2) Muhammad Ahsan/Bona Septano (INA)

35. Angga Pratama/Rian Agung Saputra (INA)

43. (-1) Yohanes Rendy Sugiarto/Afiat Yuris Wirawan (INA)

52. Luluk Hadiyanto/Candra Wijaya (INA)

71. (-2) Fernando Kurniawan/Wifqi Windarto (INA)

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

76. (+2) Agripina Prima Rahmanto/Ricky Karanda Suwardi (INA)

77. (-9) Yonatan Suryatama Dasuki/Rian Sukmawan (INA)

86. (+1) Andika Anhar/Hendra Setyo Nugroho (INA)

87. (+1) Andrei Adistia/Rahmat Adianto (INA)

88. (+1) Berry Angriawan/Muhammad Ulinnuha (INA)

97. (+10) Yoga Ukikasah/Joko Riyadi (INA)

WOMEN'S DOUBLES

1. Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang (CHN)

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

3. Miyuki Maeda/Satoko Suetsuna (JPN)

4. Mizuki Fujii/Reika Kakiiwa (JPN)

5. (+1) Shizuka Matsuo/Mami Naito (JPN)

6. (-1) Greysia Polii/Meiliana Jauhari (INA)

7. (+3) Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei (CHN)

8. (+5) Ha Jung Eun/Kim Min Jung (KOR)

9. (-2) Duanganong Aroonkesorn/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THA)

10. (-1) Valeria Sorokina/Nina Vislova (RUS)

18. (+6) Vita Marissa/Nadya Melati (INA)

31. (+1) Della Destiara Haris/Suci Rizky Andini (INA)

37. Gebby Ristiyani Imawan/Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah (INA)

47. (-5) Anneke Feinya Agustin/Annisa Wahyuni (INA)

60. Anneke Feinya Agustin/Nitya Krishinda Maheswari (INA)

68. (+3) Komala Dewi/Keshya Nurvita Hanadia (INA)

69. (+3) Dwi Agustiawati/Ayu Rahmasari (INA)

75. (+4) Lita Nurlita (INA)/Saralee Thoungthongkam (THA)

78. (-23) Shendy Puspa Irawati/Nitya Krishinda Maheswari (INA)

87. (-13) Vita Marissa (INA)/Saralee Thoungthongkam (THA)

89. Jenna Gozali/Variella Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsari (INA)

MIXED DOUBLES

1. Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei (CHN)

2. (+3) Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir (INA)

3. (-1) Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam (THA)

4. (-1) Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (DEN)

5. (+1) Tao Jiaming/Tian Qing (CHN)

6. (-2) Ko Sung Hyun/Ha Jung Eun (KOR)

7. (+1) Songphon Anugritayawon/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THA)

8. (-1) Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Zieba (POL)

9. (+1) Michael Fuchs/Birgit Michels (GER)

10. (+1) Lee Sheng Mu/Chien Yu Chin (TPE)

13. Fran Kurniawan/Pia Zebadiah Bernadet (INA)

15. (-3) Hendra Aprida Gunawan/Vita Marissa (INA)

19. (-1) Muhammad Rijal/Debby Susanto (INA)

26. (+3) Nova Widianto/Vita Marissa (INA)

38. (+1) Hendra Setiawan (INA)/Anastasia Russkikh (RUS)

39. (-3) Markis Kido/Lita Nurlita (INA)

50. (-18) Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir (INA)

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

70. (-1) Muhammad Rizky Delynugraha/Richi Puspita Dili (INA)

78. (-3) Tri Kusumawardana/Nadya Melati (INA)

86. (-1) Irfan Fadhilah/Weni Anggraini (INA)

Indonesia Open 2011 : Women's Singles First Round Results

Women's Singles Round 1

TOP HALF

Shixian Wang [1] (CHN) bt Ai Goto (JPN) 21-9, 21-17

Shao Chieh Cheng (TPE) bt Hongyan Pi (FRA) 21-16, 21-10

Xin Liu [7] (CHN) bt Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA) 21-16, 23-21

Xuerui Li (CHN) bt Tsz Ka Chan (HKG) 21-17, 21-13

Saina Nehwal [4] (IND) bt Linda Zechiri (BUL) 21-12, 21-10

Petya Nedelcheva (BUL) bt Larisa Griga (UKR) 17-21, 21-19, 21-9

Tine Baun [8] (DEN) bt Ji Hyun Sung (KOR) 21-18, 19-21, 21-12

Ayane Kurihara (JPN) bt Maria Febe Kusumastuti (INA) 21-13, 21-19

BOTTOM HALF

Sayaka Sato (JPN) bt Salakjit Ponsana (THA) 21-19, 16-21, 21-18

Juliane Schenk (GER) bt Youn Joo Bae [5] (KOR) 15-21, 22-20, 21-14

Pui Yin Yip (HKG) bt Jie Yao (NED) 21-15, 21-16

Yihan Wang [3] (CHN) bt Hsiao Ma Pai (TPE) 22-20, 21-13

Inthanon Ratchanok (THA) bt Fransiska Ratnasari (INA) 21-18, 9-21, 21-18

Yanjiao Jiang [6] (CHN) bt Eriko Hirose (JPN) 21-11, 21-11

Adrianti Firdasari (INA) bt Juan Gu (SIN) 19-21, 21-16, 21-19

Tzu Ying Tai (TPE) bt Xin Wang [2] (CHN) 15-21, 21-15, 21-19

Line-up for Round 2

TOP HALF

Shixian Wang [1] (CHN) vs Shao Chieh Cheng (TPE)

Xin Liu [7] (CHN) vs Xuerui Li (CHN)

Saina Nehwal [4] (IND) vs Petya Nedelcheva (BUL)

Tine Baun [8] (DEN) vs Ayane Kurihara (JPN)

BOTTOM HALF

Sayaka Sato (JPN) vs Juliane Schenk (GER)

Pui Yin Yip (HKG) vs Yihan Wang [3] (CHN)

Inthanon Ratchanok (THA) vs Yanjiao Jiang [6] (CHN)

Adrianti Firdasari (INA) vs Tzu Ying Tai (TPE)

Indonesia Open 2011 : Men's Doubles First Round Results

Men's Doubles Round 1

TOP HALF

Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen [1] (DEN) bt Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Noriyasu Hirata (JPN) 21-11, 22-20

Anthony Clark/Chris Langridge (ENG) bt Rupesh Kumar/Sanave Thomas (IND) 18-21, 21-17, 21-16

Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan [7] (INA) bt Adam Cwalina/Michal Logosz (POL) 21-10, 21-19

Yoshiteru Hirobe/Kenta Kazuno (JPN) bt Wei Hong/Ye Shen (CHN) 21-16, 19-21, 22-20

Yun Cai/Haifeng Fu [3] (CHN) bt Alvent Yulianto Chandra/Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA) 21-12, 15-21, 21-14

Gun Woo Cho/Yi Goo Kwon (KOR) bt Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa (JPN) 21-17, 18-21, 24-22

Sung Hyun Ko/Yeon Seong Yoo [5] (KOR) bt Hung Ling Chen/Yu Lang Lin (TPE) 21-14,17-21, 21-18

BOTTOM HALF

Mohammad Ahsan/Bona Septano (INA) bt Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif/Thien How Hoon (MAS) 21-15, 21-17

Chieh Min Fang/Sheng Mu Lee [6] (TPE) bt Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/Soon Hock Ong (MAS) 21-10, 21-18

Naoki Kawamae/Shoji Sato (JPN) bt Teik Chai Gan/Bin Shen Tan (MAS) 21-10, 21-19

Kien Keat Koo/Boon Heong Tan [4] (MAS) bt Songphon Anugritayawon/Sudket Prapakamol (THA) 21-10, 21-7

Ingo Kindervater/Johannes Schoettler (GER) bt Howard Bach/Tony Gunawan (USA) 22-20, 21-15

Biao Chai/Zhendong Guo [8] (CHN) bt Mads Conrad-Petersen/Jonas Rasmussen (DEN) 21-17, 21-15

Angga Pratama/Ryan Agung Saputra (INA) bt Yohanes Rendy Sugiarto/Afiat Yuris Wirawan (INA) 21-15, 21-15

Jae Sung Jung/Yong Dae Lee [2] (KOR) bt Xiaolong Liu/Zihan Qiu (CHN) 21-19, 21-10

Line-up for Round 2

TOP HALF

Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen [1] (DEN) vs Anthony Clark/Chris Langridge (ENG)

Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan [7] (INA) vs Yoshiteru Hirobe/Kenta Kazuno (JPN)

Yun Cai/Haifeng Fu [3] (CHN) vs Gun Woo Cho/Yi Goo Kwon (KOR)

Sung Hyun Ko/Yeon Seong Yoo [5] (KOR) vs Hung Ling Chen/Yu Lang Lin (TPE)

BOTTOM HALF

Mohammad Ahsan/Bona Septano (INA) vs Chieh Min Fang/Sheng Mu Lee [6] (TPE)

Naoki Kawamae/Shoji Sato (JPN) vs Kien Keat Koo/Boon Heong Tan [4] (MAS)

Ingo Kindervater/Johannes Schoettler (GER) vs Biao Chai/Zhendong Guo [8] (CHN)

Angga Pratama/Ryan Agung Saputra (INA) vs Jae Sung Jung/Yong Dae Lee [2] (KOR)

Indonesia Open 2011 : Mixed Doubles First Round Results

Mixed Doubles Round 1

TOP HALF

Nan Zhang/Yunlei Zhao [1] (CHN) bt Nova Widianto/Vita Marissa (INA) 21-13, 21-15

Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork (ENG) bt Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Mizuki Fujii (JPN) 23-21, 21-13

Tao Jiaming/Qing Tian [5] (CHN) bt Sheng Mu Lee/Yu Chin Chien (TPE) 21-19, 21-19

Alexandr Nikolaenko/Valeri Sorokina (RUS) bt Markis Kido/Lita Nurlita (INA) 21-18, 21-12

Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen [3] (DEN) bt Wai Hong Wong/Hoi Wah Chau (HKG) 21-14, 21-16

Hung Ling Chen/Wen Hsing Cheng (TPE) bt Robert Blair (SCO)/Gabrielle White (ENG) 21-14, 21-17

Muhammad Rijal/Debby Susanto (INA) bt Songphon Anugritayawon/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul [7] (THA) 11-3 Retired

Fran Kurniawan/Pia Zebadiah Bernadet (INA) bt Ki Jung Kim/Kyung Eun Jung (KOR) 21-13, 21-18

BOTTOM HALF

Hanbin He/Yang Yu (CHN) bt Toby Ng/Grace Gao (CAN) 21-12, 21-15

Shintaro Ikeda/Reiko Shiota (JPN) bt Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Zieba [6] (POL) 24-22, 13-21, 21-14

Shoji Sato/Shizuka Matsuo (JPN) bt Kenta Kazuno/Ayaka Takahashi (JPN) 24-22, 22-20

Tantowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir [4] (INA) bt Yong Dae Lee/Jung Eun Ha (KOR) 21-17, 21-14

Kenichi Hayakawa/Matsutomo Misaki (JPN) bt Chris Adcock (ENG)/Imogen Bankier (SCO) 21-19, 21-19

Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl [8] (DEN) bt Johannes Schoettler/Sandra Marinello (GER) 21-14, 21-16

Gun Woo Cho/Min Seo Kim (KOR) bt Fadhilah Irfan/Anggraini Weni (INA) 21-18, 21-13

Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam [2] (THA) bt Michael Fuchs/Birgit Michels (GER) 10-21, 21-19, 21-9

Line-up for Round 2

TOP HALF

Nan Zhang/Yunlei Zhao [1] (CHN) vs Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork (ENG)

Tao Jiaming/Qing Tian [5] (CHN) vs Alexandr Nikolaenko/Valeri Sorokina (RUS)

Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen [3] (DEN) vs Hung Ling Chen/Wen Hsing Cheng (TPE)

Muhammad Rijal/Debby Susanto (INA) vs Fran Kurniawan/Pia Zebadiah Bernadet (INA)

BOTTOM HALF

Hanbin He/Yang Yu (CHN) vs Shintaro Ikeda/Reiko Shiota (JPN)

Shoji Sato/Shizuka Matsuo (JPN) vs Tantowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir [4] (INA)

Kenichi Hayakawa/Matsutomo Misaki (JPN) vs Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl [8] (DEN)

Gun Woo Cho/Min Seo Kim (KOR) vs Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam [2] (THA)

Indonesia Open 2011 : Men's Singles First Round Results

Men's Singles Round 1

TOP HALF

Chong Wei Lee [1] (MAS) bt Tommy Sugiarto (INA) 21-16, 21-8

Wing Ki Wong (HKG) bt Brice Leverdez (FRA) 21-13, 21-8

Tien Minh Nguyen [7] (VIE) bt Hyun Il Lee (KOR) 21-15, 15-21, 21-13

Zhengming Wang (CHN) bt Marc Zwielber (GER) 18-21, 21-14, 21-17

Long Chen [4] (CHN) bt Jan O Jorgensen (DEN) 21-15, 23-21

Kenichi Tago (JPN) bt Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (THA) 19-21, 21-12, 21-14

Pengyu Du (CHN) bt Boonsak Ponsana [6] (THA) 11-8 Retired

Kazushi Yamada (JPN) bt Hsuan Yi Hsueh (TPE) 21-16, 21-12

BOTTOM HALF

Wan Ho Shon (KOR) bt Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka (INA) 17-21, 21-14, 21-19

Peter Hoeg Gade [5] (DEN) bt Ajay Jayaram (IND) 24-22, 21-12

Chunlai Bao (CHN) bt Rajiv Ouseph (ENG) 21-17, 21-15

Taufik Hidayat [3] (INA) bt Daren Liew (MAS) 30-28, 21-23, 21-12

Jin Chen (CHN) bt Simon Santoso (INA) 21-9, 21-14

Sung Hwan Park [8] (KOR) bt Yun Hu (HKG) 21-19, 21-10

Sho Sasaki (JPN) bt Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (DEN) 11-21, 21-17, 21-18

Dan Lin [2] (CHN) bt Alamsyah Yunus (INA) 21-12, 21-15

Line-up for Round 2

TOP HALF

Chong Wei Lee [1] (MAS) vs Wing Ki Wong (HKG)

Tien Minh Nguyen [7] (VIE) vs Zhengming Wang (CHN)

Long Chen [4] (CHN) vs Kenichi Tago (JPN)

Pengyu Du (CHN) vs Kazushi Yamada (JPN)

BOTTOM HALF

Wan Ho Shon (KOR) vs Peter Hoeg Gade [5] (DEN)

Chunlai Bao (CHN) vs Taufik Hidayat [3] (INA)

Jin Chen (CHN) vs Sung Hwan Park [8] (KOR)

Sho Sasaki (JPN) vs Dan Lin [2] (CHN)