BWF Rankings-released on April 11, 2013

2013-04-11

The latest world rankings released by the BWF show that the Top 10 players are nearly all from the world badminton superpowers of the championship group of the Sudirman Cup. 

The Sudirman Cup 2013 - GROUP 1
A B C D
China
China
Thailand
Thailand
Malaysia
Malaysia
Denmark
Denmark
Indonesia
Indonesia
South Korea
South Korea
Germany
Germany
Japan
Japan
India
India
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei
Singapore
Singapore
 
The top spots for the five disciplines are occupied respectively by: Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia,) men’s single; Li Xue Rui (China,) women’s singles; Boe/ Mogensen (Denmark,) men’s doubles; Yu Yang/ Wang Xiao Li (China,) women’s doubles; Xu Chen/ Ma Jin (China,) mixed doubles. 
 
Australian Open 2013: The Indonesian team walks away the biggest winner
Irfan / Weni & Shin Baek Choel / Jang Yi Na
The winners received a toy kangaroo as a souvenir, the runner-up a koala!
 
At the Australian Open in the first week of April the Indonesian team did very well, taking three golds and a silver. The mixed doubles final was especially exciting; the Indonesian partnership of Irfan Fadhilah and Weni Anggraini (on the right in the picture,) of whom great things are expected in the future, went head to head with the ROK’s Shin Baek Choe/ Jang Yi Na (on the left) who took the title at the German Open just last month; the Indonesian pair emerged victorious in a three game match, 21-14, 22-24 , 21-16. 
 
Indonesia has always performed well in the mixed doubles disciple and now occupies nearly half of the spots in the world top 15 (seven).
 
The big tournaments of April are the Australian Open (April 2-7, already held,) Badminton Asia Championships (April 16-21) and the India Open Super Series (April 23-28). For the latest tournament news keep an eye on the VICTOR Tournament Calendar.
 
BWF World Rankings to April 11 , 2013
Men's singles
Rank Country Player Points
1 LEE Chong Wei 92199.8476
2 CHEN Long 89250.3161
3 DU Pengyu 66646.3100
4 Sony Dwi KUNCORO 61230.0000
5 HU Yun 57630.9100
6 Jan O JORGENSEN 56737.4839
7 PARUPALLI Kashyap 54940.0000
8 Kenichi TAGO 52999.9075
9 WANG Zhengming 52980.0000
10 Tien Minh NGUYEN 51770.0000
 
 
Women's singles
Rank Country Player Points
1 LI Xuerui 87716.7153
2 Saina NEHWAL 78770.0000
3 WANG Yihan 74442.7491
4 Juliane SCHENK 73373.5663
5 SUNG Ji Hyun 69371.3577
6 WANG Shixian 66052.1240
7 Tine BAUN 66029.4782
8 Ratchanok INTANON 65884.7954
9 TAI Tzu Ying 54483.3262
10 Minatsu MITANI 53516.4940
 
 
Men's doubles
Rank Country Player Points
1
Mathias BOE
Carsten MOGENSEN
80743.6999
2
Kien Keat KOO
Boon Heong TAN
75553.4586
3 72492.9684
4
Hiroyuki ENDO
Kenichi HAYAKAWA
70263.0683
5
KIM Ki Jung
KIM Sa Rang
63520.0000
6
HONG Wei
SHEN Ye
55766.0000
7
Thien How HOON
Wee Kiong TAN ~
53230.0000
8
Bodin ISSARA
Maneepong JONGJIT
52550.0000
9
LIU Xiaolong
QIU Zihan
51690.0000
10
CAI Yun
FU Haifeng
50452.2445
 
 
Women's doubles
Rank Country Player Points
1
WANG Xiaoli
YU Yang (F)
73635.8944
2
Misaki MATSUTOMO
Ayaka TAKAHASHI
64420.0000
3
Kamilla RYTTER JUHL
Christinna PEDERSEN
64216.3355
4
Shizuka MATSUO
Mami NAITO
63163.2250
5
TIAN Qing
ZHAO Yunlei
62357.1916
6
EOM Hye Won
JANG Ye Na
58391.5667
7 55238.3130
8
BAO Yixin
ZHONG Qianxin
53970.0000
9
Duanganong AROONKESORN
Kunchala VORAVICHITCHAIKUL
52964.8389
10
MA Jin
TANG Jinhua
51120.0000
 
 
Mixed doubles
Rank Country Player Points
1
XU Chen
MA Jin
89200.0000
2 81100.0000
3
ZHANG Nan
ZHAO Yunlei
76690.0000
4
Joachim FISCHER NIELSEN
Christinna PEDERSEN
74609.0000
5
Peng Soon CHAN
Liu Ying GOH
69670.0000
6
Sudket PRAPAKAMOL
Saralee THOUNGTHONGKAM
67390.0000
7
Robert MATEUSIAK
Nadiezda ZIEBA *
55290.0000
8
Muhammad RIJAL
Debby SUSANTO
54320.0000
9
Markis KIDO
Pia Zebadiah BERNADETH
50550.0000
10
Fran KURNIAWAN
Shendy Puspa IRAWATI
48300.0000

( Edit by VICTOR Badminton )