Latest BWF World Rankings (announced 10/23)

2014-10-23

The latest BWF world rankings show the top-ranked players are: Men’s singles:Lee Chong Wei [MAS], Women’s singles: Li Xue Rui [CHN], Men’s doubles:Lee Yong Dae/ Yoo Yeon Seong [KOR], Women’s doubles: Bao Yi Xin/ Tang Jin Hua [CHN], Mixed doubles: Zhang Nan/ Zhao Yun Lei [CHN].
 
The Top 10 players were almost all the leading players in various country teams at the September Asian Games. Asian Games success does not win any BWF ranking points but the players still did their best to win glory for their country and, in doing so, produced a number of exciting matches that thrilled audiences.
 
BWF Ranking │ October 23, 2014
 
Men's Single
Women's Single
Men's Doubles
Women's Doubles
Mixed Doubles
1

Lee Chong Wei

Li Xuerui
Bao Yixin
TANG Jinhua

Zhang Nan
Zhao Yunlei
2

Chen Long
Wang Shixian

Hendra Setiawan
Mohammed Ahsan
Tian Qing
Chnzhao Yunlei

Xu Chen
Ma Jin
3

Jan O Jorgensen
Wang Yihan

Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen

Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahasi
Nielsen
Pedersen
4
Kenichi Tago


Kim Gi Jung
Kim Sa Rang

Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Chrinstinna Pedersen

Tontowi Ahmad
Liliyana Natsir
5
Tommy Sugiarto

Hiroyuki Endo
Kenichi Hayakawa

Wan Xiaoli
Yu Yang (F)

Chris Adcock
Gabrielle Adcock
6

Saina Nehwal

Reika Kakiiwa
Miyuki Maeda
7
Wang Zhengming
Ratchanok Intanon

Chang Ye Na

Sudket
Saralee
8

Hu Yun
Tai Tzu Ying

Fernaldi
Kido

Luo Ying
Luo Yu
Liu Cheng
Bao Yixin
9

TIAN Houwei

Carolina MARIN

Liu Xiaolong
Qiu Zihan

Kai Lu
Yaqiong Huang
10
Vittinghus
P. V. Sindhu

Thien How Hoon
Wee Kiong Tan
Maheswari
Polii
Michael Fuchs
Birgit Michels
 
  #23

Chen Hung Ling
Lu Chia Pin
#12

Lee So Hee
#30

Kim Gi Jung
Kim So Young
 
 
 
 
#14

Go Ah Ra
Yoo Hae Won
 
 
 
 
 
#21
 
        #22
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa
 
Check full ranking at : BWF World Ranking
 
South Korea team takes gold after a struggle against China
The men’s team final was the most dramatic of all Asian Games competitions with China, winners of all major competitions in recent years, up against South Korea, famous for impenetrable defense.
 
 
Lee Yong Dae/ Yoo Yeon Seong
Top ranked pair in the men’s doubles Lee Yong Dae and Yoo Yeon Seong
 
Both teams were highly regarded before the match. South Korea has long excelled in men’s doubles and has three pairs in the Top 10 at present: Lee Yong Dae/ Yoo Yeon Seong at No. 1, Kim Ki Jung/ Kim Sa Rang at No. 4 and Ko Hyun Sung/ Shin Baek Choel (This year’s Badminton World Championship champions)at No. 6. This meant that China would have to do its best in the singles to increase the chance of final victory.
 
China’s No. 1 singles player Chen Long has beaten South Korea’s Shon Wan Ho almost every time they have played and usually by a large margin. However, in their match, Chen was pinned down by Shon from the start and ended up losing the match, seriously affecting the momentum of the Chinese team.
 
Shon Wan Ho
Shon Wan Ho won a key victory for his team
 
Although London Olympic games gold medalists Lin Dan and Cai Yun/ Fu Hai Feng  fought back by defeating Lee Dong Keun and Kim Ki Jung/ Kim Sa Rang respectively, they were unable to stop South Korea marching on to a 3:2 victory and the gold medal.
 
2014 Asian Games medal table
Team Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
Team

Korea

China

Malaysia
Women's
Team

China

Korea

Japan
IND
India
Individual Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
Singles
Lin Dan

Chen Long
HKG
Wei Nan

Lee Chong Wei
Women's
Singles
Wang Yihan

Li Xuerui
Men's
Doubles

Hendra Setiawan
Mohammed Ahsan

Goh V Shem
Tan Wee Kiong

Kim Ki Jung
Kim Sa Rang
Women's
Doubles

Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
Greysia Polii

Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi

Woon Khe Wei
Vivian Hoo Kah Mun
Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei
Mixed
Doubles

Zhang Nan
Zhao Yunlei

Tontowi Ahmad
Liliyana Natsir
Praveen Jordan
Debby Susanto
Xu Chen
Ma Jin

Battles that will set Europe alight
The two major badminton tournaments held in October are both in Europe, namely the Denmark Super Series Premier in the third week and the French Series in the fourth week.
 
The Denmark Super Series Premier came to an end on October 19, currently ranked 4th, “Indonesian Lightning” Tontowi Ahmad/ Liliyana Natsir finishing runners-up. In fact, their ranking is only based on points from nine tournaments. If they do well at the events in France Open, the points they bag are likely to send their ranking up one or two spots.
 
Indonesian Lightning Tontowi Ahmad/ Liliyana Natsir are ranked fourth in the mixed doubles at present
 
Final results of Denmark Open 2014
  Event WINNER Scores RUNNER-UP
  MS Chen Long [2] CHN 21-19, 24-22 KOR Son Wan Ho [7]  
  WS Li Xuerui [1] CHN 21-17,22-20 CHN Wang Yihan [3]  
  MD Zhang Nan CHN
Fu Haifeng CHN
21-13,25-23 KOR Lee Yong Dae [1]
KOR Yoo Yeon Seong
 
  WD
Yu Yang [8] CHN
Wang Xiaoli CHN
21-14, 21-14 JPN Misaki Matsutomo [3]
JPN Ayaka Takahashi
 
  XD Xu Chen [3] CHN
Ma Jin CHN
22-20, 21-15 INA Tontowi Ahmad [4]
INA Liliyana Natsir
 
 

 
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