Latest BWF World Rankings (announced 11/27/2014) - VICTOR Badminton

Latest BWF World Rankings (announced 11/27/2014)

2014-11-27

The top ranked players in the respective disciplines, as announced by the BWF in the latest rankings on November 27th, 2014:

Men’s singles: Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
Women’s singles: Li Xue Rui (China)
Men’s doubles: Lee Yong Dae/Yoo Yeon Seong (Korea)
Women’s doubles: Tian Qing/Chnzhao Yunlei (China)
Mixed doubles: Zhang Nan/Zhao Yun Lei (China)

World No. 1 in the men’s doubles: Lee Yong Dae/Yoo Yeon Seong

There were two tournaments of BWF Super Series grade or above in November, the China Open in the second week and the Hong Kong Open in the third week. The China Open was a Super Series Premier event that meant the title winners would bag 11,000 ranking points, making it an important event for players wanting to rise up the rankings or qualify for the end of year Super Series Finals.

BWF Ranking │ November 27, 2014

	Men's Single	Women's Single	Men's Doubles	Women's Doubles	Mixed Doubles
1	Lee Chong Wei	Li Xuerui	Lee Yong Dae Yoo Yeon Seong	Tian Qing Chnzhao Yunlei	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2	Chen Long	Wang Shixian	Hendra Setiawan Mohammed Ahsan	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahasi	Xu Chen Ma Jin
3	Jan O Jorgensen	Wang Yihan	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Kamilla Rytter Juhl Chrinstinna Pedersen	Nielsen Pedersen
4	Son Wan Ho	Saina Nehwal	Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	Bao Yixin TANG Jinhua	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir
5	Tommy Sugiarto	Sung Jy Hyun	Lee Sheng Mu Tsai Chia Hsin	Luo Ying Luo Yu	Lu Kai Yaqiong Huang
6	Kenichi Tago	Tai Tzu Ying	Ko Sung Hyun Shin Baek Choel	Reika Kakiiwa Miyuki Maeda	KO Sung Hyun Kim Ha Na
7	Lin Dan	Ratchanok Intanon	Chai Biao Hong Wei	Wan Xiaoli Yu Yang (F)	Chris Adcock Gabrielle Adcock
8	K. Srikanth	Carolina Marin	Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan	Chang Ye Na Kim So Young	Liu Cheng Bao Yixin
9	Chou Tien Chen	Bae Yeon Ju	Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan	Maheswari Polii	Sudket Saralee
10	Wang Zhengming	Liu Xin (F)	Fernaldi Kido	Jung Kyung Eun Kim Ha Na	Widianto Dili
				#12 Lee So Hee Shing Seung Chan
				#16 Go Ah Ra Yoo Hae Won
				#20 Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa

Check full ranking at : BWF World Ranking

As he is wrapped up in a doping scandal, Lee Chong Wei hasn’t played in tournaments recently. With Lee absent, many felt that the China Open men’s singles title would go to either Lin Dan or Chen Long of China, but India’s K. Srikanth put in the performance of his career to beat Lin Dan (Super Dan), in the process moving up the world rankings to 8th. (His best ranking before this was 16th)

Lee/Yoo defend title successfully and take fourth title of 2014

Korea team captain Yoo Yeon Seong took the men’s doubles title at the China Open with idol partner Lee Yong Dae. They not only successfully defended their title but also bagged their fourth Super Series win of the year; and have also taken a second place in a Super Series event, second place at the world championship and a BWF Grand Prix Gold title showing just why they are ranked No. 1 in the world.

Victors at the 2014 China Open Lee Yong Dae /Yoo Yeon Seong (left)

With partner Eom Hye Won, in the mixed doubles Yoo Yeon Seong also made it all the way from the qualifying stage to the final, knocking out fancied pair after pair as they went, finishing a very creditable second place.

As they rarely play together in international tournaments the pair’s ranking before this event was a lowly 146th. In the final, they only narrowly lost to current world No. 1 pair (and couple off court) , China’s Zhang Nan/Zhao Yun Lei, showing their ability isn’t to be underestimated. Their second place result moved them 101 places up the world rankings. (at 45th now)

Runners up at the 2014 China Open Yoo Yeon Seong/Eom Hye Won

Final results at the 2014 China Open

Event	WINNER	Scores	RUNNER-UP
MS	K. Srikanth	21-19, 21-17	Lin Dan
WS	Saina Nehwal [6]	21-12, 22-20	Akane Yamaguchi
MD	Lee Yong Dae [1] Yoo Yeon Seong	21-14, 21-15	Chai Biao [8] Hong Wei
WD	Yu Yang [5] Wang Xiaoli	21-16, 19-21, 22-20	Tian Qing [2] Zhao Yunlei
XD	Zhang Nan [1] Zhao Yunlei	23-25, 21-14, 21-18	Yoo Yeon Seong [Q] Eom Hye Won

VICTOR Stars take two golds at the Hong Kong Open, last chance to qualify for the Super Series Finals

Only the players/pairs who finish in the top eight in the respective disciplines overall after the 12 Super Series events in the year qualify for the Super Series Finals. The last stage of this year’s Super Series was the Hong Kong Open so it was a key event for those players hovering near the eighth spot who wanted to play in the Finals in Dubai.

Singles champions at the 2014 Hong Kong Open, men’s champion Son Wan Ho and women’s champion Tai Tzu Ying (left)

The highlights of the Hong Kong Open were Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying against new Japanese hope Nozomi Okuhara in the women’s singles final and the “battle between dragon and tiger”, the men’s singles final between China’s Chen Long and Korea Son Wan Ho. (Dragon and tiger from the names of the players)

This tournament’s dark horse, world ranked 48th Nozomi Okuhara, beat China’s Sun Yu and this year’s world champion Marin to reach the final. Tai Tzu Ying also showed what she can do by beating India’s Saina Nehwal and China’s Liu Xin to reach the final.

Both these on form players played well in the final but there could only be one winner. Tai was aggressive from the start, effectively disguising her fast clears, diagonal drop shots and smashes and forcing Nozomi to make frequent errors. The first game was close but the Japanese player couldn’t maintain her stiff resistance in the second and it ended 19-21,11-21, leaving Tai the winner.

Korea’s No. 1 men’s singles player Son Wan Ho (ranked 4th) followed his dramatic victory against China’s Chen Long (ranked 2nd) at the world team championship by beating him again in the final of the Hong Kong Open.

Perhaps his victory before was put down to luck by some but, after this latest triumph, it is sure that no one will now doubt his ability. Son showed mental maturity, maintained a stable high level of play and also showed great desire to win.

The two Victor Stars Tai and Son tasted the sweet taste of victory at the Hong Kong Open and, in winning, also qualified for the Super Series Final in Dubai. For the latest results from Dubai, keep a close eye on VICTOR official website or the Global Facebook Fanpage.

Final results at the Hong Kong Open

Event	WINNER	Scores	RUNNER-UP
MS	Son Wan Ho [6]	21-19, 21-16	Chen Long [1]
WS	Tai Tzu Ying [6]	21-19, 21-11	Nozomi Okuhara
MD	Mohammad Ashan [2] Hendra Setiawan	21-16, 17-21, 21-15	Liu Xiaolong [6] Qiu Zihan
WD	Tian Qing [2] Zhao Yunlei	21-13, 21-13	Misaki Matsutomo [1] Ayaka Takahashi
XD	Zhang Nan [2] Zhao Yunlei	21-14, 21-19	Xu Chen [2] Ma Jing

( Edit by VICTOR Badminton )