Now Chen Hong has collected 2118 points for the Olympics 2004, and Lee HI has 2151+ points which put him at the top. Lin Dan has 1986+ as the third, and Bao CL has 1743+ has the distant fourth. If Lin wins the Hong Kong title, he will pass Chen Hong as the second, otherwise, he remains the third. Bao CL stays the fourth no matter how he performs at Hong Kong open.
Top 16 runners in points: Lee HI 2151 ChenH 2118 Lin D 1986 +-> 2142 Bao CL 1743 +-> 1905 Shon 1692 Xia X 1452 +-> 1604 Wong 1407 ChenY 1332 Roslin 1329 Susilo 1314 Ng 1293 Sony 1170 Hafiz 1149 Lee CW 1143 Taufik 1047 Gade 0966 Jonassen 0873 LeeTS 0780 Money learders (in thousands US dollars) Chen 35.95 Xia 30.875 +-> 45.875 Lin Dan 26.95 +-> 41.95 Lee HI 21.2 Wong 18.65 Taufik 16.575 Bao 15.75 +-> 30.75 ChenYu 15.575 Shon 12.375 Roslin 9.525 Lee CW 8.775 Sony 7.975 Susilo 7.0325 Ng 6.4 Hafiz 5.875 Jonassen 5.475 Gade 4.9 Wu 3.7 LeeTS 3.4
Re: Money Earner Prize money are regulated by the IBF and published on related newspaper and IBF web sites also.
Money earners Thks, 2 cents. You are keeping track? I mean you are adding them up at each tournment or is there a website for you to see?
Polsana rushes into top 16 Polsana did pretty good at Germany open, before that he always lost in the earliest two rounds in all Olympic qualifying events. Now this time, he is doing even much, much better. I have to kick Lee TS out of the list Points Leaders: Lee HI 2151 ChenHong 2118 Lin Dan 2067 Bao 1743 Shon 1692 Xia 1452 Wong 1407 ChenYu 1332 Roslin 1329 Susilo 1314 Ng 1293 Sony 1170 Hafiz 1149 Lee CW 1143 Polsana 1077 (was 618 before HK open) Taufik 1047 Gade 966 Jonassen 873 Prize leaders: ChenHong 35.95 Lin Dan 31.95 Xia 30.875 Lee HI 21.2 Wong 18.65 Taufik 16.575 Bao 15.75 ChenYu 15.575 Shon 12.375 Polsana 11.65 (was 1.65 before HK open) Roslin 9.525 Lee CW 8.775 Sony 7.975 Susilo 7.0325 Ng 6.4 Hafiz 5.875 Jonassen 5.475 Gade 4.9
This is impressive. I wonder if the players are interested in this. Maybe they already have somebody calculating it out already.
There should be totally 16 one star and above tournaments for Olympics qualifications. Hong Kong open is the 8th in the time order. So it is exactly the half way in the race. The points they got so far are listed as following: Lee HI ……………. 2151 Lin Dan ……………. 2148 Chen H ……………. 2118 Bao ……………. 1743 Shon ……………. 1692 Xia ……………. 1533 Wong ……………. 1407 ChenYu ……………. 1332 Roslin ……………. 1329 Susilo ……………. 1314 Ng ……………. 1293 Sony ……………. 1170 Hafiz ……………. 1149 Lee CW ……………. 1143 Polsana ……………. 1077 Taufik ……………. 1047 Gade ……………. 966 Jonassen ……………. 873 LeeTS ……………. 780 Lee HI, Lin D, Chen H are very close in points. Although Lee is now at the 1st place, only 10 best records will be counted, so at the end, he might collect too many useless points. He's number 1 because he played more tournaments (all 8 tournaments). His biggest points from a single event were from Singapore open, and Indonesia open, where he got 336 each for reaching the semi-finals. While Chen Hong has 480, 408, and 420 in the south east asia trip, any of them has more points than Lee's biggest contribution. So if we only count the best 5, here is the list: Chen H ……………. 1902 Lin Dan ……………. 1851 Lee HI ……………. 1569 Bao ……………. 1503 Xia ……………. 1458 Wong ……………. 1407 Shon ……………. 1305 ChenYu ……………. 1257 Roslin ……………. 1194 Sony ……………. 1170 Lee CW ……………. 1143 Susilo ……………. 1140 Ng ……………. 1053 Taufik ……………. 1047 Hafiz ……………. 981 Polsana ……………. 981 Gade ……………. 924 Jonassen ……………. 873 LeeTS ……………. 750 This way, Chen Hong and Lin Dan are the top 2. And there are 4 Chinese in the top 5 positions. If count 4 best performances: Chen H ……………. 1638 Lin Dan ……………. 1611 Xia ……………. 1338 Wong ……………. 1332 Bao ……………. 1293 Lee HI ……………. 1272 ChenYu ……………. 1152 Shon ……………. 1140 Roslin ……………. 1074 Sony ……………. 1050 Taufik ……………. 1047 Lee CW ……………. 1023 Susilo ……………. 960 Polsana ……………. 921 Ng ……………. 888 Jonassen ……………. 873 Gade ……………. 864 Hafiz ……………. 831 LeeTS ……………. 708 By this calculation, all top three are Chinese, Chen Hong, Lin Dan and Xia Xuanze. Lee HI is out of top 5. If count only 3 best results: Lin Dan ……………. 1356 Chen H ……………. 1308 Xia ……………. 1170 Wong ……………. 1140 Bao ……………. 1062 ChenYu ……………. 1032 Lee HI ……………. 972 Shon ……………. 948 Taufik ……………. 912 Roslin ……………. 882 Sony ……………. 858 Lee CW ……………. 831 Polsana ……………. 816 Susilo ……………. 768 Jonassen ……………. 753 Gade ……………. 744 Ng ……………. 720 Hafiz ……………. 663 LeeTS ……………. 648 Wow, all 5 Chinese are ahead of Lee HI, and Lin Dan will be the number one. The reason for these discrepency is the draw. IBF always wants Chinese players collide each other as early as possible. In Hong Kong Open, 5 Chinese are all ranked. The earliest possible round to collide is in the 3rd round. Then they let 4 Chinese fight each other in the 3rd round. Lin Dan was lucky because there is no 6th ranked Chinese. As in all the tounaments, as long as Chinese have 3 spots in top 4, the fourth quadrant will always not accept other Chinese (mostly Xie Xing fang), and Camila Martin always in that quadrant. If only one event, it's okay, because the chance is (1/4)*(3/4)= 0.1875. But for all 6 tournaments (except Holland open which had no Chinese, and Germany open which Chinese occupied all top 4 seeds), the chance is only 0.00004 Last, the prize money leaders: Lin Dan ……………. 41.95 Chen H ……………. 35.95 Xia ……………. 30.875 Lee HI ……………. 21.2 Wong ……………. 18.65 Taufik ……………. 16.575 Bao ……………. 15.75 ChenYu ……………. 15.575 Shon ……………. 12.375 Polsana ……………. 11.65 Roslin ……………. 9.525 Lee CW ……………. 8.775 Sony ……………. 7.975 Susilo ……………. 7.0325 Ng ……………. 6.4 Hafiz ……………. 5.875 Jonassen ……………. 5.475 Gade ……………. 4.9
You are right. The list was updated in the same pace as the real time games going. The last one was calculated after the HK final. After the China open, badminton will go off season. I am wondering why Wong CH, Lee TS, Lee CW skipped so important 6 star HK open?
thanks 2cents, i would expect you to be very up-to-date. but just want to confirm to be sure. not sure why Wong skipped it. but i read that Misbun felt that Lee and Lee are not up to the form and fitness to play badminton so they were left at home. as to why Misbun thinks Hafiz and Roslin are in form, that's just beyond my comprehension.
I think that is a good question. actually, I could see the logic of only playing 2 rather than 3 tournaments, and playing the 2nd, 3rd tournament (because other competitors might become tired for the 3rd one if they had played 3)[. anybody follow that?]. Seems that Lee CW is the most unlucky one becuase he reached the final of the M'sian Open and that set up a good basis to gain more point. Don't know if he is playing in the China Open but it seems a little risky to bank on gaining many points from one tournamnet (if he is playing in China).
I think Misben make a mistake about the abence of WONG CH and Lee CW in hongkong open. I don't think Lee CW can get enough points in China open.Because many talent young chinese ms players will run for china open.I think they will make some impressive upset in China open.
