Probable MS: Lin Dan Bao Chunlai Chen Jin Lv Yi Qiu Yanbo Gong Weijie Wen Kai Lu Qicheng Du Pengyu Chen Long
Probable MD: Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun Guo Zhengdong/Xie Zhongbo Sun Junjie/Xu Chen He Hanbin/Shen Ye and others like Zheng Bo, Liu Xiaolong, Chai Biao
Probable WD: Yu Yang/Du Jing Zhang Yawen/Zhao Tingting Zhao Yunlei/Cheng Shu Wang Xiaoli/Ma Jin Wang Siyun/Zhang Jinkang Pan Pan/Tian Qing
Probable XD: Zheng Bo/Majin He Hanbin/Yu Yang Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen Chain Biao/Wang Xiaoli Sun Junjie/Cheng Shu Xu Chen/Zhao Yunlei The pairs might subject to change
All of them are in the first team, so I think their rankings are not as low as 100. Nevermind, let me double check
AE is an OPEN........where someone who is WR 100 has the rights to beat WR 1 so lcw should watch his back lol
Now you heard of it Actually ZJJ and SXQ were in the first team for quite a long time, but LYB seldom sends them out, maybe due to their heights. LYB dislikes shorties. But I really hopes ZJJ can participate in AE because I like to see the style she plays also. She ever been called a 'superwoman' by ZM For your information, Wang Shixian is in second team
yeah, it is just those who have rankings lower or lower than 100 have to start in the qualification round. Don't forget there was some case that a qualifier beat a world number 1 in final. And some other cases like a qualifier can enter into final also
Yes,..very true....just like in 2007 AE...KKK/TBH was rank +100 went on to beat FHF/CY who ranked top 3 at that time in the final.......
From above list, only LD, BCL and defending champion CJ who automatically will enter AE main drawing, others must play qualification round. CHN lesser known shuttlers like Wen Kai, Du Pengyu, Gong Weijie could become dangerous opponent for elite players.
What it meant is normally those with WR#100++ dont even get to play qualifying in SS, esp singles, they're too far down the ranking. With team China back, there would be less slots for those lower WR. In doubles, as you know, they can pair a seeded player & still play.