Upset List for 2009 SWISS SS Please take note that the list is according to WR. Those with WR difference 5 or less are categorized under OTHERS. MS 1)Round 1 : China’s Gong Weiji (WR# 58) beat Japan’s Sho Sasaki (WR# 30), 21-16, 22-20 2)Round 1 : Msia’s Lee Tsuen Seng (WR# 25) beat HK’s Chan Yan Kit (WR#16), 21-13, 21-18 WS 1)Round 1 : Thailand;’s Salakjit Ponsana (WR# 33) beat HK’s Yip Pui Yin (WR# 15), 21-11 21-10 MD 1)Round 1 : Japan’s HAYAKAWA Kenichi/KAZUNO Kenta (WR# 25) beat Indonesia’s DASUKI Yonathan Suryatama/SUKMAWAN Rian (WR# 15), 21-18 21-18 This Japan pair has impressive past few tourneys, may outshine Sakamoto/Ikeda 2)Round 1 : China’s GUO Zhendong/XU Chen (WR# 98) beat Indonesia’s AHSAN Mohammad/ SEPTANO Bona (WR# 11), 21-14 21-14 3)Round 1 : Japan’s IKEDA Shintaro/SAKAMOTO Shuichi (WR# 14) beat Msia’s ABDUL LATIF Mohd Zakry/ MOHD TAZARI Mohd Fairuzizuan (WR#5, 4th seed), 14-21 21-19 21-9 XD 1)Round 1 : China’s XU Chen/Zhao Yunlei (WR# 38) beat Taiwan’s CHENG Wen Hsing/FANG Chieh Min (WR# 21), 21-19 21-15 2)Round 1 : Taiwan’s CHIEN Yu Chin/HSIEH Yu Hsin (WR# 19) beat Scotland/England’s BANKIER Imogen/BLAIR ~ Robert (WR# 7, 6th seed), 19-21 22-20 21-13 Others : 1) MS : R1 : Msia’s Wong Choong Hann (WR#14) beat Indonesia’s Simon Santoso (WR#11), 21-12, 14-21, 21-19, 3 WR difference. 2) MS : R1 : India’s Chetan Anand (WR# 13) beat Poland’s Wacha P. (WR# 9, 8th seed), 21-9, 21-16, 4 WR difference As usual, please feel free to add on whatever I've missed
Why would GWJ defeat of sho be on the upset list? GWJ beat Sho in the recent German Open by straight sets 21-15, 21-18.
WR# 58 beat WR# 30, difference of 28 WR, Gong is also a qualifier who advanced to main draw of Swiss.
1)Round 1 : China’s XU Chen/Zhao Yunlei (WR# 38) beat Taiwan’s CHENG Wen Hsing/FANG Chieh Min (WR# 21), 21-19 21-15 Xu/Zhao has notional points of 46800 (use http://www.badmintoninternational.net/notionalcalculator/notcalculator.aspx to calculate) while Cheng/Fang has 31050 (http://www.internationalbadminton.org/ranking_ms.asp?id=5) WR points. If based purely on WR, then yes, it is an upset. But I can argue that Xu/Zhao has a very high notional rank, so it was not an upset. It's like KKK/Fairuz has no WR at all, but a very high notional rank, which is much more realistic.
Xu Chen/Zaho Yunlei arent exactly a new pair. They won a GP Gold title in 2008 (either Macau or Taiwan I forgot). Does the notional points take into account the latest tourneys, as of last week? Notional points for just "unranked" pairs or new partnerships would perhaps be better. In any case, if you want to do the notional points, by all means - can do for the MD, WD, XD dept & post.
AFTER Round 2 Matches MS 1)Round 1 : China’s Gong Weiji (WR# 49) beat Japan’s Sho Sasaki (WR# 28), 21-16, 22-20 2)Round 1 : Msia’s Lee Tsuen Seng (WR# 22) beat HK’s Chan Yan Kit (WR#16), 21-13, 21-18 3)Round 2 : Denmark’s Jan O JORGENSEN (WR#25) beat his team mate Joachim PERSSON (WR# 6,6th seed), 22-20, 21-19 4)Round 2: Taiwan’s HSIEH Yu Hsin (WR# 19) beat India’s Chetan ANAND (WR# 13), 9-21 22-20 21-17 WS 1)Round 1 : Thailand;’s Salakjit Ponsana (WR# 33) beatHK’s Yip Pui Yin (WR# 13), 21-11 21-10 2)Round 2 : China’s JIANG Yanjiao (WR# 24) beat her senior XIE Xingfang (WR#4, 5th seed), 22-20, 14-21, 21-17 3)Round 2 : Thailand;’s Salakjit Ponsana (WR# 33) beat Japan’s Ai Goto (WR#25), 21-16 21-15 4)Round 2 : Germany’s Juliane SCHENK (WR# 18) beat her team mate XU Huaiwen (WR# 10, 8th seed), 15-21, 21-14, 21-16 MD 1)Round 1 : Japan’s HAYAKAWA Kenichi/KAZUNO Kenta (WR# 20) beat Indonesia’s DASUKI Yonathan Suryatama/SUKMAWAN Rian (WR# 12), 21-18 21-18 2)Round 1 : China’s GUO Zhendong/XU Chen (WR# 74) beat Indonesia’s AHSAN Mohammad/ SEPTANO Bona (WR# 8), 21-14 21-14 3)Round 1 : Japan’s IKEDA Shintaro/SAKAMOTO Shuichi (WR# 13) beat Msia’s ABDUL LATIF Mohd Zakry/ MOHD TAZARI Mohd Fairuzizuan (WR#5, 4th seed), 14-21 21-19 21-9 4)Round 2 : England’s ADCOCK Chris/BLAIR ~ Robert (WR# 19) beat Japan’s IKEDA Shintaro/ SAKAMOTO Shuichi (WR# 13), 21-19 21-15 XD 1)Round 1 : China’s XU Chen/Zhao Yunlei (WR# 30) beat Taiwan’s CHENG Wen Hsing/FANG Chieh Min (WR# 21), 21-19 21-15 2)Round 1 : Taiwan’s CHIEN Yu Chin/HSIEH Yu Hsin (WR# 19) beat Scotland/England’s BANKIER Imogen/BLAIR ~ Robert (WR# 9, 6th seed), 19-21 22-20 21-13 3)Round 2 : China’s MA Jin/ ZHENG Bo (WR# 38) beat Denmark’s LAYBOURN Thomas /RYTTER JUHL Kamilla (WR# 5, 5th seed), 20-22 21-16 21-10 4)Round 2 : China’s XU Chen/Zhao Yunlei (WR# 30) beat England’s CLARK Anthony /KELLOGG Donna (WR# 4, 4th seed), 21-7 21-13 Others : 1) MS : R1 : Msia’s Wong Choong Hann (WR#14) beat Indonesia’s Simon Santoso (WR#10), 21-12, 14-21, 21-19, 4 WR difference. 2) MS : R1 : India’s Chetan Anand (WR# 13) beat Poland’s Wacha P. (WR# 9, 8th seed), 21-9, 21-16, 4 WR difference 3) WS : R2 : China’s Wang Yihan (WR#11) beat her team mate Wang Lin (WR# 7, 7th seed), 16-21 21-13 21-13, 4 WR difference 4) MS : R2 : England’s Andrew Smith (WR# 18) beat Wong Choong Hann (WR#14), 16-21 21-12 21-16, 4 WR difference 5) MS : R2: Msia’s Sairul Ayob (WR#26) beat his team mate Lee Tsuen Seng (WR# 22), 21-17 18-21 21-14, 4 WR difference 8 upsets in Round 2, 3 "Others" The WR for Round 1 has also been updated to reflect the latest WR as of Thursday, 12 March.
what about this.? Mohd Fairuzizuan MOHD TAZARI[MAS] Pei Tty WONG[MAS] - [TPE] Yu Hsin HSIEH [TPE] Yu Chin CHIEN 21-19 12-21 21-15
I purposely left that one out, . As Limsy said, their notional points, make them high ranked, as some ppl will say. Joking aside, I'll put it in the "revised" list.
it is not predicted, because it is a 50-50 match. Moreover, WYH's ranking is much more lower than WL.
Added 1 more for XD : XD 1)Round 1 : China’s XU Chen/Zhao Yunlei (WR# 30) beat Taiwan’s CHENG Wen Hsing/FANG Chieh Min (WR# 21), 21-19 21-15 2)Round 1 : Taiwan’s CHIEN Yu Chin/HSIEH Yu Hsin (WR# 19) beat Scotland/England’s BANKIER Imogen/BLAIR ~ Robert (WR# 9, 6th seed), 19-21 22-20 21-13 3)Round 2 : China’s MA Jin/ ZHENG Bo (WR# 38) beat Denmark’s LAYBOURN Thomas /RYTTER JUHL Kamilla (WR# 5, 5th seed), 20-22 21-16 21-10 4)Round 2 : China’s XU Chen/Zhao Yunlei (WR# 30) beat England’s CLARK Anthony /KELLOGG Donna (WR# 4, 4th seed), 21-7 21-13 5)Round 2 : Msia’s Mohd Fairuzizuan/Wong Pei Tty (unranked, new partnership) beat Taiwan’s CHIEN Yu Chin/HSIEH Yu Hsin (WR# 19), 21-19 12-21 21-15
Looks like there is another confusion here: Since the WR is updated on every Thursday, results on round 1 (Wed) is based on the old WR but round 2 onwards (Thu-Sun) is according to the latest WR. The argument will be: The same WR (the ones before Thu) should be used. Therefore, WYH was ranked #17 before Mar 12th (Thu) and #11 after Mar 12th. Since the draw is made based on the old WR, the old WR should be used throughout the entire tournament. Another solution is to ask BWF to update the WR on every Monday. I have written to the BWF regarding to this issue a few months ago and their reply was that they are not working on weekends and they need a few days to update the WR. **Fainted** Note: WR=World Rankings
