Mens Singles 1 LIN Dan 2 JONASSEN Kenneth 3 GADE Peter 4 BAO Chunlai 5 LEE Chong Wei 6 HIDAYAT Taufik 7 CHEN Hong 8 HASHIM Muhd Hafiz B 9 NG Wei 10 WONG Choong Hann Womens Singles 1 ZHANG Ning 2 XIE Xingfang 3 PI Hongyan 4 WANG Chen 5 YAO Jie 6 XU Huaiwen 7 HALLAM Tracey 8 ZHOU Mi 9 HIROSE Eriko 10 NEDELTCHEVA Petya Mens Doubles 1 ERIKSEN Jens / LUNDGAARD HANSEN Martin 2 WIJAYA Candra / BUDIARTO Sigit 3 FU Haifeng / CAI Yun 4 HADIYANTO Luluk / ALVEN Yulianto 5 PAASKE Lars / RASMUSSEN Jonas 6 BOE Mathias / MOGENSEN Carsten 7 JUNG Jae Sung / LEE Jae Jin 8 CHAN Chong Ming / KOO Kien Keat 9 KIDHO Markis / SETIAWAN Hendra 10 LIMPELE Flandi / HIAN Eng Womens Doubles 1 YANG Wei / ZHANG Jiewen 2 GAO Ling / HUANG Sui 3 WEI Yili / ZHAO Tingting 4 LEE Kyung Won / LEE Hyo Jung 5 ZHANG Dan / ZHANG Yawen 6 THUNGTHONGKAM Saralee / CHANKRACHANGWONG Sathinee 7 WONG Pei Tty / CHIN Eei Hui 8 EMMS Gail / KELLOGG Donna 9 TRIPP Ella / WRIGHT Joanne 10 JIANG Yanmei / LI Yujia Mixed Doubles 1 ROBERTSON Nathan / EMMS Gail 2 ZHANG Jun / GAO Ling 3 CHEN Qiqiu / ZHAO Tingting 4 WIDIANTO Nova / NATSIR Lilyana 5 ERIKSEN Jens / SCHJOLDAGER Mette 6 LEE Jae Jin / LEE Hyo Jung 7 PRAPAKAMOL Sudket /THUNGTHONGKAM Saralee 8 BLAIR Robert / MUNT Natalie 9 LAYBOURN Thomas / RYTTER JUHL Kamilla 10 KOO Kien Keat / WONG Pei Tty If Im not mistaken, these will aslo determine the seedings for the WC 2005 in USA.. For those outside the top ten, visit WorldBadmiton Online
wow, candra/sigit,,,theyre now world no2, cant believe it, its so,,,fast, i mean, they first played again in last year's china open, which was late 2004, and since then they have earned 4 titles, and almost topple the ranking? unbelievable
Candra/Sigit have actually played together since April 2001, although they had a brief split during that time, they are one of the senior indonesian pairs..
Based on their recent performance, they should be regarded as one of the top title contenders in WC. Just wonder why all of a sudden they seem to rejuvenate.
lol, true becos, if i was talking about their achievement since 97 (or 01) then them being world no 2 wouldnt be so impressive but thanks anyway
Usually, the draw will be held within a week from the start of the tournament. Also, this is not the final ranking yet. There are a few minor tournaments before the WC and they may change one or two places, although not the top places.
I thought that the Singapore and Malaysian Opens were the last chances to get points for rankings? or do the 'A' grade tournaments count toward it aswell?
Looking ahead.. By the look of things, it looks like(likely match up in the Finals in bold): MS: barring any major injuries, winner between LinDan, BCL, LCW and Hafiz Hashim will play winner of KJonassen, Gade, Taufik and Chen Hong.. SF could be LinDan vs. LCW and Taufik vs. Chen Hong The Final could be LinDan(avoiding Taufik before Final, but faces 3 tough opponents in QF and SF) vs. Taufik(avoiding BCL, LCW and LinDan before the Finals, only faces Gade most likely in the QF).. WS: barring any major injuries, it'll be between ZN and XXF, enough said.. WD: barring any major injuries, it'll be between GL/HS vs. ZJW/YW, enough said.. MD: barring any major injuries Candra/Sigit will avoid JE/MLH before the Finals, but they will play Cai/Fu most likely in the SF. Barring any upsets, Luluk/Alven will most likely meet the defending WC, LP/JR, most likely in the QF. And as i mentioned before in another thread, at least 1 Danish pair will go to the Finals. But it could be the two veteran pairs duking it out one last time in the Finals.. XD: barring any major injuries, looks like NR/GE and Gao/Zhang are the favorites to be in the Finals. With NR/GE having an easier road. However, Gao/Zhang will meet the Thai pair in the QF. If the Indos can beat Nathan and Gail in the SF, they'll play for the title against either of the Chinese pairs. The Chinese pairs will have to play against a Thai pair and the Korean pair..
Chong Wei need good draw Lets hope Lee Choong Wei is in different bracket to Taufik and Lin Dan. Once Chong Wei manage to get into semi then anything can happen.
but it could matter enough for players like LeeCW, Taufik, and BaoCL, since there are only 800 points difference between BaoCL (4th) and Taufik (6th), and the difference between 5th and 6th is only 200 odd points.
