Badminton Denmark Open Analysis

Men’s Singles----the competition among Lin Dan, Taufik and Lee Chong Wei

China badminton MS is comprised of Lin Dan, Chen Jin, Bao Chunlai, Chen Yu and Chen Hong ranking world No.1, No.3, No.4, No.5, No.6 respectively. The powerful troops are aiming to score the title by beating other top players leading by Taufik, the Athens champion and world No.2 Lee Chong Wei, the famous Malaysia shuttler.

The reigning world champion Lin Dan is coming to his perfect form. Not a long time ago he beat Bao Chunlai in Good Luck Beijing badminton event finals as a gift for his birthday. He will have an encounter with Peter Gade, the host nation’s hope in quarter-finals if going through smoothly. It is great challenge to both sides. In my opinion, Lin Dan has the ability to defeat Gade. But the local audience will be the third man to help Gade. ##CONTINUE##

Bao Chunlai and Chen Jin are in the third quarter. The two seeds have to beat Taufik and Susilo to go ahead. So the quarter is called “dead quarter”. Bao Chunlai remains stable and steady which could be seen as both advantage and shortcoming. He should be more aggressive. Chen Jin is more confident after he beat Taufik in badminton Macau Open. He is quick with his feet and bat which enable him to win in a quick battle.

Chen Yu and Chen Hong are in the second quarter. If everything goes well, they will fight each other in the quarter-finals. Being world No.3 and No.5 respectively, Chen Yu and Chen Hong need to overtime their lack of physical fitness. Jonassen is the competitive opponent in this quarter.
There is no Chinese player in the fourth quarter. Thus Lee Chong Wei have a good luck to enter the next stage. But Sony, the runner-up of World Championship and Thai Boonask Ponsana also have the power to challenge him.

Women’s Singles----who is the No.1, Zhang Ning or Xie Xingfang?

China is expected to win the WS title for the superpower constituted by Xie Xingfang, Zhang Ning, Zhu Lin, Lu Lan and Jiang Yanjiao is presented. The first four of them dominates the top 4 of WS according to the latest world rank. Wang Chen from Hong Kong, German Xu Huaiwen and French Pi Hongyan are the hard competitors to them. Actually, fans are interested to know who will perform better between Zhang Ning and Xie Xingfang rather than knowing which country will win the WS champion. An old Chinese saying goes: on the court, we are opponents; beyond the court, we are friends.

Zhang is eager to prove her powerful strength by a win against Xie for the latter just replaced her as world No.1. Perfect skills and rich experience will make up the physical lack caused by years’ injuries. The reigning world champion Zhu Lin and Jiang Yanjiao are in the third quarter. If Jiang can beat Mew Choo Wong, she will face Zhu Lin in the second round. Xie Xingfang and Lu Lan are in the fourth quarter. And it is possible for them to encounter in the quarter-finals.

Men’s Doubles

Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng and Xie Zhongbo/Guo Zhendong are selected to present for China. Cai/Fu are waiting to prove themselves again after losing the position of No.1. They will have a hard battle against Korean pair Jae Sung Jung/Jae Jin Lee in the fourth quarter. Xie Zhongbo/Guo Zhendong in the first quarter is likely to encounter World No.3 Indonesian pair Kido Markis/Setiawan Hendra.

Women's Doubles: Chinese pair dominance

Once Chinese players are involved in a tournament, the champion of WD is fixed. Zhang Yawen/Wei Yili, Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen, Gao Ling/Huang Sui and Yu Yang/Zhao Tingting present the Denmark Open. The first 3 pairs are also the world top 3. Zhang Yawen/Wei Yili and Yu Yang/Zhao Tingting are in the first quarter. So there must be one of them absent from the last 4.

Mixed Doubles

Li Yongbo intends to give more opportunities to the new pairs. Instead of the No.1 Zheng Bo/Gao Ling, Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen, He Hanbin/Yu Yang, Xu Chen/Zhao Tingting represent China to play in Denmark Open. Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen who have just won title in Macau Open are expected to continue their outstanding form. He Hanbin/Yu Yang is possible to fight against Indonesian pair Limpele/Marissa in the quarter-finals. Xu Chen/Zhao Tingting probably encounter English pair Robertson/Emms for a place in semi-finals.