Yang Yang Sportsware review: Stage set for explosive Super Series Finals 2010

Stage set for explosive Finale

Tuesday, January 04, 2011 - Pictures by BadmintonPhoto

European champion Peter Gade is unfazed with the pressure of being drawn in the same group as World No 1 Lee Chong Wei in the VICTOR BWF Super Series Finals 2010 in Taipei.

If anything, the Dane embraces pressure and believes it is part of the trappings that come with the status of being one of the top players in the world.

Preparing for an assault on the VICTOR BWF Super Series Finals which kicks off on Wednesday at the Hsinchuang Gymnasium in Chinese Taipei, Gade believes his experience and aptitude will hold him in good stead as he takes on the worlds best in Group A of the men’s singles draw. draw-paisan-rotator

Besides Chong Wei, Gade will also have teammate Jan Jorgensen and the dangerous Vietnamese, Nguyen Tien Minh for company in Taipei in the season ending tournament for the top eight players/pairs in the BWF Super Series Standings.

In Group B, China’s Chen Long, the No 2 seed, was also drawn with his compatriot Du Pengyu, Thailand’s Boonsak Ponsana and Indonesia’s World Championships silver medallist Taufik Hidayat.

“Pressure has always been a big part of my life and it comes with the territory of being a top player. I have no problems with the pressure and will continue to give my best in the tournament,” said Gade after the Draw ceremony in Taipei on Tuesday.

The Dane, however, cautioned against expecting too much as he was returning to the game after recovering from a back injury.

“This tournament, hopefully, will help me prepare to get back into the game and for the future tournaments this year,” added Gade.

Gade will play Jorgensen in his opening match on Wednesday while Chong Wei will take on Tien Minh in the two-group tournament.

The preliminary rounds will be played in a league format with the top two players/pairs from each group progressing to the semi-finals.

In the men’s doubles, fans are in for some amazing badminton as Group A will see China’s Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng and Malaysia’s Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong renew their rivalry.

At the World Championships in Paris this year, Cai-Fu beat the Malaysians to claim the gold medal. Making up the field in Group A are China’s Chai Biao-Zhang Nan and No 1 seeds Ko Sung Hyun-Yoo Yeon Seong of Korea.

In Group B, another battle royale is shaping up with reigning Olympic champions Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia drawn with World No 1 Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen of Denmark, Korea’s Jung Jae Sung-Lee Yong Dae and local favourites and winners of the Singapore and Indonesia Opens Fang Chieh Min-Lee Sheng Mu of Chinese Taipei.

In the women’s singles, Group A comprise China’s Wang Shixian, Korea’s Bae Youn Joo and Thailand’s Salakjit Ponsana while Group B comprise former World No 1 Wang Yihan of China, Bulgaria’s Petya Nedelcheva, Denmark’s Tine Baun and Hong Kong’s Yip Pui Yin.

In the women’s doubles, Chinese Taipei’s Cheng Wen Hsing-Chien Yu Chin, the top seeds, begin their campaign in Group A with a match against Indonesia’s Meiliana Jauhari-Greysia Polii while the Bulgarian-Russian pair of Petya-Anastasia Russkikh take on Japan’s Miyuki Maeda-Satoko Suetsuna.

In Group B, China’s Cheng Shu-Zhao Yunlei will play teammates Wang Xiaoli-Yu Yang while Thailand’s Duanganong Aroonkesorn-Kunchala Voravichitchaikul take on Mizuki Fujii-Reika Kakiiwa of Japan.

In the mixed doubles, Group A comprise former world champions and top seeds Thomas Laybourn-Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark, Commonwealth Games silver medallist Nathan Robertson-Jenny Wallwork of England, China’s Zhang Nan-Zhao Yunlei and Thailand’s Songphon Anugritayawon-Kunchala Voravichitchaikul.

Group B comprise Korea’s Ko Sung Hyun-Ha Jung Eun, Poland’s Robert Mateusiak-Nadiezda Zieba, Thailand’s Sudket Prapakamol-Saralee Thuongthongkam and Indonesia’s Hendra Gunawan-Vita Marissa.

Men’s singles: Group A: Lee Chong Wei (MAS), Peter Gade (DEN), Nguyen Tien Minh (VIE), Jan Jorgensen (DEN; Group B: Chen Long (CHN), Boonsak Ponsana (THA), Taufik Hidayat (INA), Du Pengyu (CHN).

Women’s singles: Group A: Wang Shixian (CHN), Bae Youn Joo (KOR), Salakjit Ponsana (THA), Yao JIe (NED); Group B: Wang Yihan (CHN), Tine Baun (DEN), Yip Pui Yin (HKG), Petya Nedelcheva (BUL).

Men’s Doubles: Group A: Ko Sung Hyun-Yoo Yeon Seong (KOR), Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong (MAS), Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng (CHN), Chai Biao-Zhang Nan (CHN); Group B: Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen (DEN), Jung Jae Sung-Lee Yong Dae (KOR), Fang Chieh Min-Lee Sheng Mu (TPE), Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan (INA).

Women’s doubles: Group A: Cheng Wen Hsing-Chien Yu Chin (TPE), Petya Nedelcheva-Anastasia (BUL-RUS), Miyuki Maeda-Satoko Suetsuna (JPN), Meiliana Jauhari-Greysia Polii (INA); Group B: Cheng Shu-Zhao Yunlei (CHN), Wang Xiaoli-Yu Yang (CHN), Duanganong Aroonkesorn-Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THA), Mizuki Fujii-Reika Kakiiwa (JPN).

Mixed doubles: Group A: Thomas Laybourn-Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN), Zhang Nan-Zhao Yunlei (CHN), Songphon Anugritayawon-Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THA), Nathan Robertson-Jenny Wallwork (ENG); Group B: Ko Sung Hyun-Ha Jung Eun (KOR), Robert Mateusiak-Nadiezda Zieba (POL), Sudket Prapakamol-Saralee Thuongthongkam (THA) and Hendra Gunawan-Vita Marissa (INA).

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