Petaling Jaya: Lee to lose No. 1 spot if Chen Long wins Australian Open!

Finally, Lee Chong Wei is officially back as the world No. 1 men’s singles shuttler.

 

The 33-year-old Chong Wei moved up a rung to overtake China’s Chen Long following his Indonesian Open triumph last Sunday.

Chong Wei, who now has 94,453 points to Chen Long’s 88,944 points.

The Malaysian shuttler has withdrawn from the ongoing Australian Open in Sydney due to a muscle injury in his left leg.
Chen Long can regain the No. 1 spot if he wins in Australia.

Being ranked in the world’s top two certainly has its advantage for Chong Wei as he seeks to win the nation’s first-ever Olympic gold medal.

Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi, who won the Vietnam International Challenge last week, were the biggest movers in men’s doubles as they jumped 25 rungs to No. 75 in the world.

The mixed doubles pair of Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying, who were knocked out in the first round of the Indonesia Open last week, are out of the top 10.

The Malaysian Open runners-up dropped a rung to No. 11. China’s Lu Kai-Huang Yaqiong are now at No. 10.

THE RANKINGS

Men’s singles: 1. Lee Chong Wei (Mas), 2. Chen Long (Chn), 3. Lin Dan (Chn), 4. Viktor Axelsen (Den), 5. Jan O Jorgensen (Den), 6. Tian Houwei (Chn), 7. Chou Tien-chen (Tpe), 8. Tommy Sugiarto (Ina).

Selected Malaysians: 33. Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin, 37. Zulfadli Zulkiffli, 47. Goh Soon Huat, 50. Soo Teck Zhi, 56. Chong Wei Feng.

Men’s doubles: 1. Lee Yong-dae-Yoo Yeon-seong (Kor), 2. Hendra Setiawan-Mohd Ahsan (Ina), 3. Kim Gi-jung-Kim Sa-rang (Kor), 4. Fu Haifeng-Zhang Nan (Chn), 5. Chai Biao-Hong Wei (Chn), 6. Ko Sung-hyun-Shin Baek-cheol (Kor), 7. Hiroyuki Endo-Kenichi Hayakawa (Jpn), 8. Mads Conrad Petersen-Mads Pieler Kolding (Den).

Selected Malaysians: 11. Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong, 16. Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong, 35. Hoon Thien How-Lim Khim Wah, 58. Chooi Kah Ming-Ow Yao Han, 75. Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi.

Women’s singles: 1. Carolina Marin (Spa), 2. Wang Yihan (Chn), 3. Li Xuerui (Chn), 4. Ratchanok Intanon (Tha), 5. Nozomi Okuhara (Jpn), 6. Sung Ji-hyun (Kor), 7. Wang Shixian (Chn), 8. Saina Nehwal (Ind).

Selected Malaysians: 28. Tee Jing Yi, 59. Goh Jin Wei, 80. Ho Yen Mei, 96. Lim Chiew Sien.

Women’s doubles: 1. Misaki Matsutomo-Ayaka Takahashi (Jpn), 2. Tang Yuanting-Yu Yang (Chn), 3. Tian Qing-Zhao Yunlei (Chn), 4. Nitya Krishinda Maheshwari-Greysia Polii (Ina), 5. Jung Kyung-eun-Shin Seung-chan (Kor), 6. Kamilla Rytter Juhl-Christinna Pedersen (Den), 7. Luo Ying-Luo Yu (Chn), 8. Chang Ye-na-Lee So-hee (Kor).

Selected Malaysians: 14. Vivian Hoo-Woon Khe Wei, 55. Joyce Choong-Yap Cheng Wen, 65. Cheah Yee See-Chin Kah Mun, 82. Goh Yea Ching-Peck Yen Wei, 88. Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean.

Mixed doubles: 1. Zhang Nan-Zhao Yunlei (Chn), 2. Ko Sung-hyun-Kim Ha-na (Kor), 3. Tontowi Ahmad-Liliyana Natsir (Ina), 4. Joachim Fischer Nielsen-Christinna Pedersen (Den), 5. Xu Chen-Ma Jin (Chn), 6. Praveen Jordan-Debby Susanto (Ina), 7. Chris Adcock-Gabrielle Adcock (Eng), 8. Liu Cheng-Bao Yixin (Chn).

Selected Malaysians: 11. Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying, 50. Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing, 77. Wong Fai Yin-Chow Mei Kuan, 83. Wong Fai Yin-Shevon Lai Jemie.

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