Chen Yufei, a Chinese women’s singles player, was defeated by Dai Ziying, a Chinese Taipei player in the just-concluded All-England Open Badminton Championships final, and his ranking was also surpassed by his opponent.
Xinhua News Agency, Kuala Lumpur, March 17 (reporter Lin Hao, Yu Wei) the World Badminton Federation announced the latest world ranking on the 17th. Chen Yufei, a Chinese women’s singles player, was defeated by Dai Ziying, a Chinese Taipei player in the just-concluded All-England Open Badminton Championships final, and his ranking was also surpassed by his opponent.
At the end of last year, Chen Yufei defeated Dai Ziying to win the championship in the final of the world tour of the World Badminton Federation, ranking ahead of his opponent and ranking first in his career. After several months, the two fought again in the finals of major events. Dai Ziying won 2:0, and the points surpassed Chen Yufei and ranked first in the world again.
Besides Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao, another Chinese women’s singles player, ranked eighth.
In the ranking of men’s singles, taotian xiandou, a Japanese player who has been recovering from a car accident in Malaysia in January this year, still ranked first in the world with obvious advantages. Chinese Taipei player Zhou Tiancheng ranked second, and Danish player anselong, who won the championship in the England tournament, rose to fourth.
Chinese player Xiaolong ranked fifth, Shi Yuqi ranked ninth, and veteran Lin Dan ranked 19th.
In the ranking of women’s double, Chinese group Chen Chenchen/Jia Yifan continued to rank first, leading the Japan portfolio Fukushima Yuji/Guangtian hand-held fireworks, who won the championship in the All England with a slight advantage. Du di/Li Yinhui, the Chinese team who won the runner-up in the All England competition, ranked fifth.
In terms of man pair, Indonesian combination Gidean/sukamuyo and Ashan/Hendra ranked the top two, while Chinese combination Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen ranked the third.
Chinese mixed doubles did not perform well in this England match, but Zheng thinking/Huang Yaqiong and his teammates Wang Xiaolu/Huang Dongping continued to rank among the top two in the world.
After the All England competition, the subordinate events of the World Badminton Federation came to an end temporarily. The World Badminton Federation announced on the 14th that with the further spread of the new coronavirus epidemic, the world tour and other events between March 16 and April 12 will be suspended.