SUPERSERIES FINALS 2014 – 4 going twice

The numbers are in for the BWF Destination Dubai World Superseries Finals. 4 players booked double spots, only one moved into contention in the last tournament and Michael Fuchs / Birgit Michels were among the last to see their ticket confirmed.

By Don Hearn.  Photos: Badmintonphoto

Despite having 14 players or pairs in the Superseries top 8 in all 5 disciplines combined, China will likely be able to send only 9 to Dubai.  Korea has the second highest number of players or pairs qualified, with 8.  Japan should get 6 invitations for sure – plus a 7th if Lee Chong Wei is still under suspension – and Denmark will be expecting 5.

Akane Yamaguchi of Japan was actually the only player to move into the Superseries top 8 in any discipline during the Hong Kong Open.  Her ticket was only clinched on Friday evening when her last pursuing compatriot, Minatsu Mitani, also lost in the quarter-finals.  Shortly before, the same type of threat was removed to qualification in mixed doubles for Germany’s Michael Fuchs / Birgit Michels (pictured).  They were able to breathe a sigh of relief when Riky Widianto / Puspita Richi Dili lost in the quarter-finals.

Ko Sung Hyun is the only man to have qualified in two disciplines.  Zhang Nan was only a few hundred points behind Ko in men’s doubles but was a couple of thousand being the 2nd-ranked Chinese pair.  However, Ko’s partner Kim Ha Na was one of three women, along with Christinna Pedersen and Zhao Yunlei, who qualified in both women’s and mixed doubles.

The qualifiers

You will find below a calculation of the expected final standings for the BWF Destination Dubai Rankings , once the BWF adds in points won at the Hong Kong Open.  These standings are unofficial, and are merely in anticipation of the official standings, which should be available by November 27th at this link.

Expected qualifiers are shown in bold, while reserve players are marked with an asterisk (*) if they would be called up only if their compatriots were to decline their invitation to Dubai.

Women’s Singles
1 Li Xuerui (CHN) – 74950
2 Wang Shixian (CHN) – 74910
3 Wang Yihan (CHN) – 71910 *
4 Saina Nehwal (IND) – 60010
5 Ratchanok Intanon (THA) – 58760
6 Sung Ji Hyun (KOR) – 52950
7 Tai Tzu Ying (TPE) – 52620
8 Bae Yeon Ju (KOR) – 51100
9 Akane Yamaguchi (JPN) – 41020 (pictured)
10 Eriko Hirose (JPN) – 40780
11 Sayaka Takahashi (JPN) – 40220
12 Minatsu Mitani (JPN) – 38720
13 Liu Xin (CHN) – 36610 *
14 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA) – 36080

Mixed Doubles
1 Xu Chen / Ma Jin (CHN) – 77200
2 Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei (CHN) – 70780
3 Tantowi Ahmad / Lilyana Natsir (INA) – 66620
4 Ko Sung Hyun / Kim Ha Na (KOR) – 52790 (pictured)
5 Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thoungthongkam (THA) – 51190
6 Chris Adcock / Gabrielle Adcock (ENG) – 47770
7 Joachim Fischer-Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen (DEN) – 46460
8 Liu Cheng / Bao Yixin (CHN) – 44150 *
9 Lu Kai / Huang Yaqiong (CHN) – 43270 *
10 Michael Fuchs / Birgit Michels (GER) – 43240
11 Riky Widianto / Puspita Richi Dili (INA) – 42260
12 Maneepong Jongjit / Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA) – 38470

Men’s Doubles
1  Lee Yong Dae / Yoo Yeon Seong (KOR) – 64440
2  Lee Sheng Mu / Tsai Chia Hsin (TPE) – 64430
3  Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa (JPN) – 58760
4  Muhammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan (INA) – 55420
5  Liu Xiaolong / Qiu Zihan (CHN) – 54410
6  Chai Biao / Hong Wei (CHN) – 49290
7  Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen (DEN) – 49260
8  Ko Sung Hyun / Shin Baek Cheol (KOR) – 48080

Men’s Singles
1  Chen Long (CHN) – 68260
2  Lee Chong Wei (MAS) – 63700
3  Jan Jorgensen (DEN) – 58250
4  Son Wan Ho (KOR) – 54580
5  K. Srikanth (IND) – 51520
6  Kento Momota (JPN) – 49070 (pictured)
7  Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (DEN) – 45460
8  Tommy Sugiarto (INA) – 43970
9  Kenichi Tago (JPN) – 43040
10  Wang Zhengming (CHN) – 41760
11  Takuma Ueda (JPN) – 41660  *
12  Hu Yun (HKG) – 40960

Women’s Doubles
1  Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi (JPN) – 84760
2  Reika Kakiiwa / Miyuki Maeda (JPN) – 68360
3  Tian Qing / Zhao Yunlei (CHN) – 63590 (pictured)
4  Kamilla Rytter Juhl / Christinna Pedersen (DEN) – 59450
5  Luo Ying / Luo Yu (CHN) – 54210
6  Bao Yixin / Tang Jinhua (CHN) – 51070  *
7  Ma Jin / Tang Yuanting (CHN) – 50330 *
8  Wang Xiaoli / Yu Yang (CHN) – 42200 *
9  Jang Ye Na / Kim So Young (KOR) – 40580
10  Jung Kyung Eun / Kim Ha Na (KOR) – 39200
11  Nitya Krishinda Maheswari / Gresya Polii (INA) – 39180
12  Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth / Rizki Amelia Pradipta (INA) – 32940
13  Lee So Hee / Shin Seung Chan (KOR) – 31320 *
14  Ko A Ra / Yoo Hae Won (KOR) – 29360 *
15  Shizuka Matsuo / Mami Naito (JPN) – 28580 *
16  Puttita Supajirakul / Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA) – 28380