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Adcock and Bankier in
World Championship rematch
THE LUCK of the draw deserted world silver medallists Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier today when they landed a first-round clash with China’s top seeds and world champions Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei at next month’s Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships in Birmingham.
The Anglo-Scottish pair lost to the Chinese in the final of the the Yonex BWF World Championships at Wembley last August. But Adcock and Bankier have already beaten them this year, winning in straight games in the Victor Korea Open first round in January.
Adcock and Bankier’s great GB rivals Nathan Robertson and Jenny Wallwork also face a tough start in this last Premier event on the OSIM BWF World Superseries circuit before the year-long Olympic qualifying race comes to a close at the end of April.
They will begin their bid against Songphon Anugritayawon and Kunchala Voravichitchaikul. If they beat the Thailand pair they can expect to face fifth seeds Chen Hung Ling and Cheng Wen Tsing of Taepei in the last 16.
Robertson and Wallwork’s only previous meeting with the Thai pair ended in a three-game defeat at the BWF Superseries finals in 2010.
England’s Marcus Ellis and Heather Olver contest the qualifying rounds and will start against Malaysia’s Aik Quan Tan and Pei Jing Lai while Scotland’s Robert Blair and Jillie Cooper will take on second qualifying seeds Hong Wei and Pan Pan of China.
The draw for the Championships, to be played at the National Indoor Arena from March 6-11, is just as tough on England’s other contenders. Five-times English National men’s singles champion Rajiv Ouseph must face 1999 champion and fourth seed Peter Gade. Ouseph has never taken a game off the Dane in seven meetings in ranking tournaments, having faced him most recently at Wembley in the World Championships.
In the women’s singles GB rivals Susan Egelstaff of Scotland and Elizabeth Cann of England could meet in the second round of qualifying on Championships Tuesday. Second qualifying seed Egelstaff starts against Indonesia’ Maria Febe Kusumastuti while Cann must take on Italy’s Agnese Allegrini. The winner of that quarter will go into the main draw to face Gu Juan of Singapore.
In the men’s doubles new English National champions Chris Adcock and Andrew Ellis begin their big against Indonesia’s Alvent Yulianto Chandra and Hendra Aprida Gunawan with the Korean second seeds Jung Jae Sung and Lee Yong Dae almost certain to await the winners as they start against qualifiers. Adcock and Ellis won their only meeting with the Indonesians, winning 27-25 21-19 at the 2010 French Open first round,
England’s other hopes, Chris Langridge and Peter Mills need two wins to reach the main draw. They start their qualifying battle against Thai top qualifying seeds Bodin issara and Maneepong Jongjit.
Mariana Agathangelou and Heather Olver are England’s only contenders in the women’s doubles main draw and they must take on sixth seeds Shizuka Matsuo and Mami Naito in the first round. The pairs have never met but they will have done by the time they come to Birmingham as they have also been drawn together at the Yonex German Open first round in Mulheim at the end of the month.
Three-times English National champions Wallwork and Gabby White are aiming to join them in the first round but will need to defeat Thailand’s Savitree Amitrapai and Sapsiree Taerattanachai in the first qualifying round and Canadian top qualifying seeds Alex Bruce and Michelle Li in the second round. And for the reward for winning those two matches would be a first-round contest with China’s top seeds Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang, the defending champions.
Malaysian superstar Lee Chong Wei is bidding for a hat-trick of men’s singles titles and he begins his challenge against China’s Wang Zhengming.
His great rival Lin Dan starts his title bid against India’s Ajay Jayaram but his concerns come later in the draw with team-mates Chen Jin, who is the fifth seed, and Chen Long, the third seed, his possible quarter-final and semi-final opponents. Gade, Japan’s Sho Sasaki (6) and Korea’s Lee Hyun-ll (8) are the seeds in Chong Wei’s half, so he would avoid the Chinese big guns until the final.
Denmark’s former champion Tine Baun again leads the European challenge in the women’s singles but she has been drawn to meet China’s top seed Wang Yihan in the last eight and third seed and defending champion Wang Shixian in the semi-finals if the results go according to form.
World Championship rematch
THE LUCK of the draw deserted world silver medallists Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier today when they landed a first-round clash with China’s top seeds and world champions Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei at next month’s Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships in Birmingham.
The Anglo-Scottish pair lost to the Chinese in the final of the the Yonex BWF World Championships at Wembley last August. But Adcock and Bankier have already beaten them this year, winning in straight games in the Victor Korea Open first round in January.
Adcock and Bankier’s great GB rivals Nathan Robertson and Jenny Wallwork also face a tough start in this last Premier event on the OSIM BWF World Superseries circuit before the year-long Olympic qualifying race comes to a close at the end of April.
They will begin their bid against Songphon Anugritayawon and Kunchala Voravichitchaikul. If they beat the Thailand pair they can expect to face fifth seeds Chen Hung Ling and Cheng Wen Tsing of Taepei in the last 16.
Robertson and Wallwork’s only previous meeting with the Thai pair ended in a three-game defeat at the BWF Superseries finals in 2010.
England’s Marcus Ellis and Heather Olver contest the qualifying rounds and will start against Malaysia’s Aik Quan Tan and Pei Jing Lai while Scotland’s Robert Blair and Jillie Cooper will take on second qualifying seeds Hong Wei and Pan Pan of China.
The draw for the Championships, to be played at the National Indoor Arena from March 6-11, is just as tough on England’s other contenders. Five-times English National men’s singles champion Rajiv Ouseph must face 1999 champion and fourth seed Peter Gade. Ouseph has never taken a game off the Dane in seven meetings in ranking tournaments, having faced him most recently at Wembley in the World Championships.
In the women’s singles GB rivals Susan Egelstaff of Scotland and Elizabeth Cann of England could meet in the second round of qualifying on Championships Tuesday. Second qualifying seed Egelstaff starts against Indonesia’ Maria Febe Kusumastuti while Cann must take on Italy’s Agnese Allegrini. The winner of that quarter will go into the main draw to face Gu Juan of Singapore.
In the men’s doubles new English National champions Chris Adcock and Andrew Ellis begin their big against Indonesia’s Alvent Yulianto Chandra and Hendra Aprida Gunawan with the Korean second seeds Jung Jae Sung and Lee Yong Dae almost certain to await the winners as they start against qualifiers. Adcock and Ellis won their only meeting with the Indonesians, winning 27-25 21-19 at the 2010 French Open first round,
England’s other hopes, Chris Langridge and Peter Mills need two wins to reach the main draw. They start their qualifying battle against Thai top qualifying seeds Bodin issara and Maneepong Jongjit.
Mariana Agathangelou and Heather Olver are England’s only contenders in the women’s doubles main draw and they must take on sixth seeds Shizuka Matsuo and Mami Naito in the first round. The pairs have never met but they will have done by the time they come to Birmingham as they have also been drawn together at the Yonex German Open first round in Mulheim at the end of the month.
Three-times English National champions Wallwork and Gabby White are aiming to join them in the first round but will need to defeat Thailand’s Savitree Amitrapai and Sapsiree Taerattanachai in the first qualifying round and Canadian top qualifying seeds Alex Bruce and Michelle Li in the second round. And for the reward for winning those two matches would be a first-round contest with China’s top seeds Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang, the defending champions.
Malaysian superstar Lee Chong Wei is bidding for a hat-trick of men’s singles titles and he begins his challenge against China’s Wang Zhengming.
His great rival Lin Dan starts his title bid against India’s Ajay Jayaram but his concerns come later in the draw with team-mates Chen Jin, who is the fifth seed, and Chen Long, the third seed, his possible quarter-final and semi-final opponents. Gade, Japan’s Sho Sasaki (6) and Korea’s Lee Hyun-ll (8) are the seeds in Chong Wei’s half, so he would avoid the Chinese big guns until the final.
Denmark’s former champion Tine Baun again leads the European challenge in the women’s singles but she has been drawn to meet China’s top seed Wang Yihan in the last eight and third seed and defending champion Wang Shixian in the semi-finals if the results go according to form.
