BWF Ranking Update – Japan Compares Indonesia in Men’s Doubles, Lee Zii Jia Threatens Jonatan Christie Page all

KOMPAS.com – World Badminton Federation (BWF) has updated the ranking of badminton players accordingly All England 2021 on Tuesday (23/3/2021).

One of the changes occurred in the men’s singles sector. Lee Zii Jia (Malaysia) bolted on the update ranking BWF latest, after winning All England 2021.

Lee Zii Jia managed to ensure the title of champion after reducing Viktor Axelsen’s resistance through a three-game match.

The men’s singles, which is said to be the successor to Lee Chong Wei, won 30-29, 20-22, 21-9 in 74 minutes.

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The victory brought Lee Zii Jia up two strips from 10th to eighth in the BWF ranking with a collection of 69,389 points.

Lee Zii Jia was right behind Jonatan Christie which occupies the seventh position with 74,770 points.

On the other hand, the positions of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan are unshakable in the BWF ranking.

Although the two men’s doubles pairs did not continue to compete in All England 2021 because Indonesia was forced to resign, it did not enable the rivals to steal their thrones.

Marcus / Kevin still dominate the men’s doubles in first place with a score of 106,853 points.

Meanwhile, Ahsan / Hendra followed in second place with 100,557 points.

However, Indonesia’s dominance in the BWF ranking is slowly being offset by the Japanese men’s doubles.

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Hiroyuki Endo / Yuta Watanabe rose two places to fourth. Endo / Watanabe received this assurance after winning the All England 2021.

As for All England 2020, Hiroyuki Endo / Yuta Watanabe also became champions after defeating Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.

Hiroyuki Endo / Yuta Watanabe succeeded in displacing Li Jin Hui / Liu Yu Chen who fell to number six in the world.

Endo / Watanabe’s achievement also ensures Japan has two representatives in the top five.

Here’s a list of the top 10 BWF rankings:

Men’s singles

1. Kento Momota (Japan)
2. Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
Anders Antonsen (Denmark)
4. Chou Tien Chen (Taiwan)
5. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Indonesia)
6. Chen Long (China)
7. Jonatan Christie (Indonesia)
8. Lee Zii Jia (Malaysia)
9. NG Ka Long Angus (Hong Kong)
10. Wang Tzu Wei (Taiwan)

Women’s singles

1. Tai Tzu Ying (Taiwan)
2. Chen Yu Fei (China)
3. Nozomi Okuhara (Japan)
4.Carolina Marin (Spain)
5. Akane Yamaguchi (Jepanh)
6.Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand)
7. Pusarla V. Sindhu (India)
8. An Se Young (South Korea)
9. He Bin Jiao (China)
10. Pornpawee Chochuwong (Thailand)

Men’s doubles

1. Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia)
2. Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawn (Indonesia)
3. Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin (Taiwan)
4. Hiroyuki Endo / Yuta Watanabe (Jepang)
5. Takeshi Kamura/Keigo Sonoda (Japan)
6. Li Jun Hui/Liu Yu Chen (China)
7. Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto (Indonesia)
8.Choi Sol-gyu / Seo Seung-jae (South Korea)
9. Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik (Malaysia)
10. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty (India)

Women’s doubles

1. Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota (Jepang)
2. Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara (Jepang)
3. Chen Qin Chen/Jia Yi Fan (China)
4. Lee So Hee / Shin Seung Chan (Korea Selatan)
5. Kim So Yeong/Kong Hee Yong (South Korea)
6.Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu (Indonesia)
7. Du Yue/Li Yin Hui (China)
8. Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai (Thailand)
9. Chan Ye Na / Kim Hye Rin (Korea Selatan)
10. Nami Matsuyama / Chiharu Shida (Japanese)

Double mix

1. Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong (China)
2. Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Thailand)
3. Wang Yi Lyu/Huang Dong Ping (China)
4. Praveen Jordan / Melati Daeva Oktavianti (Indonesia)
5. Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino (Jepang)
6.Seo Seung Jae / Chae Yu Jung (South Korea)
7. Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying (Malaysia)
8.Marcus Ellis / Lauren Smith (UK)
9. Hafiz Faizal / Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (Indonesia)
10. Tan Kian Meng/Lai Pei Jing (Malaysia)

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