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Rabu, 06 Juli 2011

World champions to headline Yonex-OCBC US Open

Indonesia’s world No. 4 Taufik Hidayat and China’s Chen Jin will be the top draws for the Yonex-OCBC US Open in Los Angeles from July 11-16.
Taufik, the 2004 Olympic champion, who also won the world title in 2005, is the top seed in the US$120,000 Grand Prix Gold tournament while current world champion, who has moved up to No. 6 in the world, the second seed.
Chen Jin ended a 10-month title drought when he won the Li Ning Singapore Open Superseries last month, is hoping to continue his good form in the City of Angels.
The Chinese ace is also hoping a victory in the US Open will help boost his world ranking before the draw of the World Championships, which will be held in London from Aug 8-14.
Taufik, meanwhile, is searching for his first title of the year and also his first tournament victory since winning the French Open Superseries last November.
In the women’s draw, 2009 world champion Lu Lan of China will be hoping to continue her revival after bagging her first title of the year at the just concluded Russia Open Grand Prix Gold on Sunday.
Still only 24, Lu Lan was ranked world No. 2 in 2008, a year before winning her world title. Since then, she suffered a catalogue of injuries but is now beginning to reassert her authority on the game she loves best.
Due to her relatively low ranking of 25, Lu Lan is unseeded for this tournament and faces the prospect of facing top seeded Dane Tine Baun in the second round, if both win their opening matches.
Lu Lan is due to play Jocelyn Ko of Canada in first round while Baun meets Japan’s Kaori Imabeppu.
Also in their half of the draw is Thailand’s Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (above), who won her first ever OSIM BWF World Superseries crown when she triumphed at the Yonex Sunrise India Open Superseries earlier this year.
The 19-year-old Porntip Buranaprasertsuk is widely regarded as the next big thing in badminton but needs to add some consistency to her game before she can truly challenge the top guns of the sport.

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