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5/19/2012 Wuhan wows 2012 BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finals
First out of the blocks at the 2012 Citroen BWF Thomas and Uber Cups Finals was none other than hosts, Wuhan, who staged a spectacular Opening Ceremony for the prestigious biennial event, reinstating why they are the deserving hosts.
5/3/2012 London 2012 Doubles Qualification: Hosts hopes in sight
After 363 days and 110 tournaments, the qualifiers for the 2012 London Olympic Games from 52 Members Associations have been determined upon the publication of the BWF World Ranking on Thursday 3 May 2012.
5/3/2012 London 2012 Singles Qualification: Estonian edged-out Evans, Harrington’s heartache
After 363 days and 110 tournaments, the qualifiers for the 2012 Olympic Games from 52 Members Associations have been determined upon the publication of the BWF World Ranking on Thursday 3 May 2012.
4/30/2012 Five players enjoy first Superseries success
The Yonex Sunrise India Open came to an exciting close on Sunday as five players tasted gold for the first time in their careers at an OSIM BWF World Superseries tournament.
4/28/2012 Schenk on course for first Superseries crown
Juliane Schenk qualified for the Yonex India Open on Saturday to give her the chance to lift her first OSIM BWF World Superseries title.
4/28/2012 Chong Wei and Indonesian pair march on in India
World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei and Indonesia’s Tontowi Ahmad-Liliyana Natsir will have the opportunity to defend their titles at the Yonex India Open after qualifying for the finals on Saturday.
4/27/2012 Schenk downs top seed but face two more Chinese hurdles
Juliane Schenk overcame a sluggish start to stun top seed Wang Shixian of China, but will have to beat two more Chinese stars if she is to be crowned Yonex India Open champion.
4/27/2012 Gade’s season of woe continues
Denmark’s Peter Gade (below), is finding it tough to sustain a challenge on the world circuit and his latest defeat at the Yonex India Open continued his bad run to the 2012 season.
4/26/2012 European champs and crowd favourite fail to reach quarter-finals
Tine Baun was on a high on Saturday when she claimed another European title. On Thursday, she was brought down to earth by a Chinese youngster who knocked her out of the Yonex India Open in New Delhi.
4/26/2012 Four seeds out in singles competition
Four seeded singles shuttlers – three men and one woman – suffered an early exit at the Yonex India Open on Wednesday.

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Ranking

Men's singles
1	LEE Chong Wei	95,199
2	LIN Dan	92,646
3	CHEN Long	84,633
4	CHEN Jin	73,978
5	Peter Hoeg GADE	71,103
6	Sho SASAKI	65,880
7	LEE Hyun Il	58,719
8	Kenichi TAGO	58,704
9	Simon SANTOSO	55,044
10	DU Pengyu	54,765

Women's singles
1	WANG Yihan	96,220
2	WANG Xin	85,584
3	WANG Shixian	77,027
4	LI Xuerui	76,330
5	Saina NEHWAL	69,607
6	JIANG Yanjiao	66,014
7	Tine BAUN	65,887
8	Juliane SCHENK	64,519
9	CHENG Shao Chieh	57,098
10	Ratchanok INTHANON	56,075

Men's doubles
1	CAI Yun	96,011
	FU Haifeng
2	JUNG Jae Sung	89,561
	LEE Yong Dae
3	Mathias BOE	78,257
	Carsten MOGENSEN
4	KO Sung Hyun	77,797
	YOO Yeon Seong
5	CHAI Biao	67,550
	GUO Zhendong

Women's doubles
1	WANG Xiaoli	100,705
	YU Yang (F)
2	TIAN Qing	91,052
	ZHAO Yunlei
3	HA Jung Eun	76,540
	KIM Min Jung
4	Mizuki FUJII	68,835
	Reika KAKIIWA
5	Kamilla RYTTER JUHL	64,280
	Christinna PEDERSEN

Mixed doubles
1	ZHANG Nan	90,940
	ZHAO Yunlei
2	XU Chen	84,196
	MA Jin
3	Tontowi AHMAD	80,040
	Liliyana NATSIR
4	Joachim FISCHER NIELSEN	80,036
	Christinna PEDERSEN
5	CHEN Hung Ling	68,720
	CHENG Wen Hsing

OSIM Standing

Men's singles
1		LEE Chong Wei	37,350
2		LIN Dan	23,950
3		Kenichi TAGO	21,550
4	2	CHEN Jin	20,100
5	1	Sho SASAKI	19,280
6	2	Taufik HIDAYAT	18,790
7	12	SHON Wan Ho	18,400
8	1	LEE Hyun Il	16,460
9	1	Simon SANTOSO	15,970
10	5	Hans-Kristian VITTINGHUS	15,620

Women's singles
1	2	LI Xuerui	31,290
2		WANG Shixian	30,160
3	1	JIANG Yanjiao	26,860
4	3	WANG Yihan	26,250
5	1	Juliane SCHENK	23,210
6	1	Saina NEHWAL	22,120
7	1	Tine BAUN	19,010
8	1	BAE Youn Joo	19,000
9	1	TAI Tzu Ying	16,460
10	2	Juan GU	15,970

Men's doubles
1	3	HONG Wei	22,180
		SHEN Ye
2	1	FANG Chieh Min	21,300
		LEE Sheng Mu
3	7	KO Sung Hyun	20,380
		YOO Yeon Seong
4	2	JUNG Jae Sung	20,350
		LEE Yong Dae
5	3	CAI Yun	20,350
		FU Haifeng

Women's doubles
1		HA Jung Eun	29,890
		KIM Min Jung
2	4	JUNG Kyung Eun	24,820
		KIM Ha Na
3	1	TIAN Qing	22,000
		ZHAO Yunlei
4	1	Christinna PEDERSEN	19,570
		Kamilla RYTTER JUHL
5		Shizuka MATSUO	19,010
		Mami NAITO

Mixed doubles
1	1	Tontowi AHMAD	32,670
		Liliyana NATSIR
2	1	XU Chen	26,500
		MA Jin
3	2	LEE Yong Dae	23,470
		HA Jung Eun
4		Alexandr NIKOLAENKO	22,390
		Valeri SOROKINA
5	1	Peng Soon CHAN	21,820
		Liu Ying GOH

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