Venue: Seoul
Country: Korea
Badminton Tournament Event Level: BWF Super Series
Prize Money: USD $1,200,000
Men’s Singles Finals:
Dan Lin Vs Chong Wei Lee : 21-19 14-21 21-16
Women’s Singles Finals:
Yihan Wang Vs Shixian Wang : 21-14 21-18
Men’s Doubles Finals:
Jae Sung Jung & Yong Dae Lee Vs Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen : 21-6 21-13
Women’s Doubles Finals:
Xiaoli Wang & Yang (F) Yu Vs Qing Tian & Yunlei Zhao : 21-18 19-21 21-4
Mixed Doubles Finals:
Nan Zhang & Yunlei Zhao Vs Tao Jiaming & Qing Tian : 21-17 13-21 21-19
The argument of the best player in the world was a fascinating sub-plot this week as the two best players in the world renewed their rivalry in Seoul for the first Super Series Premier title and the biggest prize fund in badminton history. Olympic champion Lin Dan took on the Commonwealth champion and world #1 Lee Chong Wei for a chance to gain the upper hand in their rivalry going into the 2011 season.
The final between Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei was a 74-minute classic, with both players claiming an equal share of the points tally with 56 points apiece. The match was finely posed at 16-15 to Lee Chong Wei in the deciding game before Lin Dan strung together his longest run of points in the entire match to claim victory 21-16 in the third and deciding end to win the men’s singles title. Perhaps giving him the edge in the argument over who is the best player in the world but Lee Chong will want his revenge as soon as possible as the debate continues on.
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