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Ladies' Singles Gong Zhichao has made her mark on the JVC Asian Badminton Rankings this year with consistent play. She has been atop the rankings since early in the year when she overtook
the position from team mate Dai Yun. Yun, after a slow early part of the year has come on strong when it counts just prior to the Olympics and won the Malaysialast week to overtake Ye Zhaoying for this
week's #2 spot. Aside from the Chinese stars who occupy the positions 1 - 5 on this week's JVC Rankings, non-Chinese medal hopes lie with Japan's Yasuko Mizui and South Korea's Kim Ji Hyun who also recently had
strong outings at the Malaysiaand are currently in the 6th and 7th positions respectively. This weeks' biggest mover is 1996 World Cup Champion, Wang Chen, who now competes for Hong Kong China and is in
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Current JVC Ranking |
Player Name |
Country |
Last Week |
IBF Rank |
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Gong Zhichao |
China |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Dai Yun |
China |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Ye Zhaoying |
China |
2 |
4 |
4 |
Gong Ruina |
China |
4 |
5 |
5 |
Zhou Mi |
China |
5 |
8 |
6 |
Yasuko Mizui |
Japan |
7 |
9 |
7 |
Kim Ji Hyun |
South Korea |
8 |
10 |
8 |
Lee Kyung Won |
South Korea |
6 |
12 |
9 |
Wang Chen |
Hong Kong |
13 |
13 |
10 |
Kanako Yonekura |
Japan |
9 |
14 |
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Note:
Bold letters: Indicate improved rank
Italic letters: Indicate decreased rank |
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JVC Asian Badminton Rankings are collected from the IBF's world rankings released weekly.
Issued by International Management
Group, Jakarta on behalf of the Asian Badminton Confederation. If you require more information,
please contact Ms. Maya Hidajat of IMG Jakarta at Tel: ,
Fax: or E-mail: mhidajat. |
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