Best matches of 2010

Here’s a list of all the matches i enjoyed watching for the 2010 year. I only put super series matches and big vents (TC, WC, AG)

The reason of my choice is not always based on a rational point of view. For example, i put all the WC finals because i was present and it was a huge joy for me as it was the first time i saw professional badminton « live ». If i re-watch the WDF now, for example, i must admit that it wasn’t one of the best match of the year but at that moment i was very in it….

So, feel free to add matches or make comments with your point of view…..

Korean open
SF – MS – Peter Gade vs Chen Long (21-13, 10-21, 21-17)
F – MS – Lee Chong Wei vs Peter Gade (21-12, 21-11)
F – MD – Lee Yong-dae/Jung Jae-sung vs Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng (21-11, 14-21, 21-18)
F – XD – He Hanbin/Yu Yang vs Tao Jiaming/Zhang Yawen (21-15, 21-16)

Malaysia open
SF – MD – Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong vs Chai Biao/Zhang Nan (21-19, 16-21, 21-15)
F – WD – Du Jing/Yu Yang vs Ma Jin/Wang Xiaoli (21-16, 21-12)
F – XD – Tao Jiaming/Zhang Yawen vs Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl (19-21,21-18, 21-15)

All england
QF – MS – Peter Gade vs Taufik Hidayat (20-22,22-20,22-20)
QF – MS – Lee Chong Wei vs Shon Wan-ho (14-21,21-14,21-14)
QF – XD – Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir vs Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork (21-18, 21-19)
SF – MS – Kenichi Tago vs Bao Chunlai (18-21, 22-20, 21-18)
SF – WS – Tine Rasmussen vs Saina Nehwal (21-19, 21-17)
SF – MD – Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen vs Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (14-21, 21-13, 23-21)
SF – XD – Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir vs Lee Yong-dae/Lee Hyo-jung (21-16, 18-21, 21-8)
F – XD – Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei vs Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir (21-18, 23-25, 21-18)
F – MS – Lee Chong Wei vs Kenichi Tago (21-19, 21-19)
F – WS – Tine Rasmussen vs Wang Yihan (21-14, 18-21, 21-19)
F – MD – Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen vs Boe/Morgensen (21-23, 21-19, 26-24)
F – WD – Du Jing/Yu Yang vs Cheng Shu/Zhao Yunlei (20-22, 21-16, 21-13)

Swiss open
SO – F – MS – Chen Jin vs Chen Long (12-21, 21-15, 21-17)

NB : I didn’t saw a lot of matchs.

Thomas and Uber cup

TC SF : Indonesia vs Japan
DM2 - Noriyasu Hirata/Hiroyuki Endo vs Nova Widianto/Alvent Yulianto Chandra (14-21 20-22)

TC SF : China vs malaysia
SM1 Dan Lin vs Lee Chong Wei (21-17, 21-8)
DM1 Yun Cai/Haifeng Fu vs Kien Keat Koo/Boon Heong Tan (21-15, 21-10)

UC F : China vs South korea
SD1 Yihan Wang vs Seung Hee Bae (21-23 11-21)
DD1 Jin Ma/Xiaoli Wang vs Hyo Jung Lee/Min Jung Kim (21-18 12-21 15-21)
SD2 Xin Wang vs Ji Hyun Sung (21-14 16-21 21-7)
DD2 Jing Du/Yang Yu vs Kyung Won Lee/Jung Eun Ha (21-19 14-21 19-21)

TC F : China vs Indonesia :
SM1 Dan Lin vs Taufik Hidayat (21-7 21-14)
DM1 Yun Cai/Haifeng Fu vs Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (25-23 16-21 21-12)
SM2 Jin Chen vs Simon Santoso (19-21 21-17 21-7)

Singapore Open
I didn’t saw any match from this open

Indonesia open
SF – XD – Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Zieba vs Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir (21-12, 21-16, 19-21)
F – XD – Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Zieba vs Hendra Setiawan/Anastasia Russkikh (21-18, 22-20)
NB : I didn’t saw a lot of matchs.


World Championship
QF – XD – Bo Zheng/Jin Ma vs Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir (21-19 23-21)
QF – XD – Hanbin He/Yang (F) Yu vs Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl (21-19 21-17)
QF – MD – Kien Keat Koo/Boon Heong Tan vs Jae Sung Jung/Yong Dae Lee (23-25 21-13 21-14)
QF – MS – Taufik Hidayat vs Chong Wei Lee (21-15 11-21 21-12)
SF – XD – Bo Zheng/Jin Ma VS Sung Hyun Ko/Jung Eun Ha (15-21 21-11 21-16)
SF – MS – Jin Chen vs Peter Hoeg Gade (19-21 21-8 21-11)
SF – WD – Jin Ma/Xiaoli Wang vs Shu Cheng/Yunlei Zhao (10-21 21-10 21-13)
SF – MS – Taufik Hidayat vs Sung Hwan Park (21-10 22-20)
SF – WS – Xin Wang vs Shixian Wang (21-19 11-21 21-16)
SF – MD – Yun Cai/Haifeng Fu vs Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (21-16 21-13)
F – XD – Bo Zheng/Jin Ma vs Hanbin He/Yang (21-14, 21-10)
F – MS – Jin Chen vs Taufik Hidayat (21-13 21-15)
F – WS – Wang Lin [7] vs Xin Wang (21-11 19-21 21-13)
F – WD – Jing Du/Yang (F) Yu vs Jin Ma/Xiaoli Wang (21-9 21-17)
F – MD – Yun Cai/Haifeng Fu vs Kien Keat Koo/Boon Heong Tan (18-21 21-18 21-14)

China Masters
SF – XD – Tao Jiaming-Tian Qing vs He Hanbin/Ma Jin (7-21, 21-12, 21-14)
SF – MD – Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng vs Jung Jae-sung/Lee Yong-dae (20-22, 21-13, 21-17)
F – MS – Lin Dan vs Chen Long (21-15, 21-13, 21-14)
F – MD – Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng vs Ko Sung-hyun/Yoo Yeon-seong (21-14, 21-19)

Japan open
SF – XD – Tao Jiaming/Tian Qing vs Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (21-14, 22-20)
SF – MS – Lin Dan vs Peter Gade (21-11, 21-19)
F – MS – Lee Chong Wei vs Lin Dan (22-20, 16-21, 21-17)
F – WS – Jiang Yanjiao vs Wang Xin (23-21, 21-18)
F – MD – Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng vs Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong (18-21, 21-14, 21-12)
F – XD – Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei vs Tao Jiaming/Tian Qing (21-19, 22-20)

Denmark open
QF – XD – Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork vs Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Zieba (21-14, 17-21, 22-20)

French open

SF – MS – Joachim Persson vs Peter Hoeg Gade (21-14, 16-21, 21-17)
SF – XD – Ingo Kindervater/Johannes Schöttler vs Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (13-21, 21-17, 22-20)
SF – MS – Taufik Hidayat vs Boonsak Ponsana (21-13, 21-14)
F – XD – Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam vs Michael Fuchs/Birgit Overzier (21-15, 21-15)

Asian games

Team event
Men's Team Semifinal - Lin Dan vs Hidayat Taufik (21-13, 23-21)
Men's Team Semifinal - Cai/Fu vs Kido/Setiawan (23-21 14-21 21-10)
Men's Team Final 1 Lin Dan vs Park Sunghwan
Men's Team Final Cai/Fu vs Jung/Lee

Single event
SF - MD – Kido/Setiawan vs Jung/Lee (21-15, 13-21, 21-18)
SF - MS - Lee Chong Wei vs Chen Jin (14-21, 21-15, 21-7)
F - MD - Kido/Setiawan vs Koo/Tan (16-21, 26-24, 21-19)
F - XD - Shin/Lee vs Zhang/Zhao (21-19, 21-14)
F - MS - Lin Dan vs Lee Chong Wei (21-13, 15-21, 21-10)

China open
QF – MD – Jae Sung Jung/Yong Dae Lee vs Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng (21-19, 19-21, 21-8)
SF – WS – Shixian Wang vs Xin Wang (21-18, 21-16)
SF – MS – Long Chen vs Jin Chen (22-20, 18-21, 21-18)
SF – XD – Jiaming Tao/Qing Tian vs Hanbin He/Jin Ma (21-17, 8-21, 21-13)
SF – WD – Jin Ma/Qianxin Zhong vs Jung Eun Ha/Kyung Eun Jung (11-21, 21-8, 21-18)
SF – MD – Biao Chai/Nan Zhang vs Chieh Min Fang/Sheng Mu Lee (21-12, 15-21, 26-24)
F – MS – Long Chen vs Chunlai Bao (9-21, 21-14, 21-16)
F – XD – Tao Jiaming/Tian Qing vsZhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei (21-18, 21-17)

Hong Kong open

SF – XD – Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen vs Chen Xu/Yang (F) Yu (16-21, 21-18, 21-19)
SF – MD – Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan vs Jae Sung Jung/Yong Dae Lee (21-19, 23-21)
SF – MS – Taufik Hidayat vs Long Chen (15-21 21-11 21-19)
F – WS – Saina Nehwal vs Shixian Wang (15-21, 21-16, 21-17)
F – XD – Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen vs Nan Zhang/Yunlei Zhao (22-20, 14-21, 22-20)
F – MD – Sung Hyun Ko/Yeon Seong Yoo vs Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (21-19, 14-21, 23-21)




And now here’s my top matches in each discipline


MS : AE - QF – Peter Gade vs Taufik Hidayat (20-22,22-20,22-20) (i hesitate with some matches between LCW and LD but this one was very thrilling…)
WS : AE - F – Tine Rasmussen vs Wang Yihan (21-14, 18-21, 21-19)
WD : UCF - WD2 - Jing Du/Yang Yu vs Kyung Won Lee/Jung Eun Ha (21-19 14-21 19-21)
MD : WC - F – Yun Cai/Haifeng Fu vs Kien Keat Koo/Boon Heong Tan (18-21 21-18 21-14) (Of course i’m not partial as i was present, but what an exciting final !... AE - F – MD – Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen vs Boe/Morgensen (21-23, 21-19, 26-24)
Was very thrilling too)
XD : AE - F – Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei vs Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir (21-18, 23-25, 21-18)