Many times, when the news media wanted to emphasis that there was no clear favorite for the title, they usually said any seed or anyone from top 16 could win the title. They even quoted as Xia or other top players said similar thing. But look at the ranking, do you really think anyone in the top 16 can win a 5 star and above title, and no chance for lower ranked players. The following is the seed for World championship and also the top 16 in the ranking during July 24 –August 1:
Is any one from the above list can win the Championship? I don’t think so. I will definitely exclude Denmark’s Boesen, and Kaldau, Hong Kong’s Ng and Hariyanto, Japan’s Yamada, Poland’s Wacha, and Germany’s Joppien.
No one else outside this list could win the Championship? I don’t think so either. I will include China’s Bao, Lin, Chen Yu, Malaysia’s Lee TS, Hafiz, Roslin, and Denmark’s Gade. Therefore, I don’t think the ranking has much meanings.
Now players are fighting for ranking points for Olympics, so now the ranking (although ranking system has many pitfalls) caught many attentions.
The Olympics points have been collected since the World Championship. I am wondering why I cannot find the ranking for the Olympic anywhere on the internet. Therefore I calculated myself for selected players. The following players are chosen based on their performance:
World Championship Final 4: Xia, Wong, Bao, Shon
Singapore Open Fianl 4: Chen Hong, Chen Yu, Lin, Lee HI
Indonesia Open Final 4: Chen Hong, Lee HI, Wu, Hidayat
I noticed that it is not balanced here between nations:
6 Chinese (7 times): Xia, Chen Hong(2), Chen Yu, Lin, Bao, Wu
2 Koreans(3 times): Lee HI(2), Shon
1 from Malaysia: Wong
1 from Indonesia: Hidayat
Therefore, I add 6 more from Malaysia to the list:
Susilo, Roslin, Lee TS, Hafiz, Sony, Gade.
Here is my potential title holder list, or the seeds (or top 16) who can really win a title:
If you have anyone else who’s capable to win, let me know.
Note: Ng and Jonassen also did pretty good recently too, but I don’t think they are not good enough to grab a title.
Code:
1 CHEN Hong CHN 3,375.98
2 JONASSEN Kenneth DEN 2,706.00
3 XIA Xuanze CHN 2,532.33
4 WONG Choong Hann MAS 2,211.00
5 BOESEN Anders DEN 2,178.00
6 KUNCORO Sony Dwi INA 2,129.25
7 HIDAYAT Taufik INA 1,884.21
8 SUSILO Ronald SIN 1,872.00
9 KALDAU Niels Christian DEN 1,740.00
10 YAMADA Hidetaka JPN 1,723.45
11 NG Wei HKG 1,669.50
12 SHON Seung Mo KOR 1,644.00
13 LEE Hyun II KOR 1,641.58
14 HARIYANTO * Agus HKG 1,621.35
15 WACHA Przemyslaw POL 1,519.68
16 JOPPIEN Bjoern GER 1,419.15
Is any one from the above list can win the Championship? I don’t think so. I will definitely exclude Denmark’s Boesen, and Kaldau, Hong Kong’s Ng and Hariyanto, Japan’s Yamada, Poland’s Wacha, and Germany’s Joppien.
No one else outside this list could win the Championship? I don’t think so either. I will include China’s Bao, Lin, Chen Yu, Malaysia’s Lee TS, Hafiz, Roslin, and Denmark’s Gade. Therefore, I don’t think the ranking has much meanings.
Now players are fighting for ranking points for Olympics, so now the ranking (although ranking system has many pitfalls) caught many attentions.
The Olympics points have been collected since the World Championship. I am wondering why I cannot find the ranking for the Olympic anywhere on the internet. Therefore I calculated myself for selected players. The following players are chosen based on their performance:
World Championship Final 4: Xia, Wong, Bao, Shon
Singapore Open Fianl 4: Chen Hong, Chen Yu, Lin, Lee HI
Indonesia Open Final 4: Chen Hong, Lee HI, Wu, Hidayat
I noticed that it is not balanced here between nations:
6 Chinese (7 times): Xia, Chen Hong(2), Chen Yu, Lin, Bao, Wu
2 Koreans(3 times): Lee HI(2), Shon
1 from Malaysia: Wong
1 from Indonesia: Hidayat
Therefore, I add 6 more from Malaysia to the list:
Susilo, Roslin, Lee TS, Hafiz, Sony, Gade.
Here is my potential title holder list, or the seeds (or top 16) who can really win a title:
Code:
total wc singapore indonesia
ChenHong 1146 330 480 336
Lee HI 912 240 336 336
Bao 876 420 264 192
Shon 876 420 192 264
Xia 792 600 192 0
Lin Dan 768 240 336 192
Susilo 768 240 264 264
Wong 702 510 192 0
Roslin 642 330 120 192
Taufik 576 240 0 336
ChenYu 528 0 408 120
Sony 522 330 0 192
LeeTS 516 60 192 264
Hafiz 390 150 48 192
Wu 336 0 0 336
Gade 324 60 264 0
Note: Ng and Jonassen also did pretty good recently too, but I don’t think they are not good enough to grab a title.
Code:
Ng 624 240 120 264
Jonassen 450 330 120 0