Korea Open Super Series Premier 2011 was held from January 25th to 30th in Seoul, Korea.
In Men’s singles final, the world No.1 Lee Chong Wei (AT900-PLC) played against the Beijing Olympic gold medalist, Lin Dan. The final card was same as the final of YONEX OPEN JAPAN 2010. It was so exciting game and the longest game in the day, it took 74 minutes to finalize. In the end of bitter game,19-21, 21-14, 16-21, Lee earned the valuable runner-up place.
In the Men’s doubles final, the world No.1 pair, Mathias Boe (AT900-P) and Carsten Mogensen (VT70) also won the runner-ups.
Their next aims are titles of YONEX All England Open held in early March. Lee Chong Wei won the title and Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen became runner-ups at the championship last year.
FINAL RESULTS
-Men’s Singles-
[1]Lin Dan(CHN)[6]
[2] Lee Chong Wei [AT900-PLC](MAS)[1]
[3]Simon Santoso[AT900-P](INA)
[3]Du Pengyu(CHN)
-Men’s Doubles-
[1]Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae(KOR)[6]
[2] Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen[AT900-P/VT70](DEN)[1]
[3] Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong[ARC8DX/Ti10] (MAS)[2]
[3]Ko Sung Hyun/Yoo Yeon Seong(KOR)[4]
-Women’s Singles-
[1]Wang Yihan(CHN)[3]
[2]Wang Shixian(CHN)[2]
[3]Sung Ji Hyun(KOR)
[3]Porntip Buranaprasertsuk[NS8000](THA)
-Women’s Doubles-
[1]Wang Xiaoli/Yu (F) Yang(CHN)[6]
[2]Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei(CHN)[8]
[3]Yu Chin Chen[ARC-ZSTH]/Wen Hsing Cheng(TPE)[1]
[3]Du Jing/Pan Pan(CHN)[5]
-Mixed Doubles-
[1]Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei(CHN)[5]
[2]Jiaming Tao/Tian Qing(CHN)[6]
[3]Xu Chen/Ma Jin(CHN)
[3]Ko Sung Hyun/Ha Jung Eun(KOR)[4]