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Zhong Qianxin
Zhong Qianxin (; born 8 May 1990) is a Chinese badminton player. Career Zhong Qianxin won the girls' doubles event at the 2007 BWF World Junior Championships at Waitakere City, New Zealand with Xie Jing (badminton), Xie Jing. They also won the 2008 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. She won her first Grand Prix event at the Vietnam Open (badminton), 2010 Vietnam Open with Ma Jin. Her first major title she won at the 2011 Japan Super Series, 2011 Yonex Open Japan Super Series with Bao Yixin, followed by a final at the 2011 Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold, 2011 Indonesia Grand Prix Gold. One year later, Zhong Qianxin and Bao Yixin won the 2012 Singapore Super Series, 2012 Singapore and the 2012 China Masters Super Series, China Masters Super Series back to back. They also reached the final of the 2012 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold losing to compatriots Tang Jinhua and Xia Huan and the final of the 2012 India Super Series, 2012 India Open Super Series losing to the Korean pair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhong (surname)
Zhong is pinyin transliteration of several Chinese surnames, including Zhōng (/), Zhòng (),mistakenly for Chóng, cf. :zh:种姓 and Zhòng (). These are also transliterated as Chung (especially in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Malaysia), Cheong or Choong (in Malaysia), Tjung or Tjoeng (in Indonesia), and Chiong (in the Philippines). Origin Zhōng (/) is the 56th-most-common last name in China. People surnamed Zhong are the descendants of Tang of Shang, the first king of the Shang dynasty. During the Zhou Dynasty, a descendant of Tang of Shang, Wei Zi Qi was made the duke of Song (south of Shangqiu, Henan). A few generations later, Song Heng Gong had a son called Ao. Ao had a grandson Bo Zhong, who was a judge in the Jin kingdom. Bo pleaded for the duke of Jin to repent from his unrighteousness and was executed. His son Zhou Li fled to the kingdom of Chu and became the prime minister. He was awarded the land of Zhongli (northeast of Fengyang, Anhui), and his descendants took the nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Japan Super Series
The 2011 Japan Super Series was the eighth super series tournament of the 2011 BWF Super Series in badminton. The tournament was held in Tokyo, Japan, from 20 to 25 September 2011 and had a total purse of $200,000. Men's singles Seeds # Lee Chong Wei # Lin Dan # Peter Gade # Chen Long # Taufik Hidayat ''(first round)'' # Chen Jin ''(quarterfinal)'' # Nguyen Tien Minh ''(first round)'' # Du Pengyu ''(first round)'' Top half Bottom half Finals Women's singles Seeds # Wang Yihan # Wang Shixian ''(quarterfinal)'' # Wang Xin ''(second round)'' # Saina Nehwal # Tine Baun ''(quarterfinal)'' # Liu Xin # Cheng Shao-Chieh ''(first round)'' # Juliane Schenk Top half Bottom half Finals Men's doubles Seeds # Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng # Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen ''(first round)'' # Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong # Muhammad Ahsan / Bona Septano # Jung Jae-sung / Yoo Yeon-seong ''(first round, retired)'' # Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan # Alvent Yuli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BWF World Ranking
The BWF World Ranking is the official ranking of the Badminton World Federation for badminton players who participate in tournaments sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. It is used to determine the qualification for the World Championships and Summer Olympic Games, as well as BWF World Tour tournaments. Seedings of draws at all BWF-sanctioned tournaments are conducted using the BWF World Ranking. Players under 19 years of age are eligible to rank in the BWF World Junior Ranking, which were introduced in January 2011. The following lists are the rankings: Overview The ranking points are awarded based on the level and progress of the tournament from each player/pair. Ranking points calculated are based on the tournaments each players/pairs participate in from the last 52 weeks. If a player or pair has participated in ten or fewer World Ranking tournaments, then the ranking is worked out by adding together the points won at tournaments in the last 52 weeks. If a player or pair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firstpost
''Firstpost'' is an Indian online news and media website. The site is a part of the Network 18 media conglomerate owned by Reliance Industries, which also runs CNN-News18 and CNBC-TV18. The ''Network 18'' group was originally owned by Raghav Bahl. In January 2012, the group received an investment from Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries through a rights issue of up to 2,700 crore A crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes ten million (10,000,000 or 107 in scientific notation) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. It is written as 1,00,00,000 with the local 2,2,3 style of digit group separators (one lakh is e .... History In May 2013, the news group was merged with the Indian edition of '' Forbes India'' whose four top editorial heads including editor in chief Indrajit Gupta were dismissed. The event led to a media furor. Thereafter on 31 May 2013, ''Firstpost'' took over a satirical website Fakingnews.com for an undisclosed amount. As of April 2020, Jaid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yonex
() is a Japanese sports equipment manufacturing company. Yonex produces equipment and apparel for tennis, badminton, golf, and running. Its range of products manufactured and commercialised includes equipment for badminton and tennis (rackets, shuttlecocks, balls, bags) and golf (clubs, bags). Yonex also produces athletic shoes and apparel including t-shirts, jackets, skirts, shorts, hoodies, leggings and hats. History The company was founded in 1946 by Minoru Yoneyama as a producer of wooden floats for fishing nets. The company was later forced out of this market because of the invention of plastic floats. This led to a commitment by Yoneyama to never again be left behind by technological advancements. In 1957, Yoneyama began to make badminton racquets for other brands. By 1961, the first Yoneyama-branded racquet was introduced, and within another two years an export company was created for the worldwide distribution. After the company began to make aluminium badminton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Ha-na
Kim Ha-na (Hangul: 김하나; or ; born 27 December 1989) is a South Korean badminton player. She was the mixed doubles gold medalist at the 2013 Asian Championships, and was part of the national team that won the Sudirman Cup in 2017. Kim won her first Superseries title at the 2012 India Open in the women's doubles event. She reached a career high of world no. 1 in the mixed doubles in September 2016. Sport career At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Kim and her partner Jung Kyung-eun, along with Ha Jung-eun, Kim Min-jung, Wang Xiaoli, Yu Yang, Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii were disqualified from the competition because their efforts were not focused on winning their matches, and their conduct was in a way that was harmful and violent to the sport. They were also accused of trying to lose in order to manipulate the draw. Kim and her partner Jung Kyung-eun played against China's Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang. South Korea filed an appeal to the Badminton World Federation a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jung Kyung-eun
Jung Kyung-eun (Hangul: 정경은; or ; born 20 March 1990) is a South Korean professional badminton player. She was the 2016 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the women's doubles event. Career Jung Kyung-eun began her career competing in singles, but now concentrates on doubles. She has attained the most success with her women's doubles partner Kim Ha-na. In April 2012, they won their first major title at the 2012 India Open. In the mixed doubles she has recently partnered with Kim Ki-jung; however, they have not achieved the same level of results as they have had in doubles with their respective genders. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Jung and her partner Kim Ha-na, along with Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min-jung of South Korea, Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang of China, and Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii of Indonesia were disqualified from the competition for "not using one's best efforts to win a match" and "conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 India Super Series
The 2012 India Super Series was the fourth super series tournament of the 2012 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place in New Delhi, India from 24–29 April 2012 and had out a total purse of $200,000. Men's singles Seeds # Lee Chong Wei # Peter Gade # Chen Jin # Sho Sasaki # Lee Hyun-il # Simon Santoso # Taufik Hidayat # Jan Ø. Jørgensen Top half Bottom half Finals Women's singles Seeds # Wang Shixian # Li Xuerui # Saina Nehwal # Jiang Yanjiao # Tine Baun # Juliane Schenk # Ratchanok Inthanon # Sung Ji-hyun Top half Bottom half Finals Men's doubles Seeds # Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae # Ko Sung-hyun / Yoo Yeon-seong # Chai Biao / Guo Zhendong # Muhammad Ahsan / Bona Septano # Hirokatsu Hashimoto / Noriyasu Hirata # Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong # Naoki Kawamae / Shoji Sato # Alvent Yulianto Chandra / Hendra Aprida Gunawan Top half Bottom half Finals Women's doubles Seeds # Ha Jung-eun / Kim Min-jung # Mizuki Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xia Huan
Xia (Hsia in Wade–Giles) may refer to: Chinese history * Xia dynasty (c. 2070 – c. 1600 BC), the first orthodox dynasty in Chinese history * Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms) (407–431), a Xiongnu-led dynasty * Xia (617–621), a state founded by Dou Jiande near the end of the Sui dynasty * Western Xia (1038–1227), a Tangut-led dynasty * Eastern Xia (1215–1233), a Jurchen-led dynasty * Ming Xia (1362–1371), a short-lived dynasty that existed during the late Yuan dynasty period Other uses * Huaxia or Xia, an ancient ethnic group later known as the Han Chinese * Xia (surname), a Chinese surname * Xia (philosophy), a Chinese philosophy similar (but not identical) to the chivalrous code of European knights * Xia County, Shanxi, China * Xiafs, a file system developed for the Linux operating system together with the Ext2 file system * Xia class submarine, a Chinese ballistic missile submarine * XIA, the ICAO Code for Irving Oil, Canada * XIA (Junsu), a Korean pop artist also known as Xi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tang Jinhua
Tang Jinhua (; born 8 January 1992) is a Chinese retired badminton player who competed at the highest level during the second decade of the 2000s, winning numerous women's doubles and occasional mixed doubles events with a variety of partners. She is a graduate of Hunan University. Career In 2009 Tang Jianhua won the World Junior girls double title with partner Xia Huan in Alor Setar, Malaysia. A year later in Guadalajara, Mexico they nearly repeated this success but fell in the finals to compatriots Bao Yixin and Ou Dongni. Tang and Xia also won girls' doubles at both the 2009 and 2010 Asian Junior Championships before graduating into elite level women's competition. In October 2010, the young partnership reached the final of the Vietnam Open Grand Prix and in December they won their first Grand Prix level title at the India Grand Prix where Tang also copped the mixed doubles title with partner Liu Peixuan. In September 2011, Tang and Xia won their first Super Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold
The 2012 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold in badminton was the second grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2012 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland from March 13 until March 18, 2012 and had a total purse of $125,000. Men's singles Seeds # Lee Chong Wei ''(withdrew)'' # Chen Long ''(semi-final)'' # Peter Gade ''(second round)'' # Chen Jin (champion) # Lee Hyun-Il ''(final)'' # Kenichi Tago ''(withdrew)'' # Nguyen Tien Minh ''(third round)'' # Du Pengyu ''(third round)'' # Simon Santoso ''(withdrew)'' # Taufik Hidayat ''(semi-final)'' # Jan Ø. Jørgensen ''(third round)'' # Marc Zwiebler ''(withdrew)'' # Shon Wan-Ho ''(quarter-final)'' # Hans-Kristian Vittinghus ''(quarter-final)'' # Tommy Sugiarto ''(second round)'' # Boonsak Ponsana ''(second round)'' Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 Women's single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 China Masters Super Series
The 2012 China Masters Super Series was the seventh super series tournament of the 2012 BWF Super Series. The tournament was held in Changzhou, China from September 11–16, 2012 and had a total purse of $400,000. The draw was released on August 28, 2012. Men's singles Seeds # Chen Long # Chen Jin # Kenichi Tago # Du Pengyu # Jan Ø. Jørgensen # Hans-Kristian Vittinghus # Wang Zhengming # Kashyap Parupalli # Hu Yun # Wong Wing Ki # Boonsak Ponsana # Viktor Axelsen # Ajay Jayaram # Liew Daren # Muhammad Hafiz Hashim # Hsu Jen-hao Players by nation Top half Bottom half Finals Women's singles Seeds # Wang Yihan # Li Xuerui # Wang Shixian # Jiang Yanjiao # Ratchanok Inthanon # Porntip Buranaprasertsuk # Liu Xin # Gu Juan Top half Bottom half Finals Men's doubles Top half Bottom half Finals Women's doubles Result Mixed doubles Seeds # Xu Chen / Ma Jin # Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thungthongkam # Chan Peng Soon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
