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crosshead BADMINTONPREMIERE Improve the technique OLIVER ©2016 Sport & Squash GmbH | Dieselstr. 10 | 69221 Dossenheim | T 06221 8771-0 | F 06221 8771-30 | info@oliver-sport.de | www.oliver-sport.com 8 | March 2016 INTERNATIONALBADMINTONMAGAZINE www.isportgroup.com/InternationalBadmintonMagazine
Dubai BWF World SuperSeries Finals: An Indication of the Future? Chris and Gabrielle Adcock But events didn’t turn out the way the spectators, mainly Indian workers, had hoped: none of their favourite players, including Saina Nehwal, made it past the group stage. World Champion Carolina Marin, who was making her debut in this competition as she’d been injured last year, barely qualified for the semi-finals, but was beaten twice by Nozomi Okuhara, the 20-year-old everfighting Japanese player. The latter then beat Wang Yihan in an amazing final, finishing the event in tears of joy. Kento Momota showed tremendous control in the group stages as well as the semi-final against Jan Ø Jorgensen and again in the final against Viktor Axelsen, who played below the level he would have hoped. A year and a half after Japan had entered history by scooping the Thomas Cup, the Men’s Team World Championships, their players once again put their marks on the badminton circuit. Only One Title For China That was not the only surprise as the Mixed Doubles competition saw England’s duo of Chris and Gabrielle Adcock win Gold, along with a cheque for US$42,000. The couple had not won any Superseries during 2015 but peaked at exactly the right time in Dubai, edging Korea’s Ko Sung Hyun and Kim Ha Na in the final. China’s top seeds Zhang and Zhao had to withdraw due to Zhao’s injury, which may have helped Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan INTERNATIONALBADMINTONMAGAZINE March 2016 | 9 www.isportgroup.com/InternationalBadmintonMagazine
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