Chong Wei drawn to meet Lin Dan in final

PETALING JAYA: It is confirmed. World No. 1 men singles shuttler Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia and China’s Lin Dan will be in different halves of the draw in the World Championships, which will be held in Wembley from Aug 8-14.

In the latest world rankings released yesterday, Chong Wei and Lin Dan will be seeded first and second respectively. And if both live up to their billings, they will meet in the final at Wembley.

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) are using the July 21 world rankings to determine the seeding for the players and the much awaited draw will be conducted on Monday in Kuala Lumpur.

This will be the fourth time that Chong Wei will be seeded top in the world meet but unfortunately, he has failed to live up to his world No. 1 tag at the last three occasions in 2006 Madrid, 2009 Hyderabad and 2010 Paris respectively.

Lin Dan was the top seed at the 2007 world meet in Kuala Lumpur.

Two other title contenders – Denmark’s Peter-Gade Christensen and Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia – will be seeded third and fourth respectively.

If Chong Wei meets Lin Dan in the final, it will be their third big match-up of the year between the archrivals.

At the South Korea Open in January, Lin Dan defeated Chong Wei in the final while the Malaysian exacted revenge over the three-time world champion at the All-England final.

In the men’s doubles, Malaysia’s Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong, who reached the finals at last year’s world meet in Paris, will be seeded fourth.

The top three seeds are defending champions Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng of China, Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen of Denmark and South Koreans Lee Yong-dae-Jung Jae-sung.

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