Yoo Yeon Seong	Shin Baek Choel

France Open Super Series：South Korea’s Lee Yong Dae / Ko Sung hyun reach the summit at the first attempt

The French Open Super Series came just a week after the Denmark Open Premier Super Series. New South Korean pairing Lee Yong Dae / Ko Sung hyun grabbed the men’s doubles title.

Ko Sung hyun	Lee Yong Dae

In the quarter finals Lee / Ko defeated Malaysia’s Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong, taking their revenge against the pair who had taken their scalps the previous week at the Denmark Open.

In the semi-final, they beat their countrymen Kim Ki Jung  / Kim Sa Rang. They then faced Thailand’s Maneepong Jongjit / Bodin Issara in the final and took the match 22：24, 21：17, and 21：11.

Following the retirement of Jung Jae Sung,Lee / Ko will probably become South Korea’s top men’s doubles pair so their victory at the French Open signaled their arrival on the world badminton stage.

The South Korean team has always been known for the strength of its men’s doubles pairing and, at present, there are three South Korean pairs in the world top 10 (second ranked Jung Jae Sung / Lee Yong Dae, third ranked Ko Sung hyun / Yoo Yeon Seong and seventh ranked Kim Ki Jung  / Kim Sa Rang).

Chinese Taipei Open： VICTOR Star Tai Tzu Ying takes the women’s singles title

Local female singles player Tai Tzu Ying won her way to the final of the women’s singles at the first Chinese Taipei Open since it was upgraded to a Grand Prix Gold tournament by the BWF.

Tai Tzu Ying showed great fighting spirit throughout the match

In the final, Tai was behind 17：20 in the deciding third game, giving her opponent, Indonesia’s Lindaweni Fanetri, three match points. However, Tai stood firm under intense pressure and this young Chinese Taipei player, tipped by the BWF to be the next “queen of badminton,” went on to take the match 21：19、20 ：22、22 ：20 to claim the title.

BWF World Rankings for October 2012