Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda’s first World Superseries title win in Hong Kong fired them into the top spot of the Destination Dubai Rankings, ahead of the rest of the qualifiers for the Dubai World Superseries Finals. Apart from Japan’s Kamura/Sonoda and Malaysia’s Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong, the rest of the qualifiers are from China, Indonesia and Japan. Here are brief profiles of the eight pairs:
Takeshi KAMURA/ Keigo SONODA – JAPAN
Destination Dubai Ranking: 1
Destination Dubai Ranking: 1
Date of Birth: 14 February 1990/ 20 February 1990
Recent Achievements:
2016 Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open – winners; OUE Singapore Open – runners-up
CHAI Biao/ HONG Wei – CHINA
Destination Dubai Ranking: 3
Destination Dubai Ranking: 3
Date of Birth: 10 October 1990/4 October 1989
Recent Achievements:
2015 Dubai World Superseries Finals- runners-up
2016 Celcom Axiata Malaysia Open-runners-up; BCA Indonesia Open runners-up
Marcus Fernaldi GIDEON/Kevin Sanjaya SUKAMULJO – INDONESIA
Destination Dubai Ranking: 4
Date of Birth: 9 March 1991 / 2 August 1995
Recent Achievements:
2016: Yonex Sunrise India Open – winners; Xiamenair Australian Open – winners; Thaihot China Open – winners
Angga PRATAMA/ Ricky Karanda SUWARDI – INDONESIA
Destination Dubai Ranking: 5
Date of Birth: 5 December 1991/ 21 January 1992
Recent Achievements:
2016 Yonex Sunrise India Open – runners-up; Xiamenair Australian Open – runners-up
Mads CONRAD-PETERSEN/Mads Pieler KOLDING – DENMARK
Destination Dubai Ranking: 6
Date of Birth: 12 January 1988/27 January 1988
Recent Achievements:
2015: Yonex French Open – runners-up; Yonex Sunrise India Open – runners-up
Mathias BOE/Carsten MOGENSEN – Denmark
Destination Dubai Ranking: 7
Date of Birth: 11 July 1980/ 24 July1983
Recent Achievements;
2016: Yonex French Open – winners; Thaihot China Open – runners-up; Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open – runners-up
FU Haifeng/ ZHANG Nan – China
Destination Dubai Ranking: WC
Date of Birth: 23 August 1983/ 1 March 1990
Recent Achievements:
2016 Olympic Games -gold medal
2016 OUE Singapore Open – winners
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