Olympic badminton : Gao Ling and Zheng Bo Out

Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms dipped in to the chemistry which saw them win a badminton mixed doubles silver medal in Athens to surge through the trickiest of first round ties in thrilling fashion.
The unseeded British pair beat number two seeds Bo Zheng and Ling Gao and what appeared to be most of China 21-16 16-21 21-19 in the Beijing University of Technology gymnasium to take their place in the quarter-finals.

It was a very different story, though, for the European champions Andrew Clarke and Donna Kellogg. Earlier in the day they had left the court heartbroken after being beaten in the first round in two straight games – 21-15, 21-8 – by the Chinese pair He Hanbin and Yu Yang, ranked fourth in the world. It was a double blow for Kellogg who yesterday also lost in the first round of the women's doubles with Emms against China's Zhang Yawen and Wei Yili.
Emms and Robertson face the Korean pair Lee Hyo-jung and Lee Yong-dae on Thursday.

Saina Nehwal meet Maria Kristin Yulianti Quarterfinals 2008 Beijing

Tine Rasmussen from Denmark, regarded as the biggest threat to reigning Chinese women's singles shuttlers, was stopped at the threshold to quarterfinals by Maria Kristin Yulianti from Indonesia in Beijing Monday. The tiny Indonesian, on the contrary, exerted all her capabilities and reversed the game result at 18-21, 21-19 and 21-14. Down in the first game, Maria fought back in the second leading 20-16 before Rasmussen managed to tail 20-19.

However, Rasmussen's hope to force for a deuce dashed after Maria's lob that seemed to be out was annulled by the referee after the linesman gestured by closing his eyes. Maria managed to conclude the game and forced for a rubber set after Rasmussen's stroke was out. Saina Nehwal of India beats Chen Wang of Hong Kong in the Women's Singles Round of 16 to reach the quarterfinals. Chen Wang of Hong Kong is ranked no.5 in the world. Saina defeated Chen 21-19, 11-21, 21-11 in 52 minutes.

Current Ranking Badminton July 31 2008

Mens singles

1		LIN	Dan	CHN	84080
2		LEE	Chong Wei	MAS	81799
3		BAO	Chunlai	CHN	69542
4		CHEN	Jin	CHN	63024
5		DWI KUNCORO	Sony	INA	62487
6		JONASSEN	Kenneth	DEN	60695
7		SANTOSO	Simon	INA	53385
8		GADE	Peter Hoeg	DEN	52711
9		HIDAYAT	Taufik	INA	52643
10		LEE	Hyun Il	KOR	51017
11		PARK	Sung Hwan	KOR	48737
12		CHEN	Yu	CHN	44926
13		WACHA	Przemyslaw	POL	44589
14		PERSSON	Joachim	DEN	41897
15		PONSANA	Boonsak	THA	41163
16		SATO	Shoji	JPN	37328
17		WONG	Choong Hann	MAS	36418
18		CHAN	Yan Kit	HKG	36122
19		AYOB	Sairul Amar	MAS	35970
20		SMITH	Andrew	ENG	35554

Womens singles

1		XIE	Xingfang	CHN	75280
2		LU	Lan	CHN	71579
3		ZHU	Lin	CHN	68418
4		RASMUSSEN	Tine	DEN	66383
5		PI ~ *	Hongyan	FRA	61326
6		WANG ~	Chen	HKG	60627
7		ZHANG	Ning	CHN	59160
8		XU ~	Huaiwen	GER	57955
9		WONG	Mew Choo	MAS	57248
10		ZHOU	Mi	HKG	53770
11		JUN	Jae Youn	KOR	51034
12		YIP	Pui Yin	HKG	44237
13		SCHENK	Juliane	GER	42196
14		HALLAM	Tracey	ENG	38650
15		NEHWAL	Saina	IND	38531
16		NEDELCHEVA	Petya	BUL	38370
17		HIRAYAMA	Yu	JPN	38352
18		YAO ~ *	Jie	NED	37711
19		MEULENDIJKS	Judith	NED	37284
20		MORI	Kaori	JPN	35681

Mens doubles

1		KIDO Markis SETIAWAN Hendra	INA INA	80742
2		JUNG Jae Sung LEE Yong Dae	KOR KOR	69756
3		CAI Yun FU Haifeng	CHN CHN	67366
4		CHOONG Tan Fook LEE Wan Wah	MAS MAS	60459
5		PAASKE Lars RASMUSSEN Jonas	DEN DEN	57165
6		KOO Kien Keat TAN Boon Heong	MAS MAS	56231
7		GUO Zhendong XIE Zhongbo	CHN CHN	53925
8		GUNAWAN ~ * Tony WIJAYA Candra	USA INA	53580
9		CHANDRA Alvent Yulianto HADIYANTO Luluk	INA INA	53240
10		ABDUL LATIF Mohd Zakry MOHD TAZARI Mohd Fairuzizuan	MAS MAS	52576
11		IKEDA Shintaro SAKAMOTO Shuichi	JPN JPN	48932
12		BOE Mathias MOGENSEN Carsten	DEN DEN	48874
13		HWANG Ji Man LEE Jae Jin	KOR KOR	48434
14		MASUDA Keita OHTSUKA Tadashi	JPN JPN	47733
15		ERIKSEN Jens LUNDGAARD HANSEN Martin	DEN DEN	47189
16		LOGOSZ Michal MATEUSIAK Robert	POL POL	40805
17		HOPP Kristof KINDERVATER Ingo	GER GER	40345
18		DASUKI Yonatan Suryatama SUKMAWAN Rian	INA INA	39110
19		GUNAWAN Hendra Aprida RIYADI Joko	INA INA	36958
20		BACH Howard MALAYTHONG Khan bob	USA USA	35755

Womens doubles

1		YANG Wei ZHANG Jiewen	CHN CHN	82478
2		WEI Yili ZHANG Yawen	CHN CHN	72794
3		DU Jing YU Yang (F)	CHN CHN	66890
4		LEE Hyo Jung LEE Kyung Won	KOR KOR	64458
5		CHENG Wen Hsing CHIEN Yu Chin	TPE TPE	63106
6		OGURA Kumiko SHIOTA Reiko	JPN JPN	52878
7		MARISSA Vita NATSIR Liliyana	INA INA	52673
8		MAEDA Miyuki SUETSUNA Satoko	JPN JPN	51880
9		GAO Ling ZHAO Tingting	CHN CHN	51295
10		EMMS Gail KELLOGG Donna	ENG ENG	49930
11		CHIN Eei Hui WONG Pei Tty	MAS MAS	48729
12		HA Jung Eun KIM Min Jung	KOR KOR	44350
13		JIANG Yanmei LI Yujia	SIN SIN	43582
14		FRIER KRISTIANSEN Lena RYTTER JUHL Kamilla	DEN DEN	43398
15		AKAO Aki MATSUDA Tomomi	JPN JPN	42022
16		NOVITA Jo POLII Greysia	INA INA	41445
17		AUGUSTYN Kamila KOSTIUCZYK * Nadiezda	POL POL	39358
18		ANANINA Ekaterina RUSSKIKH ~ Anastasia	RUS RUS	39284
19		SOROKINA Valeri VISLOVA Nina	RUS RUS	38291
20		MUNDIASTI Rani NURSUGIANTI Endang	INA INA	37450

Mixed doubles

1		NATSIR Liliyana WIDIANTO Nova	INA INA	79030
2		GAO Ling ZHENG Bo	CHN CHN	68810
3		LIMPELE ~ Flandy MARISSA Vita	INA INA	67360
4		XIE Zhongbo ZHANG Yawen	CHN CHN	67340
5		HE Hanbin YU Yang (F)	CHN CHN	66280
6		LAYBOURN Thomas RYTTER JUHL Kamilla	DEN DEN	56252
7		CLARK Anthony KELLOGG Donna	ENG ENG	56188
8		PRAPAKAMOL Sudket THOUNGTHONGKAM Saralee	THA THA	54590
9		EMMS Gail ROBERTSON Nathan	ENG ENG	54400
10		LEE Hyo Jung LEE Yong Dae	KOR KOR	47150
11		KOSTIUCZYK * Nadiezda MATEUSIAK Robert	POL POL	44930
12		BANKIER Imogen BLAIR ~ Robert	SCO ENG	40680
13		HOPP Kristof OVERZIER Birgit	GER GER	40244
14		CHOU Chia Chi CHEN Hung Ling	TPE TPE	38560
15		LI Yujia SAPUTRA ~ Hendri Kurniawan	SIN SIN	37530
16		CHENG Wen Hsing FANG Chieh Min	TPE TPE	35990
17		KINDERVATER Ingo PIOTROWSKI Kathrin	GER GER	35970
18		LINDLEY David RAYAPPAN Suzanne	ENG ENG	32540
19		MAEDA Miyuki MASUDA Keita	JPN JPN	31760
20		POLII Greysia RIJAL Muhammad	INA INA	30800