YONEX EUROPEAN CHAMPS – Seedings announced

No surprises in the seeded players for the upcoming European Championships to be held in Manchester – Denmark is looking at a lot of medals with the strong contingent they […]

No surprises in the seeded players for the upcoming European Championships to be held in Manchester – Denmark is looking at a lot of medals with the strong contingent they are sending in England for the . They had scooped 3 our of the 5 titles and with Tine Rasmussen looking very strong in the women’s single, they could very well make a clean sweep in two weeks time.

Here are the seeds

MEN’S SINGLES:

1. Peter Gade, DEN (4)
2. Jan Ø. Jørgensen, DEN (12)
3. Marc Zwiebler, GER (20)
4. Rajiv Ouseph, ENG (22)
5. Dicky Palyama, NED (24)
6. Joachim Persson, DEN (26)
7. Eric Pang, NED (28)
8. Carl Baxter, ENG (29)

WOMEN’S SINGLES:

1. Pi Hongyan, FRA (7)
2. Tine Rasmussen, DEN (10)
3. Juliane Schenk, GER (11)
4. Yao Jie, NED (14)
5. Petya Nedelcheva, BUL (16)
6. Ella Diehl, RUS (17)
7. Judith Meulendijks, NED (29)
8. Susan Egelstaff, SCO (30)

MEN’S DOUBLES:

1. Carsten Mogensen & Mathias Boe, DEN (4)
2. Lars Paaske & Jonas Rasmussen, DEN (7)
3. Anthony Clark & Nathan Robertson, ENG (11)
4. Kasper Faust Henriksen & Anders Kristiansen, DEN (24)

WOMEN’S DOUBLES:

1. Petya Nedelcheva & Anastasia Russkikh, BUL/RUS (8)
2. Valeri Sorokina & Nina Vislova, RUS (10)
3. Laura Choinet & Weny Rahmawati, FRA (18)
4. Line Damkjær Kruse & Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen, DEN (23)

MIXED DOUBLES:

1. Thomas Laybourn & Kamilla Rytter Juhl, DEN (3)
2. Robert Mateusiak & Nadiezda Kostiuczy, POL (7)
3. Nathan Robertson & Jenny Wallwork, ENG (16)
4. Valeriy Durkin & Nina Vislova, RUS (17)
5. Mikkel Delbo Larsen & Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen, DEN (30 – adjusted ranking)
6. Robin Middleton & Mariana Agathangelou, ENG (20)
7. Chris Adcock & Gabrielle White, ENG (23)
8. Valeriy Atrashchenkov &Elena Prus, UKR (24)

2008 winners in Herning

Men’s singles: Kenneth Jonassen (Den)
Women’s singles: Xu Huaiwen (Ger)
Men’s doubles: Lars Paaske & Jonas Rasmussen (Den)
Women’s doubles: Kamilla Rytter Juhl & Lena Frier Kristiansen (Den)
Mixed doubles: Anthony Clark & Donna Kellogg (Eng)

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Raphaël Sachetat

About Raphaël Sachetat

Raphael is the Chief Editor of Badzine International. He is the founder of the website together with Jean François Chauveau. After many years writing for the BWF and many publications around the world about badminton, he now leads a team of young and dynamic writers for Badzine.