2008 Malaysia Super Series

The 2008 Malaysia Super Series is the inaugural tournament of the 2008 BWF Super Series in badminton. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, from 15 to 20 January 2008.

2008 Malaysia Super Series

Tournament details
Edition	51st
Total prize money	US$200,000
Venue	Putra Stadium
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Absence

Several top players were absence from the tournament. Among them, Lin Dan of China and Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand.^[1] Peter Gade of Denmark will not defend his men's singles crown after stay at home for his ill family.^[2] While for Xie Xingfang, the Chinese women's singles player, she has to quit after reported to have falling down in the hotel bathroom.^[3]

Men's singles

Seeds

1.  Lee Chong Wei (MAS)
2.  Bao Chunlai (CHN)
3.  Chen Hong (CHN)
4.  Peter Gade (DEN)
5.  Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA)
6.  Taufik Hidayat (INA)
7.  Kenneth Jonassen (DEN)
8.  Chen Yu (CHN)

Results

	1st round							2nd round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	Lee Chong Wei (MAS)	21	21
		Hafiz Hashim (MAS)	17	16				Lee Chong Wei		21	15	21
	Q4	Nguyen Tien Minh (VIE)	19	21	16			Przemyslaw Wacha		5	21	8
		Przemyslaw Wacha (POL)	21	3	21										Lee Chong Wei		21	21
	6	Taufik Hidayat (INA)	15	22	21										Simon Santoso		18	16
		Park Sung-hwan (KOR)	21	20	16			Taufik Hidayat		18	16
	PFQ	Andrew Smith (ENG)	15	7				Simon Santoso		21	21
		Simon Santoso (INA)	21	21																		Lee Chong Wei		25	21
	PFQ	Andrew Dabeka (CAN)	14	23	7																	Chen Yu		23	11
	Q3	Shon Seung-mo (KOR)	21	21	21			Shon Seung-mo		22	5	21
	Roslin Hashim (MAS)		21	14	16			Sairul Amar Ayob		20	21	17
	Sairul Amar Ayob (MAS)		11	21	21										Shon Seung-mo		21	21	15
	8	Chen Yu (CHN)	21	21											Chen Yu		23	19	21
		Dicky Palyama (NED)	12	7				Chen Yu		21	21											Finals
		Andre Kurniawan Tedjono (INA)	18	22	22			Kurniawan Tedjono		13	9
	Q1	Eric Pang (NED)	21	20	20																	Lee Chong Wei (MAS)		21	11	21
	Q2	Tan Chun Seang (MAS)	21	18	14																	Lee Hyun-il (KOR)		15	21	17
		Anup Sridhar (IND)	16	21	21			Anup Sridhar		24	14	13
		Lee Hyun-il (KOR)	12	24	21			Lee Hyun-il		22	21	21
	5	Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA)	21	22	16										Lee Hyun-il		21	23
	Sho Sasaki (JPN)		19	19											Lee Yen Hui Kendrick		10	21
	Lee Yen Hui Kendrick (SIN)		21	21				Lee Yen Hui Kendrick		22	21
		Yeoh Kay Bin (MAS)	15	10				Chen Jin		20	16
	3	Chen Jin (CHN)	21	21																		Lee Hyun-il		21	21
	Ng Wei (HKG)		21	19	21																	Kenneth Jonassen		15	18
	Lee Tsuen Seng (MAS)		15	21	14			Ng Wei		15	19
		Shoji Sato (JPN)	15	19				Kenneth Jonassen		21	21
	7	Kenneth Jonassen (DEN)	21	21											Kenneth Jonassen		21	21
	Wong Choong Hann (MAS)		21	21											Bao Chunlai		14	19
	Chen Hong (CHN)		13	8				Wong Choong Hann		15	16
		Chan Yan Kit (HKG)	14	13				Bao Chunlai		21	21
	2	Bao Chunlai (CHN)	21	21

Women's singles

Seeds

1.  Xie Xingfang (CHN)
2.  Zhang Ning (CHN)
3.  Zhu Lin (CHN)
4.  Lu Lan (CHN)
5.  Pi Hongyan (FRA)
6.  Wang Chen (HKG)
7.  Xu Huaiwen (GER)
8.  Wong Mew Choo (MAS)

Results

	1st round							2nd round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	Xie Xingfang (CHN)
		Cheng Shao-chieh (TPE)	WO					Cheng Shao-chieh		13	11
	Sara Persson (SWE) PFQ		10	11				Eriko Hirose		21	21
	Eriko Hirose (JPN)		21	21											Eriko Hirose		21	21	14
	8	Wong Mew Choo (MAS)	21	21											Wong Mew Choo		16	23	21
		Julia Wong Pei Xian (MAS)	17	13				Wong Mew Choo		21	21
	Q4	Jeanine Cicognini (SUI)	21	23	21			Jeanine Cicognini		14	10
		Li Li (SIN)	15	25	18																	Wong Mew Choo		19	12
	3	Zhu Lin (CHN)	21	17	21																	Zhu Lin		21	21
		Yip Pui Yin (HKG)	19	21	18			Zhu Lin		11	21	21
	Kaori Mori (JPN)		8	8				Zhou Mi		21	17	16
	Zhou Mi (HKG)		21	21											Zhu Lin		21	21
	Wang Chen (HKG)		16	21	21										Wang Chen		10	11
	Judith Meulendijks (NED)		21	13	14			Wang Chen		17	21	21										Finals
	Anna Rice (CAN)		9	12				Petya Nedelcheva		21	11	10
	Petya Nedelcheva (BUL)		21	21																		Zhu Lin (CHN)		21	19	18
	Q3	Pia Zebadiah (INA)	19	14																		Tine Rasmussen (DEN)		18	21	21
		Kanako Yonekura (JPN)	21	21				Kanako Yonekura		19	19
		Tine Rasmussen (DEN)	17	21	21			Tine Rasmussen		21	21
	7	Xu Huaiwen (GER)	21	16	8										Tine Rasmussen		21	16	21
	Saina Nehwal (IND)		21	9											Lu Lan		12	21	16
	Juliane Schenk (GER)		23	21				Juliane Schenk		15	8
		Tracey Hallam (ENG)	8	12				Lu Lan		21	21
	4	Lu Lan (CHN)	21	21																		Tine Rasmussen		21	21
	Q2	Anita Raj Kaur (MAS)	23	12																		Pi Hongyan		12	10
		Yao Jie (NED)	25	21				Yao Jie		12	12
	Q1	Lydia Cheah (MAS)	17	13				Pi Hongyan		21	21
	5	Pi Hongyan (FRA)	21	21											Pi Hongyan		21	21
	Yu Hirayama (JPN) PFQ		21	21											Yu Hirayama		13	9
	Ella Diehl (RUS)		17	11				Yu Hirayama		21	21
		Hwang Hye-youn (KOR)	21	21				Hwang Hye-youn		13	16
	2	Zhang Ning (CHN)	14	17

Men's doubles

Seeds

1.  Koo Kien Keat (MAS) / Tan Boon Heong
2.  Markis Kido (INA) / Hendra Setiawan
3.  Cai Yun (CHN) / Fu Haifeng
4.  Candra Wijaya (INA) /  Tony Gunawan (USA)
5.  Choong Tan Fook (MAS) / Lee Wan Wah
6.  Jung Jae-sung (KOR) / Lee Yong-dae
7.  Jens Eriksen (DEN) / Martin Lundgaard Hansen
8.  Lee Jae-jin (KOR) / Hwang Ji-man

Results

	1st round							2nd round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	Koo Kien Keat (MAS)  Tan Boon Heong (MAS)	14	21	21
		Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA)  Joko Riyadi (INA)	21	17	15			Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong		19	21	16
	Lars Paaske (DNK)  Jonas Rasmussen (DNK)		21	21				Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen		21	18	21
	Vitalij Durkin (RUS)  Alexandr Nikolaenko (RUS)		18	13											Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen		21	16	21
	5	Choong Tan Fook (MAS)  Lee Wan Wah (MAS)	21	21											Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah		16	21	6
	Q	Hoon Thien How (MAS)  Tan Wee Kiong (MAS)	10	11				Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah		19	21	21
	Tan Bin Shen (MAS)  Ong Soon Hock (MAS)		17	25	22			Tan Bin Shen Ong Soon Hock		21	18	18
	Albertus Susanto Njoto (HKG)  Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama (HKG)		21	23	20																	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen		21	19	21
	3	Fu Haifeng (CHN)  Cai Yun (CHN)	21	21																		Fu Haifeng Cai Yun		16	21	17
		Tadashi Ohtsuka (JPN)  Keita Masuda (JPN)	10	15				Fu Haifeng Cai Yun		21	21
	Sudket Prapakamol (THA)  Patapol Ngernsrisuk (THA)		21	21				Sudket Prapakamol Patapol Ngernsrisuk		17	12
	Shuichi Sakamoto (JPN)  Shintaro Ikeda (JPN)		16	11											Fu Haifeng Cai Yun		21	21
	8	Lee Jae-jin (KOR)  Hwang Ji-man (KOR)	21	18	10										Chew Choon Eng Chan Chong Ming		13	12
	Q	Chew Choon Eng (MAS)  Chan Chong Ming (MAS)	13	21	21			Chew Choon Eng Chan Chong Ming		21	13	21										Finals
	Q	Cho Gun-woo (KOR)  Yoo Yeon-seong (KOR)	21	16	12			Tsai Chia-Hsin Hu Chung-Shien		13	21	14
		Tsai Chia-Hsin (TPE)  Hu Chung-Shien (TPE)	19	21	21																	Lars Paaske (DNK)  Jonas Rasmussen (DNK)		10	22	18
	PFQ	Chien Yu-Hsun (TPE)  Lin Yu-Lang (TPE)	17	16																		Markis Kido (INA)  Hendra Setiawan (INA)		21	20	21
		Simon Mollyhus (DNK)  Anders Kristiansen (DNK)	21	21				Simon Mollyhus Anders Kristiansen		21	21
	PFQ	Gan Teik Chai (MAS)  Lin Woon Fui (MAS)	16	11				Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae		18	19
	6	Jung Jae-sung (KOR)  Lee Yong-dae (KOR)	21	21											Simon Mollyhus Anders Kristiansen		17	17
	Luluk Hadiyanto (INA)  Alvent Yulianto (INA)		21	13	12										Candra Wijaya Tony Gunawan		21	21
	Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif (MAS)  Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari (MAS)		10	21	21			Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari		21	18
		Fang Chieh-Min (TPE)  Lee Sheng-Mu (TPE)	16	7				Candra Wijaya Tony Gunawan		23	21
	4	Candra Wijaya (INA)  Tony Gunawan (USA)	21	21																		Candra Wijaya Tony Gunawan		11	17
	Mathias Boe (DNK)  Carsten Mogensen (DNK)		21	21																		Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan		21	21
	Kristof Hopp (GER)  Ingo Kindervater (GER)		12	16				Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen		18	10
		Mike Beres (CAN)  William Milroy (CAN)	12	9				Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard		21	21
	7	Jens Eriksen (DNK)  Martin Lundgaard (DNK)	21	21											Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard		14	8
	PFQ	Roman Spitko (GER)  Michael Fuchs (GER)	21	21											Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan		21	21
		Howard Bach (USA)  Khan Bob Malaythong (USA)	9	19				Roman Spitko Michael Fuchs		12	11
	Q	Robert Adcock (ENG)  Robin Middleton (ENG)	9	21	16			Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan		21	21
	2	Markis Kido (INA)  Hendra Setiawan (INA)	21	16	21

Women's doubles

Seeds

1.  Zhang Yawen (CHN) / Wei Yili
2.  Yang Wei (CHN) / Zhang Jiewen
3.  Lee Kyung-won (KOR) / Lee Hyo-jung
4.  Du Jing (CHN) / Yu Yang
5.  Chien Yu Chin (TPE) / Cheng Wen-Hsing
6.  Kumiko Ogura (JPN) / Reiko Shiota
7.  Gail Emms (ENG) / Donna Kellogg
8.  Lilyana Natsir (INA) / Vita Marissa

Results

	1st round							2nd round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	PFQ	Haw Chiou Hwee (MAS)  Lim Pek Siah (MAS)	14	6
		Gao Ling (CHN)  Zhao Tingting (CHN)	21	21				Gao Ling Zhao Tingting		21	21
	Q	Fong Chew Yen (MAS)  Mooi Hing Yau (MAS)	15	21	21			Fong Chew Yen Mooi Hing Yau		11	11
	Q	Chau Hoi Wah (HKG)  Koon Wai Chee (HKG)	21	18	17										Gao Ling Zhao Tingting		21	21
	7	Gail Emms (ENG)  Donna Kellogg (ENG)	21	14	21										Gail Emms Donna Kellogg		14	7
		Kamila Augustyn (POL)  Nadieżda Kostiuczyk (POL)	19	21	16			Gail Emms Donna Kellogg		16	21	21
	Joanne Nicholas (ENG)  Natalie Munt (ENG)		21	14	21			Joanne Nicholas Natalie Munt		21	11	18
	Shruti Kurien-Kanetkar (IND)  Jwala Gutta (IND)		12	21	17																	Gao Ling Zhao Tingting		21	19	21
	4	Du Jing (CHN)  Yu Yang (CHN)	21	21																		Du Jing Yu Yang		19	21	17
		Ha Jung-eun (KOR)  Kim Min-jung (KOR)	15	15				Du Jing Yu Yang		21	21
	Aki Akao (JPN)  Tomomi Matsuda (JPN)		13	5				Jiang Yanmei Li Yujia		14	10
	Jiang Yanmei (SIN)  Li Yujia (SIN)		21	21											Du Jing Yu Yang		21	21
	8	Lilyana Natsir (INA)  Vita Marissa (INA)	28	17	21										Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna		15	12
		Johanna Persson (SWE)  Elin Bergblom (SWE)	26	21	12			Lilyana Natsir Vita Marissa		19	16											Finals
	Fiona McKee (CAN)  Charmaine Reid (CAN)		6	6				Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna		21	21
	Miyuki Maeda (JPN)  Satoko Suetsuna (JPN)		21	21																		Gao Ling (CHN)  Zhao Tingting (CHN)		13	21	22
	Carina Mette (GER)  Birgit Overzier (GER)		13	14																		Yang Wei (CHN)  Zhang Jiewen (CHN)		21	16	24
	Endang Nursugianti (INA)  Rani Mundiasti (INA)		21	21				Endang Nursugianti Rani Mundiasti		11	9
		Duanganong Aroonkesorn (THA)  Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THA)	14	18				Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota		21	21
	6	Kumiko Ogura (JPN)  Reiko Shiota (JPN)	21	21											Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota		15	15
	Jo Novita (INA)  Greysia Polii (INA)		21	21											Lee Kyung-won Lee Hyo-jung		21	21
	Nina Vislova (RUS)  Valeri Sorokina (RUS)		15	17				Jo Novita Greysia Polii		18	10
		Elodie Eymard (FRA)  Weny Rahmawati (FRA)	6	9				Lee Kyung-won Lee Hyo-jung		21	21
	3	Lee Kyung-won (KOR)  Lee Hyo-jung (KOR)	21	21																		Lee Kyung-won Lee Hyo-jung		21	12	12
	Wong Pei Tty (MAS)  Chin Eei Hui (MAS)		21	21																		Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen		19	21	21
	Suzanne Rayappan (ENG)  Jenny Wallwork (ENG)		12	4				Wong Pei Tty Chin Eei Hui		17	18
		Tsai Pei-Ling (TPE)  Yang Chia-Chen (TPE)	11	7				Chien Yu Chin Cheng Wen-Hsing		21	21
	5	Chien Yu Chin (TPE)  Cheng Wen-Hsing (TPE)	21	21											Chien Yu Chin Cheng Wen-Hsing		22	14	14
		Lena Frier Kristiansen (DNK)  Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DNK)	14	21	21										Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen		20	21	21
	Q	Ooi Yu Hang (MAS)  Woon Khe Wei (MAS)	21	12	11			Lena Frier Kristiansen Kamilla Rytter Juhl		8	10
	Q	Ng Hui Lin (MAS)  Goh Liu Ying (MAS)	10	9				Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen		21	21
	2	Yang Wei (CHN)  Zhang Jiewen (CHN)	21	21

Mixed doubles

Seeds

1.  Zheng Bo (CHN) / Gao Ling
2.  Nova Widianto (INA) / Lilyana Natsir
3.  Xie Zhongbo (CHN) / Zhang Yawen
4.  Flandy Limpele (INA) / Vita Marissa
5.  Nathan Robertson (ENG) / Gail Emms
6.  He Hanbin (CHN) / Yu Yang
7.  Thomas Laybourn (DEN) / Kamilla Rytter Juhl
8.  Sudket Prapakamol (THA) / Saralee Thungthongkam

Results

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Jens Eriksen (DEN)  Helle Nielsen (DEN)	16	24	16
		He Hanbin (CHN)  Yu Yang (CHN)	21	22	21
									He Hanbin Yu Yang	21	21	23
									Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	23	17	21
		Joachim Fischer Nielsen (DEN)  Britta Andersen (DEN)	21	18
		Sudket Prapakamol (THA)  Saralee Thungthongkam (THA)	23	21
																He Hanbin Yu Yang	21	21
																Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	14	15
		Nathan Robertson (ENG)  Gail Emms (ENG)	21	21
		Kristof Hopp (GER)  Birgit Overzier (GER)	14	16
									Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	21	21	16
									Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	23	16	21
		Lee Yong-dae (KOR)  Lee Hyo-jung (KOR)	21	23
		Nova Widianto (INA)  Lilyana Natsir (INA)	19	21