YONEX NEWS
Speed Returns to Melbourne
Mon 12 July 2010
Speed returns to Melbourne
The Yonex Australian Open Grand Prix is being held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic centre in Albert Park Victoria from July 13-18.
The venue itself is set beside Albert Park lake which is famous for hosting the Melbourne Grand Prix for formula one racing.
So what is faster? A formula one racing car or the speed of the shuttle driven by a YONEX Arc Saber Z Slash badminton racquet?
Having checked previous results from the formula one races it appears that the shuttle powered by a YONEX Arc Saber Z Slash is a clear winner at over 400 K/PH.
YONEX claimed a place in history in 2010 entering the record books with a recorded smash speed of 421 K/PH.
The men’s singles is the strongest event with 59 entries. Tien Minh Nguyen from Vietnam heads the field, currently ranked at No.7 in the world. Tien Minh will be competing in the Singapore and Indonesia Super Series before heading to Melbourne for the Australian Open GP.
In 2009 he was the winner of the Thailand GP Gold and Chinese Taipei GP Gold events.
Also in the men's singles will be the newly crowned winner of the Indian GP Gold played recently in Chennai, India. The winner Yunus Alamsyah, from Indonesia, had to beat a number of top players to win his first GP event. Alamsyah will certainly be aiming to win the Australian Open title having tasted defeat by his fellow countryman Dionysius Rumbaka at last year’s Australian Open.
The draws were made on Tuesday 29 June 2010 and posted on the Yonex Australian Open tournament website of www.australianbadmintonopen.com.au
Tickets can be purchased through Badminton Victoria. Telephone bookings 9686 4777.
Lleyton's 100th Win on Grass-Court
Thu 24 June 2010
15th seeded Lleyton Hewitt (RDiS100) advanced to the third round and collected 100th career grass-court victory.
In the second set, Lleyton won 18 consecutive points on serve. After the match, he commented that he served extremely well and everything was going great at the moment.
Although Lleyton's opponent, Evgeny Korolev retired the match during the third set, Lleyton made only 7 unforced errors (Evgeny made 33).
Winning the Gerry Weber Open at Halle gave Lleyton a lot of confidence that he could play well on the grass-court.
Lleyton will play against 21st seeded French Gael Monfils at the third round.
2010 YONEX Australian Open Information Update
Wed 23 June 2010
Date: 13-18 July 2010
Venue: Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Albert Park, Victoria
Level: Grand Prix US$50,000
Total number of Countries participating: 17 (Australia, England, France, Ghana, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, Singapore, USA, Vietnam and Wales).
The men's singles is the strongest event with 59 entries. Tien Minh Nguyen from Vietnam heads the field, currently ranked at No.7 in the world. Tien Minh will be competing in the Singapore and Indonesia Super Series before heading to Melbourne for the Australian Open GP. In 2009 he was the winner of the Thailand GP Gold and Chinese Taipei GP Gold events.
Also in the men's singles will be the newly crowned winner of the Indian GP Gold played last week in Chennai, India. The winner, Yunus Alamsyah, from Indonesia, had to beat a number of top players to win his first GP event. Alamsyah will certainly be aiming to win the Australian Open title having tasted defeat by his fellow countryman Dionysius Rumbaka at last year's Australian Open.
Other notable entries in the men's singles includes Malaysian Lee Tsuen Seng, former winner of the New Zealand Open and other Grand Prix events, Yogendran Krishnan who won the Altona Future Series back in April, Malaysian top junior Zulfadi Zulkiffli, Raj Popat from Wales, Alistair Casey from Scotland, Harry Wright from England and a host of top international players. Heading the Australian contingent are Commonwealth Games aspirants Nick Kidd (WA) and Jeff Tho (Vic).
In the women's singles the stars are Megumi Taruno (Japan), Hye Youn Hwang (Korea), Sashina Waran (France), Anita Kaur (Malaysia), Karyn Velez (USA), Le Ngoc (Vietnam), Karen Foo (Mauritius) and Chia Chi Huang (Australia). In total there are over 40 entrants in the women's singles resulting in qualifying rounds being required.
In the men's doubles there are 27 pairs entered including the 2009 Australian Open defending champions and highest ranked pair Gan Tek Chai and Tan Bin Shen from Malaysia ranked No.15 in the world. They will have to reproduce their magnificent effort of last year against some of the Korea and Japanese top pairs and our own Glenn Warfe (Vic) and Ross Smith (Vic) who are making an impact on the world scene.
The women's doubles has 23 entrants including Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi ranked No.20 in the world, together with players from Korea's winning Uber Cup team Min Seo Kim and Kyung Won Lee (one half of world No.10) competing in the field. New Zealand's Danielle Barry and Donna Haliday are the highest Oceania ranked pairs at No.39 in the world. With Australia's Chia Chi Huang now concentrating on her singles, He Tian Tang will be partnering Renuga Veeran in Australian defense of the WD title won last year and a strong showing is expected.
The mixed doubles has 39 pairs competing. Qualifying rounds again will be required to get to the main draw. New Zealand's Henry Tam and Donna Haliday ranked at No.27 in the world head the field. Strong competition is expected from Japan's Shintaro Ikeda and Reiko Shiota, Korea's Tae Sang Park and Hyun Jung Ko and our own brother and sister combination of Raj and Renuga Veeran and our other pair of Glenn Warfe and Kate Wilson-Smith.
The draws will be made on Tuesday 29 June 2010 and posted on the YONEX Australian Open tournament website of www.australianbadmintonopen.com.au.
Tickets can be purchased through Badminton Victoria. There is limited seating available for the public so please purchase your tickets early as a sell out crowd is expected.
Please direct all enquiries to Badminton Victoria on 03 9686 4777 or Badminton Australia on 03 9397 4722.
Sony and Saina Win the Singles Title!
Tue 22 June 2010
Singapore Open Super Series 2010 has been held at the Indoor Stadium in Singapore from June 15th to 20th.
In the men's singles final, the No.7 seed Sony Kuncoro (ARC-ZS) defeated Boonsak Ponsana by 21-16 and 21-16. This was Sony's first Super Series title this year. To win this title, Sony had to defeat the world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei in the quarter finals; the score was 7-21, 21-19 and 21-15. Now Sony is looking for another title in the next Super Series event, the Indonesia Open.
In the women's singles final, the No.1 seed Saina Nehwal (ARC7) defeated a 16 year old from Taipei, 21-18 and 21-15. Saina has won back to back titles after winning the India Open women's singles title.
In the women's doubles, the Singaporean pair, Yeo Lei (Nanospeed 9900) and Sari Shinta Mulia (ARC7) won the first title of the Super Series.
YOUNG YONEX STARS DOMINATE PERTH SPRING SINGLES NATIONA
Fri 30 October 2009
YONEX congratulates Belinda Woolcock and Blake Mott who both respectively won the U/14 Spring National Singles in Perth.
Woolcock won the Girls' 14/U national title with an emphatic 7-6(5) 3-6 6-1 victory over the No.1 seed, Kassandra Dunser, also a YONEX sponsored athlete.
"I was extremely excited to win and am very happy and grateful that the hard work in training has paid off," said Woolcock after the win.
Blake Mott (seeded 7th) came out firing in the final against Daniel Alameh (seeded 1st) from Perth. Mott simply out classed Alameh, quickly closing down any glimpse of opportunity for the WA star. Mott ' s execution on every point was impressive, and accompanied with a lethal forehand the youngster took the match easily 6-2 6-1.
Mott did not drop a set in the entire tournament, only conceding a total of 25 games.
Arc Saber Z Slash World Debut
Mon 24 August 2009
Yonex has created a badminton racquet to keep up with the ever increasing speed of the badminton game.
By focusing on our flagship technologies Yonex has created the ArcSaber Z-Slash, a new model allowing players with an aggressive playing style, to smash with the fastest swing speeds possible.
The "Z-Slash" is the first of a new generation of slim racquets that, just like professional athletes, carry no extra fat for the ultimate in performance.
The "Z-Slash" features three dimensions of technology to bring out a player's maximum potential. In testing one of the world's leading players achieved a smash speed of 414 km/h.*
Why not experience these amazing smash speeds for yourself?
Z-Slash: 'Z' is the third unknown quantity after 'X' and 'Y'.
'Slash' represents the lightning as the racquet cuts through the air.
You can smash with immense speed!!
http://www.yonex.com/badminton/z-slash/090918.html
YONEX AUSTRALIAN OPEN GRAND PRIX
Fri 28 August 2009
The inaugural Yonex Australian Open Grand Prix 2009 Badminton Championships was held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Center from 22 - 26 July 2009.
The event was originally planned as an International Challenge however a decision was quickly made to upgrade the event to Grand Prix level after YONEX announced the contribution of US$50,000 in prize money. This is the largest contribution seen in the history of Australian Badminton.
The YONEX Australian Open Badminton Championships attracted over 150 entries worldwide from Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, India, England, Scotland, Wales, France, Czech Republic, The Philippines, Mauritius, USA, Guatemala and local players from Australia and New Zealand.
YONEX Japan labeled the championships a huge success. The tournament showcased 8 of the top 50 players in the world, including world #11 Chan Yan Kit from Hong Kong. Other top 50 players included Indonesia's Andre Kurniawan Tedjono with a world ranking of 17 and Lee Tsuen Seng from Malaysia ranked 22 in the world. Yip Pui Yin at number 22 in the world was the highest ranked player in the Women's Singles draw.
YONEX sponsored athletes Chai Chi Hung and Rosie Yu made the right decision to come out of retirement to play in this prestigious event, winning the Women's Doubles title in front of a sellout crowd against 3rd seeds Aparna Balan and Shrui Kurian from India.
ROGOWSKA THROUGH TO SECOND ROUND OF FRENCH OPEN
Tue 26 May 2009
Olivia Rogowska, a 17-year-old wildcard entry ranked No.256 in the world, produced a shock win over Russian glamour girl Maria Kirilenko 6-4 6-4 overnight at Roland Garros.
Kirilenko, ranked 47, had made it through to the second round at Roland Garros in the past two years and was ranked No.18 in the world in July 2008.
Rogowska, who made her women's grand slam debut at the Australian Open in January, had a slightly shaky start with Kirilenko enjoying an early break before the Australian broke back twice to take the first set.
She will next face Ukraine's Kateryna Bondarenko, who is ranked No.60 and defeated 17th seed Patty Schnyder of Switzerland in their first round match.
Olivia is currently with the Australian Institute of Sport however has been coached since she was 4 years old by long time YONEX player and coach Andrew McClean.
Olivia uses the RDS002 Tour and has been a YONEX sponsored athlete since she was 12 years old.
RDiS Debut - Mega Spin
Wed 18 February 2009
More Speed! More Control!
1. Hexagonal shape provides a more solid feel at the top of the racquet by reducing air resistance and providing more feel at ball impact.
2. Carbon Nanotube accelertes 3% more ball speed. The YONEX CS Carbon Nanotube overcomes the stiffness of the conventional Carbon Nanotube. It's an advanced fabric Nanotube whose structual configuration resembles multi-layered cups uniformly stacked together that increases durability and flexibility.
More Control!
1. The 18% thicker grommet system achieves 10.2% more spin than a conventional racquet.
2. The 'H' design of 'Stability Torsion Control' increases stiffness and the shaft's ability to resist twisting forces at impact!
View racquets in this range by clicking on the links below:
YONEX Tennis Featuring Lleyton Hewitt
Sun 5 October 2008
A classic clip with Lleyton Hewitt trying out the RDS001 Yonex Tennis Racquet!
Yonex Power Cushion Test!
Sun 5 October 2008
Ana enjoys special victory
Mon 27 October 2008
Ana was understandably delighted after a near flawless display of controlled power tennis earned her a 6-2, 6-1 win over world No.9 Vera Zvonareva, and with it the Generali Ladies Linz title.
"Every final is a new experience and winning a title is always special," she said. "Especially after coming back from an injury, and putting in a lot of hard work; it is great to see the results. It's a very good feeling to win another title and I am very happy about it.
"I've played better and better with every match and I just enjoyed it again, to compete and win. I've had a couple of good matches here: Pennetta in the quarter-finals was a really good match, and yesterday against Radwanska was very emotional and tough, with lots of ups and downs. But both matches gave me a lot of confidence. Today I played almost a perfect match."
"The score might look like the match was easier than it actually was. We were still fighting for every point and in the first set there was one situation where the match could have gone either way. It makes a big difference if it is 3-2 or 4-1."
Zvonareva lamented her poor performance. "Of course I am really disappointed with how I played today," she said. "She played well and I was just not in the match today."
Ana also enjoyed her time in Austria off the court. "I enjoyed my week in Linz," she said. "When I had a day off earlier this week I went for a walk in the city, went to the cinema and had a nice dinner by the river."
Having well and truly put her injury troubles behind her, Ana is now well placed to make an assault on the Sony Ericsson Championships in Qatar, which begins a week on Tuesday. "I'm going to Doha hungry to win more matches," said Ana.
"But the top eight players will be there and they all want to win the Championships, so it will be tough. But I'm looking forward to Doha. I will also celebrate my birthday there, and I will just go there to enjoy competing."
RQiS1 Tour XL to be released
Mon 15 September 2008
RQiS 1 Tour XL, Ana Ivanovic model, will be released late in 2008.Before the release, Ana Ivanovic is going to play with the new racquet at the Toray PPO in Tokyo.
The blue and lime design was chosen by Ana Ivanovic.
This fashionable new racquet's "Impact Speed" will advantage you.
Wozniak Wins her first title in Stanford !!
Mon 15 September 2008
Canadian contracted player Aleksandra Wozniak won the first title of her career in Tier II Bank of the West Classic title in Stanford on July 20.20-year-old Aleksandra, who was a qualifier into the main draw, had to win eight matches in nine days to become the winner. She captured the title with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Marion Bartoli (FRA) in the final.
She had never won against a top 20 player before, but she admirably defeated No.19 Schiavone, No.15 Bartoli and even No.5 Serena Williams who pulled out of the semi-finals because of a knee injury in this tournament.
Aleksandra became the fifth Canadian player who had won the singles crown.
She has just won the first Grand Slam match at Roland Garros this year and advanced to the 3rd round.
Now, her ranking jumped up from 85 to 45!! (As of July 21, 2008)
Please keep your eyes on the New Canadian Star!!
Get a GRIP - Get a GRAP
Mon 15 September 2008
YONEX Super Grap (AC102EX) received the best score in the German "Tennismagazin", July issue.The testers of Tennismagazin evaluated each product by Feeling, Absorption of sweat and Durability. Among 11 products from different manufacturers. All the testers were very interested in this YONEX Super Grap .
Super Grap won the best score with following comments;
"Its durability is the most excellent among the 11 overgrips."
"It is easy to wrap and feeling itself is also perfect."
"Absorbency is good from the beginning and lasts longer."
"Price is also very reasonable."
