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.
