Shuttlecocks Comparison

RSL
RSL Tourney Classic
- Maximum Durability and Flight with great accuracy, precision in speed
- Used in many major international competitions
- Excellent Feel
Speed - 73-81
RATING - price 8/10 quality 9/10

RSL Tourney No.1
- Great Durabilyty and Flight with good accuracy, precision in speed
- Used in Most of the major competitions
- Great Feel
Speed -73-81
Rating - Price 7/10 Quality 8.5/10

RSL Tourney No.2~3
- Good Durability
- Accurate Flight, Speed
- Used in Top Clubs, some school competitions
- Good Feel
Speed - 73-81
Rating - Price 6/10 Quality 7.5/10

RSL Tourney No.4~8
- Economically Priced
- Ideal for Practice and Training
- Tourney No.8 = Suitable for Beginners
Speed - Unrated.
Rating - Price 4~5/10 Quality 4~6/10

RSL Silver Feather
- Breaks Way Too easily
- Yet Popular, Good Looking
- Flight with Accurate Speed
Speed - 73-81
Rating - Price 8/10 Quality 6/10

RSL Official
- Good Durabilty
- Economically Priced
- Accurate Speed
- Great Choice for both competition and training
Speed - 73-81
Rating - Price 7/10 Quality 8.5/10

RSL Standard
- Durability and Accurate Speed
- Economically Priced
- Great Choice for Training
Speed - 73-81
Rating - Price 6.5/10 Quality 7.5/10

RSL First Step
- Good Durability
- Not very Accurate Flight yet Ok.
- Great Choice for Beginners Training
Rating - Price 5/10 Quality 6/10

Yonex
Aero 10
- Durability and Accurate Speed
- Economically Priced
- Great Choice for Training
Speed - 76-79
Rating - Price 6.5/10 Quality 7.5/10

Aero 20
- Good Durabilty
- Affordable Price
- Accurate Speed
- Great Choice for hard training, school training
Speed - 76-79
Rating - Price 7/10 Quality 8/10

Aero 30&40
- Great Durabilty
- Very Accurate Speed and Flight
- Great choice for hard training, competitions
Speed - 76-79
Rating - Price 8.5/10 Quality 8.5~9/10

Aero 50
- Excellent Durability
- Excellent and Perfect Flight and Speed
- Great Choice for Competitions
- Expensive yet perfect
Speed - 76-79
Rating - Price 9.8/10 Quality 9.8/10

Mavis 370 (Nylon)
- Perfect Durability
- Good Flight and Speed
- Great Choice for Outdoors Training and Hard Training
Speed - 78~80
Rating - Price 8/10 Quality 8.5/10

Mavis 500 (Nylon)
- Perfect Durability
- Great Flight and Speed
- Great Choice for Outdoors Training and Hard Training
- Some used in competitions - 95% alike Feather Shuttlecocks
Speed - 78~80
Rating - Price 8.5/10 Quality 9/10

Aeroplane
Black Label
- Excellent Durability
- Excellent and Perfect Flight and Speed
- Great Choice for Competitions
- Expensive yet perfect
Speed - 76-79
Rating - Price 9.8/10 Quality 9.8/10

Red Label
- Great Durabilty
- Very Accurate Speed and Flight
- Great choice for hard training, competitions
Speed - 76-79
Rating - Price 8.5/10 Quality 8.5~9/10

Green Label
- Good Durabilty
- Good Price
- Accurate Speed
- Great Choice for hard training, school training
Speed - 76-79
Rating - Price 7/10 Quality 8/10

White Label
- Durability and Accurate Speed
- Affordable Price
- Great Choice for Training
Speed - 73-81
Rating - Price 6.5/10 Quality 7.5/10

Tronex
Tronex Gold
- Great Durability
- Great and Great Flight and Speed
Speed - 75-78
Rating - Price 9/10 Quality 9/10

Tronex Yellow
- Good Durability
- Great Flight, Accurate Speed
- Used in School Competitions
Speed - 75-78
Rating - Price 8/10 Quality 8/5/10

OVERALL

SUPERIOR GRADE
Yonex AS50
RSL Tourney Classic
RSL Tourney No1
Tronex Gold
Aeroplane Black Label

PROFESSIONAL GRADE
Yonex AS30
Yonex AS40
Yonex Mavis 500 (Nylon)
RSL Official
RSL Tourney No2
RSL Silver Feather
Aeroplane Red Label
Tronex Yellow

TRAINING GRADE
Yonex AS20
Yonex Mavis 370 (Nylon)
RSL Standard
RSL Tourney No3
RSL Tourney No4
Aeroplane Green Label

STANDARD GRADE
Yonex AS10
RSL Tourney No5
RSL Tourney No6
Aeroplane White Label

BEGINNER GRADE
RSL Tourney No7
RSL Tourney No8
RSL First Step

2009 Yonex All England Open - Finalist

While England’s players were left wondering what might have been, they could only look on in envy at the way China’s players swept the board at the ninety-ninth Yonex All England Championships in Birmingham.

China became the first nation for more than sixty years to win all five titles – Denmark did it in 1948 – and they did so without one of their players or pairs being top seeds. In fact, it was the first time since 2001 that China did not figure as top seed in any of the five events.

Of course, for England things might have been different but for Nathan Robertson being struck down by a virus on the eve of the Championships.

That denied British fans the chance to see a mouth-watering clash between Robertson and Jenny Wallwork and fourth seeds and team-mates Anthony Clark and Donna Kellogg in the first round.

It also stopped Robertson and Clark showing the fans that they are still a force in Men’s Doubles after reuniting following the Beijing Olympics and climbing high enough up the world rankings to be seeded eighth at the National Indoor Arena.

Recently appointed England and GB Performance Director Ian Moss, who takes up his role in mid-April, was there to watch the players just as he was at the European Team Championships in Liverpool.

But home-grown success stories were at a premium. In the Men’s Singles Andrew Smith continued to give a good account of himself and presented former World and Olympic Champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia with a stern test in their second-round clash before losing to the seventh seed 15-21 21-15 21-16.

In the Mixed Doubles, Clark and Kellogg built on their walkover against Robertson and Wallwork to beat teenage prospects Chris Adcock and Gabby White 21-14 21-16 to reach the quarter-finals. However, hopes of them improving on their 2007 runners-up spot evaporated on the Friday night when they lost a three-game battle with Korean pair and eventual runners-up Ko Sung Hyun and Ha Jung Eun 21-16 15-21 21-11.

By then the Anglo-Scottish pairing of Robert Blair and Imogen Bankier had also fallen, the seventh seeds going out in the second round 26-24 21-19 in a contest as tight as the scoreline suggests against Indonesian Flandy Limpele and Russia’s Anastasia Russkikh.

Clark and Kellogg’s quarter-final effort was matched by Women’s Doubles pair White and Jenny Wallwork.

They may not yet have the experience to get past Olympic champions and 2008 All England runners-up Du Jing and Yu Yang – they lost 21-6 21-8 – but they had the satisfaction of beating Denmark’s European Champions and sixth seeds Kamilla Juhl and Lena Frier Kristiansen in impressive fashion 21-12 21-8 in the second round in the pick of the home performances.

But all in all, the championships belonged to China, a new more approachable China under the guidance of former champions Xia Xuanze and Zhang Ning and, of course, the overall leadership of the redoubtable Li Yongbo.

Wang Yihan won the Women’s Singles in her second All England and Lin Dan won his fourth Men’s Singles in six successive final appearances when he repeated his Olympic win over Malaysian world No 1 Lee Chong Wei.

China also captured the three doubles titles through He Hanbin and Yu Yang in the Mixed, Zhang Yawen and Zhao Tingting in an all-Chinese Women’s Doubles final, and former World Champions Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng recaptured the Men’s Doubles trophy they won in 2005.

Golden boy Lin Dan let slip 10-6 and 16-12 lead in the first game as Lee Chong Wei edged 19-17 ahead. But he then lost focus and Lin Dan took the opening game before running away with the second to secure a 21-19 21-12 victory. Lin Dan, who was eager to celebrate by going shopping, said: “I felt I played quite well but we both did and the real winners had to be the fans that saw the match.

“There were a couple of times in the first set when I let him get an advantage but I recovered and I thought I played well.”

Lee said: “It was a better match than our Olympic meeting but he has improved! He has got a psychological advantage now after beating me three times in a row recently. Next time I need to break up his rhythm. He is a good attacker and plays very fast.”

By the time Lin Dan had lifted his title, China had already won the Mixed Doubles when Olympic Bronze Medallists He Hanbin and Yu Yang defeated Ko Sung Hyun and Han Jung Eun of Korea 13-21 21-15 21-9.

Then Zhang Yawen, the 2007 Women’s Doubles winner with Wei Yili, took the title with new partner Zhao Tingting when the seventh seeds overcame team-mates Cheng Shu and Zhao Yunlei 21-13 21-15.

Next 21-year-old Wang Yihan added the All England title to the previous weekend’s German Open victory as she proved too calm and too strong for defending champion Tine Rasmussen.

That denied Rasmussen a third Super Series title in a row following wins in Korea and Malaysia in January.

The Dane was undoubtedly left drained by an amazing semi-final comeback from a game and 16-9 down to defeat Jiang Yianjiao 24 hours earlier.

Although Rasmussen saved a match point before winning the second game she could not deny her younger opponent, who lifted the title with a 21-19 21-23 21-11 victory.

Wang said: “In the third game I felt physically stronger. It was a pity I didn’t take the match point in the second game but I really enjoyed myself out there. I had secretly imagined what it would be like to win the title but when I started the match I just focused on what I had to do. I think I played to my peak form.”

China had won four titles in 2005 – the year Robertson and Gail Emms won the Mixed Doubles - but the elusive fifth title came their way when former World Champions Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng defeated Koreans Han Sang Hoon and Hwang Ji Man 21-17 21-15.

Li Yongbo said: “We've got a really good team spirit and all the players wanted to achieve it. Obviously other countries wanted to but we really knew we could.”

The worrying thing is that he will want to mark next year’s one hundreth Yonex All England Championships by repeating the feat.

You better be there to see if they do – the Championships are a week later in 2010 from March 9-14.

FINAL RESULTS

Men’s Singles:

(2) Lin Dan (China) bt (1) Lee Chong Wei (Mas) 21-19 21-12.

Men’s Doubles:

(7) Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng (China) bt Han Sang Hoon & Hwang Ji Man (Korea) 21-17 21-15.

Women’s Singles:

Wang Yihan (China) bt (1) Tine Rasmussen, (Den)

Women’s Doubles:

(7) Zhang Yawen & Zhao Tingting (China) & Cheng Shu & Zhao Yunlei (China) 21-13 21-15.

Mixed Doubles:

(3) He Hanbin & Yu Yang (China) bt Ko Sung Hyun & Ha Jung Eun (Korea) 13-21 21-15 21-9.

The Yonex All England Open 2009

The 2009 Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships will be the 99th Championships, and will once again be sponsored by the world's No 1 badminton equipment manufacturer, Yonex. It will be the 26th consecutive year of Yonex sponsorship, making it one of the longest relationships in sports worldwide. Read more.