Wang Rong (badminton)

Wang Rong (Chinese: 王荣, born 18 April 1984 in Jiangsu) is a Chinese female badminton player and in 2010 she started representing Macau.[1][2]

Wang Rong
王荣
Personal information
Birth name王荣
Country China
 Macau
Born (1984-04-18) 18 April 1984
Jiangsu, China
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking67 (WS) 9 Sep 2010
24 (WD) 24 Oct 2013
Medal record
Badminton
Representing  China
World Junior Championships
2000 GuangzhouGirls' singles
Asian Junior Championships
2000 KyotoGirls' team
2000 KyotoGirls' singles
BWF profile
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang (王).

Career

In 2000, she won silver medal at the World Junior Championships in girls' singles event. In 2001, she became the runner-up of the Chinese National Badminton Championships in women's singles event.[3] In 2002, she became the runner-up of the French Open tournament in women's singles event.[4] In 2004, she became the women's singles champion of the Chinese National Badminton Championships.[3] In 2009, she became the runner-up of the Thailand Open tournament after defeated by her compatriot Liu Jian.[5]

In 2010, she qualified to representing Macau at the Asian Games. However, in accordance with the competition rules, players must be three years after they last competed for their country of origin before they will be able to represented the country, so her entry qualification was canceled, the Macau team also decided to withdrew from the competition.[6] At the Bitburger Open tournament in Germany, she became the runner-up in women's singles event defeated by Liu Xin of China with the score 21-16, 21-10.[7] She also won the Osaka International tournament beat Kaori Imabeppu of Japan in the longest and closest final of the day in Osaka.[8]

In 2011, she started to play in women's doubles event with Zhang Zhibo, they were competed at the Macau Open Badminton Championships and reached the second round.[2] In 2012, she won the Bitburger Open and became the semi-finalist of the Korea Masters tournaments in women's doubles event partnered with Zhang Zhibo. At the 2012 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold she won the title after beat Johanna Goliszewski and Birgit Michels in straight games 21-15, 21–13.[3][9]

In 2013, she became the semi finalist of the Canadian and Chinese Taipei Open tournaments in women's doubles event with Zhang Zhibo. At the 2013 Canada Open Grand Prix they were defeated by Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek of the Netherlands with the score 21-16, 21-10, and at the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold they were defeated by Lee So-hee and Shin Seung-chan of Korea with the score 21-13, 18-21, 21-16.[3][10]

References
  1. "Players: Wang Rong". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. "王荣 Wang Rong". www.badmintoncn.com (in Chinese). Badmintoncn.com. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. "王荣 Wang Rong 成绩". www.badmintoncn.com (in Chinese). Badmintoncn.com. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. "French Int Open 2002 (I)". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  5. Jew, Gerald (27 July 2009). "Thailand Open 2009 Finals-Four First Gold at a Gold". www.badzine.net. Badzine.net. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  6. Zhang, Yuhang (11 November 2010). "澳门羽球女团宣布退赛 国羽直接晋级复仇韩国". www.badzine.net (in Chinese). Tencent. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  7. "Bitburger Open GPG 2010: China Raih Empat Gelar, Denmark Satu Gelar". www.bulutangkis.com (in Indonesian). Bulutangkis.com. 6 September 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  8. Komiya, Miyuki (21 April 2010). "Osaka Int'l-Change brings Chances". www.badzine.net. Badzine.net. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  9. Lee, Zhi Jun (4 November 2012). "Bitburger Open 2012 SF-4 title shots for Germany". www.badzine.net. Badzine.net. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  10. Regala, Emzi (21 July 2013). "Canada Open 2013 SF-Yip Pui Yin reaches first final in 3 years". www.badzine.net. Badzine.net. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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