Lin Dan shows his superb

China’s Lin Dan won the YONEX German Open after defeat team mate Chen Jin 21-9, 21-11 in Sunday’s final. For Super Dan, who Three-time world champion of China, this tournament used as warmed up for next week’s YONEX All England.

Olympic gold medalist who has won the oldest badminton tournament four times - 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009 - showed that he had targeted to win for the second OSIM BWF World Superseries Premier tournament of the season. His matches in this Grand Prix Gold tournament won in straight games. Having won the inaugural OSIM BWF World Superseries Premier event in Korea in January, Lin Dan has now set his eyes on securing the top spot in this season’s OSIM World Superseries standings.

Lin Dan, who pulled out of the Malaysia Open at the quarter-final stage after aggravating an injury, is second with 16,040 points. Meanwhile World No.1 rival Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia currently sits top of the OSIM BWF World Superseries standings. He had 18,550 points after winning the PROTON Malaysia Open Superseries. He added some point after reaching the final of the VICTOR Korea Open Superseries Premier final.

On final, Lin Dan showed the man who has replaced him as world champion with excellent skill and technic. He was running his younger compatriot, Chen Jin, ragged with pace brilliant court craft. Lin Dan beat Chen Jin in straight set 21-19, 21-1

With all the top players set to do battle in Birmingham, Lin Dan has the biggest chance to reassert his dominant player over the rest of the badminton world.

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