Lee Chong Wei has reigned supreme atop the men’s singles world rankings for a long while and he consolidated his rule when he picked up the title at the All England Super Series Premier in the first week of March;this was the third time he has won the title and it did not come easy.

 

In the final, Lee faced one of China’s top men’s singles players, Chen Long. In the pair’s four meetings since the 2012 Olympics Lee has lost in straight games each time, showing that Chen is the nemesis of this “World Champion.” However, on this occasion, Lee showed the majesty of a king and played a number of classic shots that amazed the audience. Chen actually played very well all round but was just one step behind Lee this time. The final result saw Lee win 21-13,21-18 to take his third All England men’s singles title.

At present Lee is not only at the top of the BWF rankings, he is a massive 27000 points head of second placed Chen Long.

 

“Indonesian Lightning” Ahmad／Natsir were also in stunning form at the All England Super Series Premier; remarkably, they beat their opponents in last year’s final, Zhang Nan／Zhao Yun Lei,  by the same score (21-13,21-17,) with the match also lasting the same amount of time (42 minutes,) to claim their third All England title in quite a miraculous way.