China Masters to open tomorrow
2007-07-09 20:04:00   

CIS July 9 (WU Changfu) 2007 AVIVA-COFCO China Masters BWF Super seriese will take place tomorrw in Chengdu. The organizing committee introduced that all the preparing is okay and the files of tournament is handed in the umpire.

As the first step of this tournament, China master gathered many master-hands, it is said by the organizing committee that there were over 140 applicants in last tournament, but this year the number of applicants is 200 more.

This year the tournament will take the first eight of the world ranking as the seeds so LIN Dan will be the No.1 seed while Hidayat Taufik has to take part in the tournament as a non-seed player. According to the draw, they have the chance to meet each other in the semi-final.

This tournament has the most district security guarantee. The security guarantee team for this tournament has more than 100 professional staff in all.

From July 6, most players have arrived, the first arrived team is Italian team. Chinese team has also arrived in Chengdu, and began their training before the tournament.

It was reported that so far there has been more than 100 reporters from more than 60 mideas to applicated, and among them CCTV will also broadcast the tournament in live.

The prize money for this tournament will be USD 250000, the second highest except Korea Super Seriese in all 12 Super Seriese.