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It is probably known as home court advantages.  Yet, China is proofing itself to be the dominant and powerful badminton country.  Two finals events are all-China finalists while the rests are merely not the first ranked players or pairs to challenge the supremacy.

Lin Dan claimed the World Superseries Finals after defeating his countryman, Chen Long, in less than an hour, 21-12, 21-16.  The victory gave "Super Dan" badminton's first-ever "Super Grand Slam", who now won all nine of its premier titles.

Lin Dan passed Danish veteran Peter Hoeg Gade to set up the final with Chen Long, who created the shock of the series after beating defending champion and world number one Lee Chong Wei in the semis.

Danish duo Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen denied China a clean sweep of the men's events after the defending champions trounced their Chinese opponents Chai Biao and Guo Zhendong in the doubles final, 25-23, 21-7.

In the women's final, top seed Wang Yihan of China proved too good in the end for Saina Nehwal of India, winning 18-21, 21-13, 21-13.

Chinese women's pair Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang took just 33 minutes to beat Ha Jung Eun and Kim Min Jung of South Korea, 21-8, 21-12.

It was an all-China affair in the mixed doubles final, with Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei claiming an easy victory over Xu Chen and Ma Jin, 21-13, 21-15.

The only bad result for China is the defeat of its number one men double pair, Cai Yun/ Fu Haifeng, who did not qualified to the next round after defeated by Korean Ko/ Yoo in the qualification round.

This event is the conclusion of badminton super series for 2011. 

All in, China will have a representative in each of the five finals with the women’s singles and doubles being all-Chinese affairs.

Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei (men’s singles), Denmark’s Joachim Fischer Nielsen-Christinna Pedersen (mixed doubles) and South Korea’s Jung Jae Sung-Lee Yong Dae (men’s doubles) are the only players to break China’s stranglehold in the fourth OSIM BWF World Superseries Premier tournament of the year.

Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng, who have yet to drop a game in this tournament, took on defending champions and third seeds Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen in their semi-final encounter.

Having won three of the last four OSIM BWF World Superseries tournaments and finishing runners-up in the other, the Chinese duo were in confident mood against the All England champions. They dominated for long spells before cruising to a 21-13, 21-18 victory in 41 minutes.

Jae Sung-Yong Dae, survived a scare in their semi-final match-up against Olympic and Asian Games champions Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan.

After taking the first game 21-11 on the back of eight straight points, the South Koreans suddenly found themselves under pressure as Markis-Hendra switched to a more attacking play.

The ploy worked to perfection as they drew level with a 21-17 win to set-up a tense rubber game. The decider could have gone either way with the pairs keeping close to each other before Jae Sung-Yong Dae edged it 21-19.

In the women’s doubles, second seeds Tian Qing-Zhao Yunlei were too good for Denmark’s Line Damkjaer Kruse-Marie Roepke, taking just 30 minutes to trounce the Europeans 21-12-21-5.

World No. 1s Wang Xiaoli-Yu Yang were given a slight scare by South Korea’s Ha Jung Eun-Kim Min Jung, dropping their first game of the tournament, but eventually winning in three.

After breezing through their opening three matches where they only dropped 59 points, the Chinese superstars looked to be on the way to another comfortable victory when they won the first game 21-8.

Jung Eun-Min Jung, however, had other ideas and switched to a more attacking more to level the match at 21-14. In the decider, Wang Xiaoli-Yu Yang held their nerves to seal their place in the final with a 21-16 win.