Li Xuerui
In 2013, she regained German Open title with winning against Juliane Schenk. She became Asian champion for the 2nd time, by mastering Li Xuerui, hence overcame her after 5 consecutive losses last year. She again defeated Li Xuerui, this time in the final of 2013 Singapore Super Series. She was the defending champion of World Championships, but lost in 2nd round itself to young Indian teenager, P. V. Sindhu. She won the 2013 Denmark Super Series Premier in a very difficult encounter of 3 games, standing victorious over Sung Ji-hyun. Successively, she won another title at the Hong Kong Open by beating Wang Shixian. She did qualified for the year and finals as no. 8 but was behind her compatriots Wang Shixian and Li Xuerui in qualifying rankings. Rule says maximum 2 players are only allowed from one nation. So she was exempted from taking part in the competition.