Wang Lin (badminton)
Wang Lin (born March 30, 1989 in Hangzhou) is a badminton player from China. Wang Lin was crowned the world champion after winning the gold medal at the 2010 BWF World Championships held at Paris defeating fellow Chinese Wang Xin 21–11, 19–21, 21–13. In 2006, the 17-year-old, Wang Lin beat Xie Xingfang in the final of the China Masters Super Series. Shortly after her World Championship triumph in Paris, Wang Lin suffered a severe knee ligament tear during her match against Maria Febe Kusumastuti in China Masters Super Series tournament. The injury was so severe  to the extent it ruled out Wang Lin completely from playing for almost six months after her knee operation. From there, her ranking starts to decline and eventually Wang Lin fell out of favour from the first-team line-up as her jittery comeback coincided with the emergence of Wang Shixian and Wang Xin. After making a comeback, she was clearly far from her best and has not achieved the same success as she once did prior to sustaining the injury. Wang Lin once cited fear of injury recurrence was the one of the main reasons she was not able  to play at her best. On December 4, 2013, she announced her retirement on Tencent Weibo. Achievements. BWF World Championships. "Women's singles" Asian Championships. "Women's singles" Summer Universiade. "Women's singles" "Women's doubles" World Junior Championships. "Girls' singles" Asian Junior Championships. "Girls' singles" BWF Superseries. The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited  to the Superseries Finals held at the year end. "Women's singles" IBF World Grand Prix. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983. "Women's singles" Record against selected opponents. Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.