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Satoko Suetsuna (末綱 聡子, Suetsuna Satoko, born 30 January 1981) is a badminton player from *an. Born in Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, she joined Renesas badminton club and later affiliated with Saishunkan team. She was a bronze medalist at the 2011 BWF World Championships with her partner Miyuki Maeda.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Achievements
  • 2.1 BWF World Championships
  • 2.2 BWF Superseries
  • 2.3 BWF Grand Prix
• 3 Record against selected opponents
  • 3.1 Miyuki Maeda
• 4 References

Career

Suetsuna has gained prominence in badminton through her success in women's doubles with her partner Miyuki Maeda, and the partnerships known by the *anese media as "Suemae". Together they won the 2010 Denmark Open, their first major tournament victory. They went on to win the 2011 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold and the 2011 India Open. Suetsuna and Maeda also have two bronze medals from major compe*ions from making the semifinals at the 2011 London World Championships and 2010 Uber Cup in Kuala Lumpur. She competed at the 2006 and 2010 Asian Games as well in 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. In 2008 Beijing Olympics, with her women's doubles partner Maeda, they finished fourth, the 2nd best performance to date by *anese badminton players at the Olympics.

Satoko Suetsuna has competed with several men in mixed doubles, but has not achieved the same level of success as she has in her main event.

Suetsuna retired from the *an team in September 2013.

Suetsuna participated at the 2011 U.S. Open

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011. Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

: BWF Superseries Finals tournament: BWF Superseries Premier tournament: BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's doubles

: BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament: BWF Grand Prix tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

Miyuki Maeda

• Leanne Choo & Renuga Veeran 2–0
• Alex Bruce & Michelle Li 1–0
• Cheng Shu & Zhao Yunlei 0–2
• Du Jing & Yu Yang 0–5
• Gao Ling & Huang Sui 0–1
• Ma Jin & Wang Xiaoli 0–1
• Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei 0–3
• Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang 0–5
• Wei Yili & Zhang Yawen 0–2
• Wei Yili & Zhao Tingting 0–2
• Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen 1–2
• Cheng Wen-hsing & Chien Yu-chin 1–11
• Christinna Pedersen & Kamilla Rytter Juhl 2–3
• Jwala Gutta & Ashwini Ponnappa 4–1
• Vita Marissa & Liliyana Natsir 1–2
• Nitya Krishinda Maheswari & Greysia Polii 1–2
• Mizuki Fujii & Reika Kakiiwa 2–0
• *iko Ogura & Reiko Shiota 0–2
• Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi 2–1
• Chin Eei Hui & Wong Pei Tty 4–4
• Valeria Sorokina & Nina Vislova 5–0
• Jiang Yanmei & Li Yujia 0–3
• Lee Hyo-jung & Lee Kyung-won 0–7

References