Mixed doubles
What is the ideal position in mixed doubles?
Badminton
Badminton Katerina Maleeva Zvonimir Đurkinjak Scottish National Badminton Championships Julie Heldman
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In mixed doubles, both pairs typically try to maintain an attacking formation with the woman at the front and the man at the back. This is because the male players are usually substantially stronger, and can therefore produce smashes that are more powerful. As a result, mixed doubles require greater tactical awareness and subtler positional play. Clever opponents will try to reverse the ideal position, by forcing the woman towards the back or the man towards the front. In order to protect against this danger, mixed players must be careful and systematic in their shot selection. At high levels of play, the formations will generally be more flexible: the top women players are capable of playing powerfully from the back-court, and will happily do so if required. When the opportunity arises, however, the pair will switch back to the standard mixed attacking position, with the woman in front and men in the back.
Katerina Maleeva () (born 7 May 1969) is a former top 10 Bulgarian tennis player. She played in the WTA tour, competing in singles, doubles and mixed doubles between 1984 and 1997. Her best position in the WTA rank list was number 6 in 1990. 
Zvonimir Đurkinjak (born 2 June 1988) is a Croatian badminton player. Most of the times he competes in doubles. His main partner in men's doubles is Zvonimir Hölbling, while his main partner in mixed doubles is Staša Poznanović. He competed at the 2011 World Badminton Championships where he was defeated in the first round of men's doubles and mixed doubles. He competed at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, where he won gold medal in men's doubles tournament. 
The Scottish National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in Scotland. The tournament started in 1908 playing only mixed doubles and men's doubles.  
In 1969, Heldman, who is Jewish, won the Maccabiah Games Singles in Israel — plus the Maccabiah Doubles with Marilyn Aschner and Mixed Doubles with Ed Rubinoff. 