Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying yesterday advanced to the quarter-finals at the All England Open, beating Kim Ga-eun of South Korea 21-17, 21-15.
With the win, Tai earned a semi-final against China’s He Bingjiao, who beat Michelle Li of Canada 21-9, 21-9.
Defending champion An Se-young defeated India’s P.V. Sindhu 21-19, 21-11.
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An on Wednesday cruised into the second round, unlike last year’s men’s winner, Li Shifeng, who suffered a shock defeat.
South Korea’s An, the world No. 1, overcame Taiwan’s Hsu Wen-chi 21-17, 21-16 to set up the match against Sindhu.
In other women’s singles matches, Taiwan’s Sung Shuo-yun lost 21-18, 24-22 against Carolina Marin of Spain on Wednesday, while Pai Yu-po yesterday lost 21-12, 22-20 to Han Yue of China.
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In the men’s singles quarter-finals yesterday, Taiwan’s Su Li-yang lost to France’s Christo Popov 21-14, 17-21, 21-15.
In the mixed doubles, Taiwan’s Ye Hong-wei and Lee Chia-hsin defeated Thai pair Supak Jomkoh and Supissara Paewsampran 21-19, 21-15 in 33 minutes.
On Tuesday’s opening day, Denmark’s men’s world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen laid down a marker in a dominant 21-9, 21-9 victory in just over half an hour against India’s Kidambi Srikanth.
However, China’s Li Shifeng, the third seed, lost 21-17, 21-13 to Toma Junior Popov of France.
“I told myself I had nothing to lose going into it,” Toma Junior Popov said. “I don’t think I played a super game, I just played with consistency and pressure, and he maybe made some mistakes that put my confidence up.”
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