Xia, Chen set up all-Chinese final at South Korea Open

Home>>Sports

Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Sunday, April 04, 2004

Xia, Chen set up all-Chinese final at South Korea Open

DISCUSSION

CHINESE

SEND TO FRIEND

Top-seeded Chinese Xia Xuanze overcame South Korean Park Sung Hwan in straight sets to reach the men's singles final at the South Korea Open badminton championships on Saturday, with compatriot Chen Hong also through.

Xia beat Park 15-9, 17-15 at semis, while second-ranked Chen, who had lost his top slot at the world rankings due to a right elbow injury sustained at the Denmark Open, earned a 15-8, 12-15, 15-8 win over fourth-ranked Malaysian Wong Choong Hann who lost toXia Xuanze in last year's world championships.

It's the first final for Xia after he was crowned world champion last August. Troubled with a shoulder injury since last summer, Xia had been out of form at previous All-England Open and Switzerland event, knocked out at the second round.

In the women's play, Zhang Ning repeated the final at last year's worlds, beating fellow Chinese Gong Ruina 11-7, 11-3 at the semi-finals, while Chen Qiqiu/Zhao Tingting, the only Chinese pairin mixed doubles' last four, failed to reach the final as beaten 0-2 by South Korea's Kim Dong Moon/Ra Kyung-min.

Source: Xinhua

Questions?Comments? Click here

Chinese snatch three titles at All England badminton championships

Most nationals advance to Korea Open quarterfinals

Israel's killing of Yassin fuels conflict: Commentary ( 2 Messages)

How the US could improve its image abroad ( 14 Messages)

US urged not to fingerprint Chinese ( 10 Messages)

China hunts corrupt officials who abscond overseas ( 3 Messages)

Seven Chinese activists land on Diaoyu Islands ( 4 Messages)