Shuttlers from the Chinese mainland showed their dominance Friday night when competing for semifinals slots in the ongoing Philippine Badminton Open 2009 held at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City, Manila.
Three of the four semifinals slots in Men's Singles were gained by Chinese players during Friday's quarterfinals of the 4-star tournament.
Zhou Wenlong defeated his compatriot Lu Qicheng, 21-12, 21-14; Chen Long won over Wong Wing Ki from China's Hong Kong, 21-7, 21-10 while Du Pengyu stopped compatriot Gao Huan, 21-15, 21-18.
The other slot went to Hu Yun of Hong Kong, who defeated Tien Minh Nguyen of Vietnam, 21-17, 17-21, 21-17.
On the front of Women's Singles, all the three participants from the Chinese mainland stepped into the semifinals.
Jiang Yanjiao crashed Filipina bet Malvinne Alcala, 21-5, 21-16,to clash with top seed Zhou Mi of Hong Kong.
In the other Women's Singles bracket, Wang Shixian will face Wang Xin after the former clipped third seed Hong Kong player Yip Pui Yin of Hong Kong, 19-21, 21-14, 21-18.
Zhou Mi, defending champion of the Women's Singles division, isa match away from defending her crown as she won against Sachiyo Imai, 21-7, 21-10. The current world Number One picked her spots well, scoring in different means.
As to Mixed Doubles, Chen Zhiben and Zhang Jinkang won over theHong Kong pair of Albertus Susanto Njoto and Ng Ka Shun, 21-16, 21-18. The Chinese mainland couple will face Muhammad Rijal and Debby Susanto of Indonesia in the semifinals.
In the other quarterfinals bracket, Qiu Zihan and Deng Yuting of China beat up Hendra Gunawan and Vita Marissa of Indonesia, 24-22, 8-21, 21-11.
Meanwhile, Zhang Nan/Lu Lu defeated Trikus Harjanto/Minarti Timur, 18-21, 25-23, 21-17.
In the Men's Doubles division, Chen Zhiben/Shen Ye defeated Fernando Kurniawan/Lingga Lie of Indonesia, 21-19, 23-21, while Sun Junjie/Tao Jiaming stopped Gan Teik Chai/Tan Bin Shen of Malaysia, 17-21, 24-22, 21-9.
On Friday, Wang Siyun/Zhang Jinkang defeated compatriots Gao Ling/Wei Yili, 29-30, 21-13, 21-14. Wang and Zhang will be the only double from the Chinese mainland to fight for the championship of Women's Doubles in the Philippine Badminton 2009.
Source: Xinhua
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