Badminton: Chinese language shuttlers sail into second spherical at Japan Open

Tokyo, July 27 – China’s badminton gamers on Wednesday scored victories to make the second spherical in a number of classes right here on the Japan Open badminton match.

Within the males’s singles spherical of 32, China’s Weng Hongyang got here from behind to beat India’s Mithun Manjunath 13-21, 24-22, 21-18, however his teammate Lu Guangzu misplaced 21-12, 21-14 to Anders Antonsen of Denmark.

The ladies’s singles witnessed a 21-12, 21-13 victory for Zhang Yiman over India’s Pusarla Sindhu, and in a fast 24-minute match, eighth seed Han Yue swept Clara Azurmendi of Spain 21-8, 21-8, studies Xinhua.

Within the males’s doubles, China’s Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang overcame Indonesia’s Pramudya Kusumawardana/Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan 16-21, 21-7, 21-16, whereas Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi defeated Japanese duo Keiichiro Matsui/Yoshinori Takeuchi 21-18, 25-23.

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Regardless of nice efforts, the Chinese language males’s duo He Jiting/Zhou Haodong was defeated 20-22, 21-17, 21-10 by Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto of Indonesia.

Chinese language girls’s doubles staff Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan outpaced Catherine Choi/Josephine Wu of Canada 21-14, 21-17.

Within the combined doubles, Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping defeated Tan Kian Meng/Lai Pei Jing of Malaysia 14-21, 21-15, 21-10, whereas Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin sailed previous Hee Yong Kai Terry/Tan Wei Han of Singapore 21-12, 21-14.

In the meantime, world No.2 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, who was within the ultimate of three of his final 4 occasions, crashed out in his opening check on the Japan Open 2023. His vanquisher was defending champion Kanta Tsuneyama, who had a 3-3 profession document towards the Indonesian going into the match. Tsuneyama shut Ginting out in 44 minutes, 21-13 21-18.

Tsuneyama’s compatriot Kenta Nishimoto, the defending champion, loved a morale-boosting opening win, as he held off Lee Zii Jia in a thriller, 20-22 21-17 21-19. Nishimoto faces third seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn subsequent, whereas Tsuneyema is up towards Lakshya Sen, who survived a detailed battle towards compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat, 21-15 12-21 24-22.

The Japan Open 2023 will run till Sunday at Tokyo’s Yoyogi Nationwide Stadium.