MANILA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- China demonstrated its power in the ongoing
Philippine Badminton Open by sending all their shutters into men's and women's
singles quarterfinals on Thursday.
All the five men participants and three women players from China reached
the quarterfinals.
Chen Long outclassed Yogendran Krishnan of Indonesia, 21-13, 21-10, in a
show of strength and precision. Gao Huan stopped Paul Jeremiah Co of the
Philippines, 21-4, 21-6, while Zhou Wenlong won against Adnan Fauzi of
Indonesia, 21-14, 21-19.
Lu Qicheng slashed Chan Yun Lung of Chinese Hong Kong, 21-16, 21-18, while
Du Pengyu beat Sairul Ayob of Malaysia.
In women's singles, Jiang Yanjiao had a rout of 21-13, 21-12 against Le
Ngoc Nguyen of Vietnam to reach the quarterfinals. Coming up next for Jiang will
be Malvinne Alcala of the Philippines on Friday.
Wang Shixian and Wang Xin of China both eliminated the last Europeans
standing in women's singles, beating Linda Zechiri of Bulgaria 15-21, 21-10,
23-21 and Nicole Grether of Germany, 21-8, 21-14.
Chinese shuttlers also did a good job in the mixed doubles division.
Zhang Nan and Lu Lu won against Keisuke Kawaguchi and Rie Eto of Japan,
21-6, 21-13, and enter the quarterfinals.
Chen Zhiben and Zhang Jinkang beat Fran Kurniawan Teng and Pia Zebediah
Bernadeth of Indonesia, 17-21, 21-16, 21-18. They will fight Albertus Susanto
Njoto and Ng Ka Shun of Hong Kong.
Qiu Zihan and Deng Yuting stopped Filipino siblings Kennevic and Kennie
Asuncion 19-21, 21-8, 21-16 and will play Hendra Gunawan and Vita Marissa of
Indonesia.
In the women's doubles, Wang Siyun and Zhang Jinkang beat Malvinne Alcala
and Gelita Castillo of the Philippines, 21-18, 21-9. Meanwhile, Gao Ling and Wei
Yili advanced after defeating their Philippine