China's Chen Hong and Chen Yu each claimed 2-0 wins over their
opponents to advance to the third round of the Denmark Open
badminton tournament.
Second seed Chen Hong beat Swede Kristian Karttunen 21-13,
21-16, while Chen Yu eliminated home favorite Jan Jorgensen 21-16,
21-18.
Top-seeded Danish Peter Gade joined Malaysia's Wong Choong Hann
and Roslin Hashim to advance to the next stage of the men's singles
event.
In doubles play, two Chinese pairs, Xu Chen/Zhang Wei and He
Hanbin/Shen Xie, advanced to the second round.
On the women's side, Chinese teenager Wang Lin won her
first-round match, along with three other compatriots.
Wang claimed an easy victory over Diana Dimova of Bulgaria,
21-9, 21-10.
Chinese duo Tian Qing/Pan Pan overwhelmed their French rivals
21-14, 21-14 for a second-round birth in women's doubles, while Xu
Chen/Chen Shu won 2-0 to move into the second round of mixed
doubles.
(CRI November 2, 2006)