Second-seeded Wang bowed 21-13, 21-16 to Takahashi in 38 minutes. PHOTO: AFP
TOKYO:
China’s former world badminton champion Wang Yihan crashed out in the second round of the Japan Open Thursday at the hands of Japanese Sayaka Takahashi in the women’s event.
Second-seeded Wang, the 2011 world champion and the runner-up to compatriot Li Xuerui at the 2012 London Olympics, bowed 21-13, 21-16 to Takahashi in 38 minutes.
Meanwhile, in the men’s competition, top seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia beat Germany’s Marc Zwiebler 21-13, 28-26 to reach the quarters. China’s second-seeded Chen Long whipped Hong Kong’s Hu Yun 21-17, 21-15.
China’s legendary Lin Dan beat compatriot Gao Huan 21-17, 21-15 on his comeback this year after a seven-month sabbatical.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 13th, 2014.
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