Second-seeded Wang bowed 21-13, 21-16 to Takahashi in 38 minutes. PHOTO: AFP
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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