Olympic champion Zhang Ning has surged into the quarterfinals of
the women's singles at the China Open badminton tournament in
Guangzhou.
Zhang Ning beat her Chinese countrywoman Wang Yihan 2-0 in a
second round match and she will play Xie Xingfang of China on
Friday.
Second and third seeds Gong Ruina and Zhou Mi have respectively
crushed their Chinese competitors in two sets to join Zhang Ning in
the last eight of women's singles.
(CRI November 12, 2004)
