All Chinese pairs cruised into the next round in mixed doubles
Wednesday at the Asian badminton championships in Malaysia.
Shen Ye/Pan Pan, Zhang Wei/Yu Yang, Gong Weijie/Tian Qing
defeated their respective opponents by the identical scoreline of
2-0, while He Hanbin/Zhao Yunlei advanced to the last 16 with a 2-1
victory.
In the next round, they will all face seeded pairs.
In the women's singles, all seeds stormed into the last 16
except Malaysia's No. 1 Wong Mew Choo and Cheng Shao Chieh from
Chinese Taipei.
Wong, the fourth-seeded of the tournament, suffered an early
exit after losing 2-0 to China's Chen Li, and Cheng went down in
straight sets to South Korea's Lee Yun Hwa.
Joining them in the last 16 are top-seed Wang Chen of Hong
Kongand China's Jiang Yanjiao, who both recorded 2-0 victories.
(Xinhua News Agency March 30, 2006)
