China and Korea players stride forward impressively
The last 16 stage of the Badminton Asia Championship 2013 was held yesterday (April 18). Of the players and pairs making it through to the quarter-final stage, 13 are from China, six from the Korea .
The Korea’s top men’s doubles pair, Ko Sung Hyun/ Lee Yong Dae, strolled past their Hong Kong opponents 21-10,21-11 and will face Kamura Takeshi/ Keigo Sonoda of Japan in the quarter-finals. Another fancied ROK pair, Kim Ki Jung/ Kim Sa Rang disposed of Chen Hung Lin/ Lu Chia Bin of Chinese Taipei 21-13,23-25,21-11.
The up and coming Korea pair Lee So Hee/ Shin Seung Chan beat China’s rated pair Jiang Kai Xin/ Cai Pei Long and will face current world No. 1 pair China’s Yu Yang/ Wang Xiao Li in the next round.
In the men’s singles discipline, China showed strength that no other country can match. Lin Dan........Full Artcile
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