Rising Chinese men's badminton star Bao Chunlai has cruised to
the next round at the US$170,000 Singapore Open, along with Chen
Hong.
Third-seeded Bao grabbed the victory over Dutchman Eric Pang
2-1, and Chen Hong took an easy win over Bjoern Joppien with
2-0.
However, the tenth-seeded player, China's Chen Yu, lost to top
seed Peter Gade with 1-2.
In the women's singles events, all three Chinese players, Chen
Li, Zhu Lin and Lu Lan, have entered the next round with 2-1
victories over their opponents.
China's women displayed their power in the doubles event after
all the three pairs advanced into the quarterfinals without losing
a set.
Meanwhile, two Chinese teams have made it through to the
mixed-doubles quarters, while the men's pairs bowed out in the
second round.?
(CRI June 9, 2006)
