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Chong Wei makes All England quarters
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 09 - 03 - 2012

time defending champion Lee Chong Wei reached the All England Open badminton quarterfinals after a 45-minute workout with Hans-Kristian Vittinghus Thursday.
Chong Wei won an entertaining second-round match 23-21, 21-18 and patted Vittinghus' head with his racket afterward as a compliment for the Dane's unrelenting attitude in his first go at the No. 1 player in the world.
Also, Lee Hyun-il of South Korea made it for the first time since he went all the way to the final in 2006, and Indonesian surprise Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka lined up a maiden All England quarterfinal against Chong Wei after upsetting sixth-seeded Sho Sasaki of Japan 21-17, 21-17. Lee defeated Marc Zwiebler of Germany 21-17, 21-6.
On the women's side, defending champion Wang Shixian veat Eriko Hirose of Japan 12 minutes faster and by 21-10, 21-19. Fourth-seeded Saina Nehwal of India also advanced by beating Hongyan Pi of France 21-10, 21-17.
On Wednesday, hours after their opening matches were scheduled, top-ranked Lee Chong Wei and his nemesis Lin Dan wasted little time.
In a program which overran into Thursday, Chong Wei, almost three hours after his original start time, beat Wang Zhengming of China 21-16, 21-11 to maintain his unbeaten start to the year, improving to 14-0 in his quest for a third successive All England title. He next has a first-time meeting with Hans-Kristian Vittinghus, the Dane who produced a minor surprise when he ousted 11th-ranked Simon Santoso of Indonesia 21-14, 8-21, 21-7 with nine straight points in the third game.
Lin took care of Ajay Jayaram of Indonesia 21-18, 21-15 in a match which finished after midnight. In round two, Lin will meet Malaysian qualifier Chong Wei Feng.
It took more than 16 hours of play and not until after 2 A.M. for the first seed to fall at National Indoor Arena, where No. 8 Peter Gade bowed to the only Englishman in the draw, Rajiv Ouseph, 17-21, 21-16, 21-14.
Lin's protege, Chen Long, advanced when Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia retired with an injured foot.
Leading Japanese players, No. 6-seeded Sho Sasaki and No. 7 Kenichi Tago, both eliminated dangerous Danes. Sasaki, at a career-best ranking of sixth, beat Jan O Jorgensen 21-18, 21-19, while Tago, the 2010 finalist, defeated European junior champion Viktor Axelsen 21-12, 24-22. No. 8 Lee Hyun-il downed qualifier Chou Tien-chen of Taiwan 21-11, 21-13. The 10th-ranked Du Pengyu of China lost to Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka 21-16, 15-21, 21-19.


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