Olympic gold medalist Taufik Hidayat was knocked out of the All England championships in Friday's quarterfinals, beaten by former world number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia 23-21, 21-17. The Indonesian, whose form has been patchy, should have taken the first game but wasted three chances from 20-17 and another at 21-20. Second seed Lee pounced on his first game point and from then on the Indonesian was fighting a losing battle. Lee, winner of the Malaysian Open in January, is on top of his form. He now faces a semifinal on Saturday against Chinese fourth seed Chen Jin who overcame last year's beaten world finalist Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia 21-14, 21-12. The other semifinal will feature holder Lin Dan, the world number one, and Chinese compatriot Bao Chunlai, seeded three. Lin ousted Kenneth Jonassen of Denmark 21-17, 21-11 and Bao beat another Dane, Joachim Persson, 21-11, 21-13. In the women's event, Tine Rasmussen made up for Danish reverses in the men's tournament with a 20-22, 21-18, 21-18 victory over Chinese-born Frenchwoman Pi Hongyan. Malaysian Open winner Rasmussen, who disposed of world champion Zhu Lin in the second round on Thursday, said: “I was more of a favorite today and that was harder to handle and I was a little nervous.” In the semis, the Dane plays South Korea's unseeded Hwang Hye-youn who ousted eighth-seeded Malaysian Wong Mew Choo 17-21, 21-10, 21
