In the womenfs singles, Saina Nehwal(NR700RP) dominated her match against Pi Honyan from France. gIfm really pleased to be through into the quarterfinals." She commented brightly after defeating the opponent in a straight set, 21-10 21-17.
In the menfs doubles, Mathias Boe(AT900P)/ Carsten Mogensen(VTZF), the top doubles pair of Denmark, faced veteran Indonesian pair, Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan. Playing with much confidence, the Danes close the seesaw second game and secured to be into the quarters in a straight set, 21-18 21-17.
After almost 1-hour and half delay of the tournament, Taufik Hidayat(ARC10) played against No. 5 seed Chen Jin of China. At this tournament, Hidayat has been showing obviously different performance from the past. Definitely, he plays more aggressive than before and moved the opponent all around the court. Almost at 11:30pm, he finally won against Chen Jin for the first time in 5 years.
Tournament Result [2nd Round]
Men's Singles
[1]Lee Chong Wei(VTZF)(MAS) def. Hans-Kristian Vittinghus(DEN) 23-21 21-18
[7]Kenichi Tago(ARC-ZS)(JPN) def. Kazushi Yamada(JPN) 21-17 21-14
Taufik Hidayat(INA) def. Jin Chen(CHN) 21-19 21-19
Men's Doubles
[3]Mathias Boe/ Carsten Mogensen(DEN) def. Markis Kido/ Hendra Setiawan(INA) 21-18 21-17
[7]Mohammad Ahsan(NS9900)/ Bona Septano(VT70)(INA) def. Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif/ Mohd Fairruzizuan Mohd Tazari(MAS) 24-22 21-13
Women's Singles
[4]Saina Nehwal(IND) def. Hongyan Pi(FRA) 21-10 21-17
Women's Doubles
[7]Christinna Pedersen(VTZF)/ Kamilla Rytter Juhl(ARC10)(DEN) def. Kyung Eun Jung/ Ha Na Kim(KOR) 21-13 21-10
Mixed Doubles
[3]Joachim Fischer Nielsen (VT80)/ Christinna Pedersen(DEN) def. Hendra Setiawan/ Vita Marissa(INA) 21-7 21-9
[4]Tontowi Ahmad(AT900P)/ Liliyana Natsir(NR700RP)(INA) def. Hanbin He/ Bao Yixin(CHN) 21-11 21-18
Chris Adcock(VT80)(ENG)/ Imogen Bankier(ARC9FL)(SCO) def. Yeon Seong Yoo/ Ye Na Jang(KOR) 15-21 21-19 21-19