Lee, Lin roll through; 2nd seed Wang exits
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March 9, 2012, Friday
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HOURS after their opening matches were scheduled, top-ranked Lee Chong Wei and his nemesis Lin Dan began their latest All England Open campaigns in Birmingham and wasted little time on Wednesday.
In a program which overran into yesterday, Lee, 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.
"It was a good first match," he said. "I liked the feeling on the court. Hopefully, the second match will go better."
The Malaysian 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.
Santoso was coming off the German Open final on Sunday, when he lost to Lin, while Vittinghus came to Birmingham having gone unbeaten in helping Denmark keep its European team title, then pushing Lin in the German Open quarterfinals.
Lin, the four-time All England champion who lost to Lee in last year's final, took care of Ajay Jayaram of India 21-18, 21-15 in a match which finished after midnight. In round two, Lin will meet Malaysian qualifier Chong Wei Feng, then either 2008 champion Chen Jin or 2005 world champion Taufik Hidayat in the quarterfinals.
Before retirement
It took more than 16 hours of play and not until after 2am for the first seed to fall, when No. 8 Peter Gade, the 1999 champion making his 17th and last All England appearance before retirement, bowed to the only Englishman in the draw, Rajiv Ouseph, 21-17, 16-21, 14-21.
Lin's protege, third-seeded Chen Long, advanced when Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia retired with an injured foot before their third game.
The 10th-ranked Du Pengyu of China lost to Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka 16-21, 21-15, 19-21, with the Indonesian reeling off the last four points as he smashed 14 winners in the deciding game.
On the women's side, top-ranked Wang Yihan of China dispatched Pai Hsiao-ma of Chinese Taipei 21-10, 21-8.
Wang will next run into teammate Liu Xin, whom she's never lost to, with a quarterfinal looming against old foe Tine Baun of Denmark. Wang beat Baun in the 2009 final, then lost to the Dane in the 2010 final. Baun, a two-time All England champ, opened with a 21-15, 21-15 win over Fu Mingtian of Singapore.
The only women's seed defeated was No. 2 Wang Xin of China, who fell to South Korea's Sung Ji-hyun 8-21, 13-21 at 2:30am.
In a program which overran into yesterday, Lee, 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.
"It was a good first match," he said. "I liked the feeling on the court. Hopefully, the second match will go better."
The Malaysian 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.
Santoso was coming off the German Open final on Sunday, when he lost to Lin, while Vittinghus came to Birmingham having gone unbeaten in helping Denmark keep its European team title, then pushing Lin in the German Open quarterfinals.
Lin, the four-time All England champion who lost to Lee in last year's final, took care of Ajay Jayaram of India 21-18, 21-15 in a match which finished after midnight. In round two, Lin will meet Malaysian qualifier Chong Wei Feng, then either 2008 champion Chen Jin or 2005 world champion Taufik Hidayat in the quarterfinals.
Before retirement
It took more than 16 hours of play and not until after 2am for the first seed to fall, when No. 8 Peter Gade, the 1999 champion making his 17th and last All England appearance before retirement, bowed to the only Englishman in the draw, Rajiv Ouseph, 21-17, 16-21, 14-21.
Lin's protege, third-seeded Chen Long, advanced when Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia retired with an injured foot before their third game.
The 10th-ranked Du Pengyu of China lost to Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka 16-21, 21-15, 19-21, with the Indonesian reeling off the last four points as he smashed 14 winners in the deciding game.
On the women's side, top-ranked Wang Yihan of China dispatched Pai Hsiao-ma of Chinese Taipei 21-10, 21-8.
Wang will next run into teammate Liu Xin, whom she's never lost to, with a quarterfinal looming against old foe Tine Baun of Denmark. Wang beat Baun in the 2009 final, then lost to the Dane in the 2010 final. Baun, a two-time All England champ, opened with a 21-15, 21-15 win over Fu Mingtian of Singapore.
The only women's seed defeated was No. 2 Wang Xin of China, who fell to South Korea's Sung Ji-hyun 8-21, 13-21 at 2:30am.
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