Lee, Lin see off S. Korean challengers
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August 12, 2011, Friday
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TOP seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia sailed through a potentially tricky test by beating South Korean Park Sung-hwan to book a place in the world championships quarterfinals with a crushing 21-10, 21-5 victory at Wembley Arena in London yesterday.
In last year's tournament in Paris, ninth-seeded Park had put out defending champion Lin Dan and was regarded as a dangerous floater.
But Lee was at the top of his formidable game, brushing the Korean aside in 29 minutes and completing the win with a spectacular diving recovery shot which just went over the net.
The world No. 1 told reporters: "I enjoyed the match. I played better today but I still have to focus and prepare myself."
His last-eight opponent will be either Spain's Pablo Abian or Guatemala's Kevin Cordon, the revelation of the tournament who ousted fifth seed Chen Long of China in round one.
Lee was joined in the last eight by three-time former world champion Lin Dan who eased past 12th-seeded South Korean Lee Hyun-il 21-16, 21-13.
Britain's last hopes of success at the Arena, the mixed doubles duo of Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier, thrilled the crowd, battling back to secure a 17-21, 21-15, 21-16 victory over Japan's 15th seeds Shintaro Ikeda and Reiko Shiota.
"We were quite far up earlier in that last set and I felt I tensed up quite a lot but luckily Imogen was very calm," Adcock said.
On Wednesday, former winner Taufik Hidayat was unceremoniously ousted from the championships in the second round, beaten 17-21, 14-21 by unseeded Derek Wong of Singapore.
It was an unwelcome 30th birthday present for the Indonesian who reached last year's final in Paris but played some way below his best at the modestly-attended Wembley Arena, venue for next year's Olympic Games.
Wong, 22, thoroughly deserved his victory, his agility round the court and heavy cross-court smashes confounding the 2005 champion.
Hidayat managed to pull back a little from 7-11 down in the second game but Wong swiftly accelerated away to claim a third round place against unseeded Dane Hans-Kristian Vittinghus.
World ranked 49, a thrilled Wong told reporters: "He's by far my biggest scalp. This morning I did not think I could beat him but I wanted to give him a real hard game today."
In last year's tournament in Paris, ninth-seeded Park had put out defending champion Lin Dan and was regarded as a dangerous floater.
But Lee was at the top of his formidable game, brushing the Korean aside in 29 minutes and completing the win with a spectacular diving recovery shot which just went over the net.
The world No. 1 told reporters: "I enjoyed the match. I played better today but I still have to focus and prepare myself."
His last-eight opponent will be either Spain's Pablo Abian or Guatemala's Kevin Cordon, the revelation of the tournament who ousted fifth seed Chen Long of China in round one.
Lee was joined in the last eight by three-time former world champion Lin Dan who eased past 12th-seeded South Korean Lee Hyun-il 21-16, 21-13.
Britain's last hopes of success at the Arena, the mixed doubles duo of Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier, thrilled the crowd, battling back to secure a 17-21, 21-15, 21-16 victory over Japan's 15th seeds Shintaro Ikeda and Reiko Shiota.
"We were quite far up earlier in that last set and I felt I tensed up quite a lot but luckily Imogen was very calm," Adcock said.
On Wednesday, former winner Taufik Hidayat was unceremoniously ousted from the championships in the second round, beaten 17-21, 14-21 by unseeded Derek Wong of Singapore.
It was an unwelcome 30th birthday present for the Indonesian who reached last year's final in Paris but played some way below his best at the modestly-attended Wembley Arena, venue for next year's Olympic Games.
Wong, 22, thoroughly deserved his victory, his agility round the court and heavy cross-court smashes confounding the 2005 champion.
Hidayat managed to pull back a little from 7-11 down in the second game but Wong swiftly accelerated away to claim a third round place against unseeded Dane Hans-Kristian Vittinghus.
World ranked 49, a thrilled Wong told reporters: "He's by far my biggest scalp. This morning I did not think I could beat him but I wanted to give him a real hard game today."
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