Chinese players Jiang Yanjiao, Chen Li advanced to top four in the women's singles at the Asian Badminton Championships in Malaysia.

 

In Jiang's match, she took the first set quite easily 21-16. In the second set, Jiang also had exerted control of the game and beat South Korea's Lee Yun Hwa with an easy 21-12 victory.

 

Eighth seed Jiang will meet top seed Wang Chen, Hong Kong's only medal hopeful who ousted Japanese Hirose Eriko on her road to top four, in the semifinals Saturday.

 

It will be a good chance for Wang to revenge on her loss to Jiang at the 10th Chinese National Game in 2005.

 

Another Chinese player Chen Li won India's Murgunde Trupti at 21-18 and 21-11 in the women's quarter-finals. 　　

 

In the men's singles, Chen Yu crushed South Korean Jang Young Soo 2-1. He will meet No. 2 seed Hashim Muhd Hafiz from Malaysia, who defeated Indonesian Santoso Simon, in the semifinals.

 

In the mixed doubles, Chinese Zhang Wei/Yu Yang defeated rivals from Japan 2-0.

 

In Saturday's semifinals, they will meet top seed Windianto Nova/Natsir Liliyana from Indonesia.

 

In the women's doubles, Pan Pan/Tian Qing and Yu Yang/Du Jing both advanced to top four. But their teammates Zhao Yunlei/Cheng She lost to No. 3 seed Chinese Taipei's Chien Yu Chin/Cheng Wen Hsing.

 

In the men's doubles, Chinese players He Hanbin/Shen Ye was stopped by their South Korean opponents 15-21, 21-11, 21-17.

 

(Xinhua News Agency April 1, 2006)