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Chinese men's shuttlers tamed arch rival World number-one Lin Dan came through an easy opening game to beat Olympic and World Champion Taufik Hidayat 21-16, 21-18, before Cai Yun and Fu Haifen, the world's third-ranked pair, triumphed 24-22, 21-17 against Luluk Hadiyanto and Yulianto Alven. Tall left-hander Bao Chunlai faced fierce attacks from Indonesian Soni Dwi Kuncoro in the second singles clash. The two exchanged leads in a seesaw first set to see Bao win at 21-17. Bao looked poised to take the second set easily with a 5-2 lead before Soni unexpectedly turned the table and got nine straight points to lead 11-5. Things were a little tight from that point, but Bao managed to tie it at 22-all. He got the winning point following a mistake from the Indonesian and wrapped up the victory with 24-22. The Chinese men will next play Also Chinese women shuttlers are one step away from their tenth Uber Cup title, the fifth in a row, after sweeping The Chinese team, with the world's top two singles players and top two pairs, extended its unbeaten streak to four wins without dropping a match, making it to their twelfth tournament finals since 1984. Top-ranked Zhang Ning got a good, hard win over German veteran Xu Huaiwen to put Zhang struggled to beat the European Champion 21-17, 21-14, extending her head-to-head lead to 3-0. World number-two Xie Xingfang, although facing tough attacks from Juliane Schenk, added one more victory for China by winning 21-17, 21-16. Second-seeded pair Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen secured their ticket to the finals after taking an easy 21-9, 21-4 win over their German rivals within 26 minutes. The Chinese women will take on either Chinese Taipei or the (CRI May 5, 2006) |
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