Veteran shuttler Zhang Ning of China continued her winning run
after storming to victory in Singapore with an excellent opener in
another Super Series in Indonesia Wednesday evening.
The 32-year-old beat Yu Hirayama of Japan 21-13, 21-10 while on
another court next to hers, compatriot Xie Xingfang overcame
Malaysia's Wong Mew Choo with a hard fought 21-13, 24-22 win.
Xie wasted three match points against the battling Malaysian who
rallied from 12-18 in the second game.
Wong is a tough player with solid defense. The second-game
scores tell that she is not easy to beat, but I finally did, Xie
told Xinhua after the match at the Bung Karno Indoor Stadium
here.
Xie and Zhang, who met in Sunday's Singapore Super Series final,
are currently the world's number one and two respectively and
seeded on the same order in this tournament.
(Xinhua News Agency?May 10, 2007)