As expected, defending champion and No. 1 seed, Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei qualified for the quarter-finals of the badminton’s French Open 2008, part of the Super Series tournament.
Day three today saw five Malaysian players, singles and doubles, advance to the quarter-finals. Beside Lee Chong Wei, Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong with Chin Eei Hui and Wong Pei Tty qualified as well for the men’s and women’s doubles respectively.
Round Two, 30 October 2008 result:
Men’s Singles
Lee Chong Wei [1] beat Chan Yan Kit (HKG) - 21-10, 21-13
Muhammad Hafiz Hashim lost to Taufik Hidayat [7] (INA) - 21-15, 18-21, 15-21
Kenneth Jonassen [5] (DEN) beat Wong Choong Hann - 21-13, 21-14
Men’s Doubles
Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong [3] beat Michal Logosz/Robert Mateusiak (POL) - 21-11, 21-17
Mohd Zakry/Mohd Fairuzizuan [5] beat Robert Adcock/Robin Middleton (ENG) - 21-15, 21-15
Women’s Singles
none
Women’s Doubles
Chin Eei Hui/Wong Pei Tty [4] beat Rani Mundiasti/Jo Novita (INA) - 21-16, 18-21, 21-14
Mixed Doubles
Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytterjuhl [3] lost to Koo Kien Keat vs Wong Pei Tty - 19-21, 14-21
Malaysian players in red.
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