Badminton’s French Open 2008, part of the Super Series tournament, is now being staged at Pierre de Coubertin Stadium in Paris. The tournament is schedule to finish on 2 November 2008.

Day five today will see four Malaysian players, singles and doubles, going into court to play for a place in finals. Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei is the defending champion for the men’s singles title and is also seeded number one.

Semi-finals, Saturday 1 November 2008 schedule:

Men’s Singles

4:00pm - Lee Chong Wei [1] vs Taufik Hidayat [7] (INA)

Men’s Doubles

2:00pm - Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong [3] vs Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan [1] (INA)

Women’s Singles

none

Women’s Doubles

3:10pm - Chin Eei Hui/Wong Pei Tty [4] vs Zhang Yawen/Zhao Tingting [6] (CHN)

Mixed Doubles

6:10pm - Koo Kien Keat vs Wong Pei Tty vs He Hanbin/Yu Yang [2] (CHN)

Malaysian players in red. Match time is local time in France (GMT +01/02). For Malaysian time, add 6/7 hours.