Thursday, April 15, 2010

Hidayat loses in third round of Asian championships

Published Fri, Apr 16 10 12:09 AM

Top-seeded Indonesian Taufik Hidayat lost in the third round of the Asian badminton championships to Taiwanese Hsuan Yi Hsueh 22-20 21-16 on Thursday.

World and Olympic champion Lin Dan of China took a quarter-final spot with a 21-8 21-17 win over Tien Chen Chou of Taiwan.

World number four Lin is a strong favourite for the title in the absence of Malaysian world number one and all England champion Lee Chong Wei.

Women's top-seed Saina Nehwal of India moved to the quarter-finals with a 21-14 21-16 victory over Malaysia's Julia Pei Xian Wong.

Over 300 players from 20 Asian countries are taking part in the $150,000 prize money competition, also a test event for the Commonwealth Games to be staged in the Indian capital later this year.


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