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China Masters 2013 showed some interesting results in the Round 2. Kento Momota and compatriot Kazumasa Sakai emerged victorious against Chinese youngsters; their twin victories ensured four spots for Japan in the quarter-finals. The other two spots were taken by experienced hands, Sho Sasaki and fifth seed Kenichi Tago. The latter disposed of Israel’s Misha Zilberman with 21-7, 21-9.
World Junior champion Momota took on his Chinese rival and Macau Open champion Chen Yuekun and win the match with 21-19, 14-21 and 21-18.
Kazumasa Sakai too scored a three-game victory to reach his first Superseries quarter-final since his home Japan Open last year, against World No. 180 Guo Kai (China) and claimed the success in the match with 15-21, 21-12 and 21-17.
Others who booked quarter-final spots include Jan O Jorgensen (Denmark, 6), qualifier Son Wan Ho (Korea), and China’s Wang Zhengming (7) and Zhou Wenlong. Comeback man Son Wan Ho overcame Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand, 16-21, 21-13 and 21-11, while fellow qualifier Zhou won his second three-game match in a row, beating Lee Dong Keun (Korea) with 21-15, 10-21 and 21-13.
In Women Singles draw, top seed Li Xuerui (China) made the quarter-finals without hitting a shuttle, while her compatriots Han Li and Liu Xin stopped Koreans Sung Ji Hyun (4) and Bae Yeon Ju (8) respectively. Han Li avenged her Korea Open Superseries semi-final loss to Sung by winning with 21-18, 14-21 and 21-14, while Liu Xin got past Bae Yeon Ju in just two games with 21-14, 21-17. Porntip Buranaprasertsuk of Thailand ousted No. 7 seed Minatsu Mitani of Japan, in a hard-fought contest with 16-21, 21-18 and 24-22.
China secured five spots in the Women’s Singles quarter-finals, but the notable exception was Wang Xin, as the former world No. 2 Chinese, on a comeback trail from injury at the London Olympics, fell 21-13, 21-16 to Sayaka Takahashi.
In Men’s Doubles, top seeds Lee Yong Dae/Ko Sung Hyun (Korea) and second seeds Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa (Japan) made to the quarter-finals in just 22 minutes fight against Shi Longfei/Zhang Ningyi (China) with 21-6, 21-9, while Endo/Hayakawa spent five minutes longer to decimate Luo Cheng/Ju Fangpengyu (China) with 21-10, 21-13.
Japan’s Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi – third seeds in Women’s Doubles, get past Du Peng/Xiong Mengjing (China) after 66 minutes battle with 21-7, 15-21 and 21-16.
In Mixed Doubles, four Indonesian pairs made to the quarter-finals. The Indonesian winners include Praveen Jordan/Vita Marissa, who upset third seeds Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam (Thailand) with 21-15, 21-23 and 21-11.
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