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In the quarter final round of the Yonex Open Japan 2013, schoolgirl Akane Yamaguchi’s sensational run continued to get her into the semi-finals after beating senior compatriot Yui Hashimoto with 21-12, 21-16. She plays defending champion Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei, 6) for a place in Sunday’s final. The other semi-final features Wang Yihan (China, 4) against another Japanese hopefully, Shizuka Uchida.
The Men’s Singles quarter-finals had three Indians; but none of them survived into the next round. Fast-emerging talent Kidambi Srikanth had the tough task of getting past seventh seed Kenichi Tago (Japan), but Srikanth remained unable to get any chance. Tago faces China’s Gao Huan, while top seed Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia) does battle versus Nguyen Tien Minh (Vietnam) in the next round.
Gao Huan faced Haseena Sunilkumar Prannoy (India) and had to fought hard to get past him with 21-11, 20-22 and 21-13; Lee Chong Wei had beaten qualifier Jun Takemura (Japan) with 21-10, 21-11 in 31 minutes. Nguyen Tien Minh lost to Ajay Jayaram at the same event two years ago, but the Vietnam veteran turned it around this time to grab an easy victory with 21-18, 21-13.
Women’s Doubles defending champions Poon Lok Yan/Tse Ying Suet of Hong Kong were undone by smart tactical play from local favourites and second seeds Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi.
China successfully booked three places in the Mixed Doubles semi-finals. Apart from the top two seeds Xu Chen/Ma Jin (1) and Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei (2), Liu Cheng/Bao Yixin achieved a thrilling win over Markis Kido/Pia Zebediah Bernadeth (Indonesia, 7) with 17-21, 21-19 and 21-19. Xu Chen/Ma Jin face third seeds Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen.
Liu Cheng also made to the semi-final round of Men’s Doubles, as he and Kang Jun got a walkover from compatriots Liu Xiaolong/Qiu Zihan (4). They run into World champions Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia, 1), while in the other half, second seeds Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (Denmark) will be up against another Chinese pair, Chai Biao/Hong Wei.
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