Chinese Dominate Preliminary of China Open Badminton Championships

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Chinese Dominate Preliminary of China Open Badminton Championships

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Three Chinese pairs cruised through the preliminary rounds to reach the men's doubles main draw while the hosts made a clean sweep in the preliminary of the women's doubles at the China Open badminton championships Wednesday in Guangzhou.

Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun rallied from losing the first set to beat Chinese compatriot Xie Zhongbo/Cao Chen 11-15, 15-5, 15-8.

Fu/Cai will take on top seed Jens Eriksen/Martin Lundgaard Hansen of Denmark for a berth in the quarterfinals on Thursday.

Guo Zhendong/Sang Yang of China defeated teammate Guo Siwei/Wu Hao 15-6, 15-11 to reach the top 16.

In another all-Chinese affair, Lu Jian/Zhu Lihua ousted Sun Junjie/Xu Chen 15-11, 15-5 to advance.

South Korea's Yim Bang Eun/Kim Yong Hyun became the only non-Chinese pair to enter the main draw after they ousted Yau Tsz Yuk/Wiratama Yohan Hadikusumo 4-15, 15-7, 15-12.

In the women's competition, China's Liu Lufang/Chen Yiying eased past Siu Ching Man/Tang Tsz Wai of Hong Kong, China, 11-3, 11-3 for a place in the main draw which features 16 pairs.

Yu Yang/Liu Qiuming, a 5-11, 11-2 and 11-7 winner over teammate Han Xubin/Lu Pingfang, had to face second seed Pernille Harder/Mette Schjoldager of Denmark on Thursday.

China's Jiang Yanjiao/Zhu Lin advanced at the expense of Li Wing Mui/Wong Man Ching of Hong Kong, China, winning 9-11, 11-4, 11-2.

Du Jing/Rong Lu, who won the women's doubles title at the world junior championships last month, shut out their Chinese compatriotLiu Jian/Li Wenyan 13-10, 13-10 to set up a clash with top seed Gao Ling/Huang Sui on Thursday.

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