Chinese Shuttlers Advance at Sydney BadmintonChinese shuttlers advanced into the last 16 of the Sydney Olympic women's singles badminton tournament Sunday.Meanwhile, world champion Camilla Martin, second seed here, also put a top performance as she blew away Indonesia's Ellen Angelinawaty 11-6 and 11-2 in 19 minutes. China's Gong Zhichao, top seed at the Olympics, took just five minutes more to dispose of Hong Kong's Ling Wan-ting 11-4, 11-3. Another Chinese Ye Zhaoying, seeded fourth, needed three sets to defeat Judith Meulendijks of the Netherlands 11-3, 9-11 and 11-7 while Dai Yun of China, runner-up at the last world championships, eliminated Ella Karachkova of Russia 11-3, 11-5. |
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