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JAKARTA, July 5 (Xinhua) – Chinese players have advanced to the end of the age group in the 2018 Indonesia Open after they trashed their opponents in the qualifying round in Indonesia's landmark badminton arena known as Istora Senayan on Thursday. [19659002] Badminton World Federation (BWF) No. 3 mixed doubles players Liu Cheng / Zhang Nan released China's team to win a quarterfinal round berth earlier in the day against their non-seeded Huang Kaixiang / Wang Yilyu compatriots in three games of 15-21 , 21-13, 21-13.
China's world No. 8 He Bingjiao and No. 3 Shi Yuqi progressed later as they defeated Thailand's Busana Ongbamrungphan and Japan's Kazumasa Sakai in a women's and men's singles
China's Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong, seeded fourth, brushed aside their non-seeded contenders Wang Chi Lin / Lee Chia Hsin from Chinese Taipei in three games, winning by 21-12, 17-21, 21-16 into the mixed doubles quarter
Wang Yilyu / Huang Dongping, seeded second, overtook Danish contenders Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Alexandra Boje in 21-16, 21-18 to book another quarterfinal slot in mixed doubles.
In women 's doubles, world no. 1 Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan from China defeated Malaysian pairing Chow Mei Kuan / Lee Meng Yean in two straight games with a score of 22-20, 21-18.
In the quarterfinals slated for Friday, China's Shu Qi will take on India's Prannoy Haseena Sunil Kumar, seeded eighth, in men's singles While He Bingjiao will match up with another Indian, Pusarla V. Sindhu.
Prannoy defeated China's top player Lin Dan in qualifying on Tuesday.
Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan will meet South Korean players Lee So Hee Sing Seung in the women's double quarterfinal
The Indonesia Open international badminton tournament, which has joined the HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000 along with China Open and All England, offers the largest prize in all BWF events at an amount of 1.25 million U.S. dollars
The tournament, which will end on Sunday, is contested by the 32 best players in badminton. Enditem
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