Lin, Xie advance at Singapore Open
(CRI)Updated: 2007-05-03 14:01
 China's Lin Dan returns a shot to Hong Kong's Chan Yan Kit during the preliminary round of the men's singles at the Singapore Open Badminton Super Series 2007 in Singapore May 2, 2007.[Reuters]  |
Lin Dan, the current world number one shuttler, took on lower ranked Chan Yan Kit of Hong Kong in the men's singles first round.
Hindered by a waist injury, it took Lin 50 minutes to win the full-set marathon battle 21-18, 13-21, 21-15.
The All-England Champion will next play Indonesian Simon Santoso.
Meanwhile, third-seeded Chinese Chen Jin eased to the second round with a 2-0 (21-11, 21-19) win over German player Bjoern Joppien.
In the women's pool, Lin Dan's girlfriend Xie Xingfang struggled to defeat Finnish Anu Nieminen 21-16, 18-21, 21-8.
The top seed sets up a second round clash with Sara Persson of Sweden.
Chinese veteran Zhang Ning also advanced to the next stage after winning 21-19, 21-11 over Bulgarian Petya Nedeltcheva.
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