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Gade and Lin to meet at badminton worlds
Denmark's Peter Gade and China's Lin Dan will meet in the quarterfinals of the badminton World Championships after both won their third-round matches.
- Associated Press
- Updated: August 14, 2009 06:25 PM IST
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Hyderabad:
Gade, seeded third, had a 21-11, 21-12 win over Hong Kong's Yan Kit Chan to continue his record of not having dropped a game in this year's tournament.
Fifth-seeded Lin of China - winner of Olympic gold in Beijing last year - beat Dicky Palyama 21-11, 21-11 to end the run of the Dutchman who caused a first-round upset by beating China's Bao Chunlai.
In other matches early in Thursday's play, South Korea's top-seeded mixed doubles pairing Lee Yong-dae and Lee Hyo-jung, who also won gold in Beijing, reached the quarters with a 21-11, 21-17 victory over China's Xu Chen and Zhao Yunlei.
All the favorites won through to the last eight in the mixed, with the teams seeded second through seventh all progressing.
Denmark's Peter Gade and China's Lin Dan will meet in the quarterfinals of the badminton World Championships after both won their third-round matches on Thursday.Gade, seeded third, had a 21-11, 21-12 win over Hong Kong's Yan Kit Chan to continue his record of not having dropped a game in this year's tournament.
Fifth-seeded Lin of China - winner of Olympic gold in Beijing last year - beat Dicky Palyama 21-11, 21-11 to end the run of the Dutchman who caused a first-round upset by beating China's Bao Chunlai.
In other matches early in Thursday's play, South Korea's top-seeded mixed doubles pairing Lee Yong-dae and Lee Hyo-jung, who also won gold in Beijing, reached the quarters with a 21-11, 21-17 victory over China's Xu Chen and Zhao Yunlei.
All the favorites won through to the last eight in the mixed, with the teams seeded second through seventh all progressing.
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