China Masters GP: Lin Dan and 3 Malaysian pairs advance to quarter finals

China: The world No. 104 Lin Dan (according to the newly released BWF ranking) showed no mercy to his Chinese Taipei opponent Hsu Shao Wen in the second round of China Masters GP Gold Open, by winning the match 21-11, 21-8 in just 27 minutes on Thursday. He will play Derek Wong from Singapore in the quarter final on Friday.

On the same day, team Malaysia was met with mixed results. Three Malaysian pairs were able to make it to the quarter finals. In men’s doubles, Tai Ah Khang-Woon Mun Choon won the match in an extremely close battle against the tournament’s fourth seed, Christopher Rusdianto – Trikusuma Wardhana 21-17 14-21 21-19 in 48 minutes; In mixed doubles, Ong Jian Guo- Lee Meng Yean defeated second seed Liao Min Chun – Chen Hsiao Huan from Chinese Taipei, 21-14 21-15; while another mixed double pair Tan Aik Quan- Lim Yin Loo defeated their compatriot Tan Chee Tean- Lai Shevon Jemie 21-14 12-21 21-9, in 44 minutes. There were total of six casualties for Malaysia in the second round.

Below is the complete result for the second round:

Order of play of Thursday, April 17, 2014

Draw	Players			Score	Duration
Main Location – 1
MD	Yun Cai [CHN] Lu Kai [CHN]		[MAS] Kah Ming Chooi [MAS] Ee Yi Teo	21-16 21-17	0:36
MS	Dan Lin [CHN]		[TPE] Shao Wen Hsu	21-11 21-8	0:27
MD	Yilv Wang [CHN] Wen Zhang [CHN]		[INA] Andrei Adistia [INA] Hendra Aprida Gunawan	21-12 21-17	0:35
XD	Liu Yuchen [CHN] Ying Luo [CHN]		[SIN] Yong Kai Terry Hee [SIN] Mingtian Fu	18-21 21-7 21-14	0:50
MD	Jun Kang [1] [CHN] Cheng Liu [CHN]		[TPE] Wei Chen Liu [TPE] Po Han Yang	21-18 17-21 21-13	0:46
MS	Ka Long Ng [HKG]		[THA] Suppanyu Avihingsanon [6]	21-11 21-11	0:29
XD	Li Junhui [CHN] Dongping Huang [CHN]		[SIN] Danny Bawa Chrisnanta [1] [SIN] Yu Yan Vanessa Neo	21-17 19-21 21-19	0:51
XD	Jian Guo Ong [MAS] Lee Meng Yean [MAS]		[TPE] Min Chun Liao [2] [TPE] Hsiao Huan Chen	21-14 21-15	0:28
MD	Zhuofu Chen [CHN] Longfei Shi [CHN]		[MAS] Chee Tean Tan [MAS] Fai Yin Wong	18-21 21-15 21-17	0:55
MD	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta [SIN] Chayut Triyachart [SIN]		[TPE] Min Chun Liao [TPE] Min Hao Tseng	21-18 21-18	0:39
MS	Pannawit Thongnuam [THA]		[MAS] Soon Huat Goh	21-16 18-21 21-19	1:13
MS	Zhengming Wang [1] [CHN]		[CHN] Yuxiang Huang	13-21 21-14 21-14	0:56
MS	Houwei Tian [2] [CHN]		[CHN] Xin Wu	21-15 21-18	0:36
XD	Chayut Triyachart [SIN] Lei Yao [SIN]		[CHN] Longfei Shi [CHN] Peng Du	21-14 21-13	0:27
XD	Yilv Wang [CHN] Xia Huan [CHN]		[CHN] Zhuofu Chen [CHN] Mengjing Xiong	21-12 21-11	0:32
XD	Lu Kai [3] [CHN] Huang Yaqiong [CHN]		[CHN] Wen Zhang [CHN] Dongni Ou	21-13 21-11	0:24
MD	Li Junhui [3] [CHN] Liu Yuchen [CHN]		[HKG] Fernando Kurniawan [HKG] Lok Kei Lo	14-21 21-12 21-16	0:45
MD	An Khang Tai [MAS] Mun Choon Woon [MAS]		[INA] Christopher Rusdianto [4] [INA] Trikusuma Wardhana	21-17 14-21 21-19	0:48
MS	Kai Liu [CHN]		[CHN] Tianyu Gao	21-18 21-16	0:37
MS	Zi Liang Derek Wong [4] [SIN]		[THA] Khosit Phetpradab	18-21 21-19 21-17	1:01
MS	Nan Wei [3] [HKG]		[MAS] Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub	21-16 21-18	0:33
XD	Praveen Jordan [4] [INA] Debby Susanto [INA]		[MAS] Fai Yin Wong [MAS] Mei Kuan Chow	19-21 22-20 21-12	0:58
XD	Aik Quan Tan [MAS] Yin Loo Lim [MAS]		[MAS] Chee Tean Tan [MAS] Shevon Jemie Lai	21-14 12-21 21-9	0:44
MD	Wannawat Ampunsuwan [2] [THA] Patiphat Chalardchaleam [THA]		[SIN] Yong Kai Terry Hee [SIN] Kean Hean Loh	21-19 21-8	0:30