Sporting Digest: Badminton

ALL-ENGLAND OPEN (National Indoor Arena, Birmingham) Men's singles, first round: Chen Gang (China) bt C Olsen (Den) 15-5 15-8; A Kusuma (Indon) bt T Madsen (Den) 15-11 15-3; Ahn Jae-Chang (S Kor) bt C Haughton (Eng) 15-4 15-7; Foo Kok Keong (Malay) bt S Melnikov (Rus) 15-3 15-4; P Espersen (Den) bt R Nock (Eng) 15-2 15-2; R Sidek (Malay) bt H Yamada (Japan) 15-1 15-1; Lioe Tiong Ping (Indon) bt S Welling (Indon) 15-13 15-5; T Stuer- Lauridsen (Den) bt F Machida (Japan) 15-8 15-8; H Susanto (Indon) bt Sun Jun (China) 15-11 15-10; J van Dijk (Neth) bt H Fuchs (Aut) 15-11 10-15 15-7; S Butler (Eng) bt R Liljequist (Fin) 15-9 15-11; D Bhattacharya (Indon) bt K Honda (Japan) 15-11 15-2; Kim Hak-Kyun (S Kor) bt O Pongratz (Ger) 15-8 9-15 15-9; P Jantti (Fin) bt N Hall (NZ) 14-17 15-9 15-6; S Pandya (Eng) bt J Olsson (Swe) w/o; F Permadi (Aus) bt B Flockhart (Sco) 15-3 15-4; S Nielsen (Den) bt A Nielsen (Eng) 15-7 17-14; Park Sung-Woo (S Kor) bt P Smith (Eng) 15-1 15-1; Liu Jun (China) bt H Sperre (Nor) 15-11 15-9; A Wiranata (Indon) bt T Katayama (Japan) 15-4 15-2; H Sorensen (Den) bt Kim Chul-Joong (S Kor) 15-10 15-12; Ong Ewe Hock (Malay) bt K Jonassen (Den) 15-6 15-10; J Dawson (Can) bt P Vaneste (Bel) 15-3 15-12; P Rasmussen (Den) bt S Isaac (Eng) 15-5 15-3; S Kukasemkij (Thai) bt P Knowles (Eng) 12-15 15-10 15-13; J Meibom (Den) bt Kum Wai Kok (Eng) 15-10 15-8; M Boesen (Den) bt E Lia (Nor) 15-7 15-18 15-12; J Jorgensen (Den) bt A Bush (Eng) 6-15 15-11 15-6; H Arbi (Indon) bt C Simonsen (Den) 15-6 18-14; P Bush (Eng) bt J Sorensen (Den) 15-8 15-5; Wong Wai Lap (HK) bt D Gilmour (Sco) 15-4 15-4; P-E Hoyer Larsen (Den) bt T Suka (Japan) 15-9 10-15 15-7. Second round: Lioe Tong Ping bt Pandya 15-8 15-6; Stuer-Lauridsen bt Jantti 15-9 15-6; Park Sung- Woo bt Dawson 15-5 15-2; Susanto bt Van Dijk 15-1 15-7; Kusuma bt Chen Gang 15-1 15-12; Foo Kok Keong bt Ahn Jae-Chang 15-18 15-12 15-10; Sidek bt Espersen 15-8 15-11; Kim Hak-Kyun bt Bhattacharya 15-5 15-10; Wiranata bt Sorensen 15-3 15-4; Kukasemkij bt Rasmussen 15-10 15-2; Butler bt Liu Jun 15-8 6-15 17-16; Permadi bt S Nielsen 14-17 15-9 15-3; Meibom bt Boesen 15-11 15-6; Hoyer Larsen bt Wong Wai Lap 15-10 15-11; Ong Ewe Hock bt P Bush 15-7 15-6; Arbi bt Jorgensen 15-8 15-6.

Women's singles, first round: L Sorensen (Den) bt M Sorensen (Den) 11-3 12-9, M Audina (Indon) bt F Smith (Eng) 11-6 11-2; S Jaroensiri (Thai) bt A Humby (Eng) 11-3 11-0; H Mizui (Japan) bt J Willmott (Eng) 11-1 11-0; Y Kartika (Indon) bt L Thomsen (Den) 11-2 11-2; J Muggeridge (Eng) bt Lee Joo-Hyun (S Kor) 9-12 11-7 11-8; M Timur (Indon) bt J Mann (Eng) 11-3 11-1; Zhang Ning (China) bt A Crabo (Swe) 11-2 11-7; Ra Kyung-Min (Kor) bt J Bradbury (Eng) 6-11 11-3 11-5;

M Pedersen (Den) bt M Tanaka (Japan) 10-12 11-5 11-3; S Louis-Lane (Eng) bt D Piche (Can) 11-12 11-3 11-8; T Ida (Japan) bt M Pawangadkar (India) w/o; Z Abdullah (Sing) bt M Andnevskaya (Rus) 11-8 8-11 11-6; M Hoogland (Neth) bt P Plungwech (Thai) 12-9 11-1; S Sasaki (Japan) bt Ge Fei (China) 7-11 12-10 11-1. Second round: Mizui bt Jaroensiri 11-8 1-11 11-4; Han Jingna (Ch) bt M Rasmussen (Den) 11-2 12-10; Liu Yuhong bt Muggeridge 11-1 11-3; C Martin (NZ) bt R Robertson (NZ) 11-2 11-3; Kartika bt Sasaki 11-1 11-5; C Magnusson (Swe) bt K Ji-Hyun (Kor) 11-3 11-1; Audina bt Sorensen 11-2 11-4; Ye Zhaoying (Ch) bt D Julien (Can) 11-5 11-3; S Susanti (Indon) bt A Gibson (Scot) 11-3 11-2; Ra Kyung-Min bt Pedersen 11-3 11-1; Zhang Ning bt Timur 11-5 10-12 11-6; Abdullah bt Hoogland 12-10 11-6; Y Santoso (Indon) bt C Bengtsson (Swe) w/o; Lim Xiao Qing (Swe) bt I Yalusheva (Rus) 11-5 11-2; Bang Soo-Hyun (Kor) bt A Sondergaard (Den) 11-5 11-0; Louis-Lane bt Ida 12-11 5-11 11-1.