Sporting Digest: Badminton

ALL-ENGLAND OPEN (National Indoor Arena, Birmingham) Men's singles, third round: A Wiranata (Indon) bt Ong Ewe Hock (Mal) 15-12 15-12; F Permadi (Aus) bt Lioe Tiong Ping (Indon) 15-7 15-9; T Stuer- Lauridsen (Den) bt Park Sung-Woo (Kor) 17-15 1-15 15-11; H Susanto (Indon) bt J Meibom (Den) 15-6 15-14; R Sidek (Mal) bt S Butler (Eng) 15-10 15-7; H Arbi (Indon) bt Kim Hak-Kyun (Kor) 6-15 15-13 15-7; A Kusuma (Indon) bt S Kukasemkij (Thai) 18-15 15-3; P Hoyer Larsen (Den) bt Foo Kok Keong (Mal) 17-15 15-5. Quarter-finals: Wiranata bt Permadi 14-18 15-4 15-4; Susanto bt Stuer- Lauridsen 15-12 14-18 15-7; Arbi bt Sidek 15-11 5-5; Kusuma bt Hoyer Larsen 15-10 15-3. Doubles quarter-finals: A Irianto and D Kantono (Indon) bt J Eriksen and C Jakobsen (Den) 15-10 15-5; R Gunawan and B Suprianto (Indon) bt I Hendra and D Purwosugiono (Indon) 15-3 11-15 15-1; R Mainaky and R Subagya (Indon) bt P Axelsson and P-G Jonsson (Swe) 15-9 18-13; Cheah Soon Kit and Soo Beng Kiang (Malay) bt S Archer and C Hunt (Eng) 15-9 15-8.

Women's singles third round: Han Jingna (Ch) bt S Louis-Lane (Eng) 11-1 8-11 11-3; Y Kartika (Indon) bt C Magnusson (Swe) 11-4 7-11 11-6; Ye Zhaoying (Ch) bt M Audina (Indon) 6-11 11-8 11-7; Bang Soo-Hyun (Kor) bt Zhang Ning (Ch) 11-2 11-5; S Susanti (Indon) bt H Mizui (Japan) 10-12 11-7 11-1; Ra Kyung-Min (Kor) bt Lim Xiao Qing (Swe) 11-6 3-11 12-10; Liu Yuhong (Ch) bt Y Santoso (Indon) 5-11 11-7 11-6; C Martin (Den) bt Z Abdullah (Sing) 11-4 11-1. Quarter-finals: Susanti bt Ra Kyun-Min 11-5 11-2; Bang Soo Hyun bt Han Jingna 11-8 11-6; Ye Zhaoying bt Kartika 12-11 11-7; Martin bt Liu Yuhong 11-4 11-6. Doubles quarter-finals: Jang Hye-Ock and Shim Eun-Jung (Kor) bt Finarsih and L Tampi (Indon) 15-4 18-14; Chung So-Young and Gil Young-Ah (Kor) bt Eliza and R Zelin (Indon) 15-7 15-8; L Olsen and L Stuer- Lauridsen (Den) bt G Gowers and J Wright (Eng) 15-2 15-11; G Clark and J Bradbury (Eng) bt Lim Xiao Qing and C Magnusson (Swe) 15-9 3-15 15-11. Mixed doubles quarter- finals: J Holst-Christensen (Den) and R Tendean (Indon) bt C Jakobsen and L Olsen (Den) 15-5 15-4; C Hunt and Clark bt J Robertson and Bradbury 5-15 15-10 18-15; P-G Jonsson and M Bengtsson (Swe) bt M Sogaard (Den) and Gowers 15-11 15-10; N Ponting and Wright bt J Paulsen and R Olsen (Den) 15-8 15-9.