Sporting Digest: Badminton

VERONICA ROWAN, the general secretary of the International Badminton Federation for 17 years, yesterday announced her retirement.

THAILAND OPEN (Bangkok) Men's quarter- finals: Ong Ewe Hock (Malay) bt A Budi Kusuma (Indon) 15-11 2-15 15-10; H Susanto (Indon) bt Lui Tiong Ping (Indon) 11-15 15-2 15-2; J Suprianto (Indon) bt M Mainaky (Indon) 15-17 18-14 15-2; H Arbi (Indon) bt S Kukasemkit (Thai) 15-6 15-13. Women's quarter-finals: S Susanti (Indon) bt Hu Ning (Ch) 11-3 11-1; Kim Ji-hyun (S Kor) bt C Cindana (Indon) 11-3 11-2; S Charoensiri (Thai) bt Han Jingna (Ch) 12-9 11-12; Ra Kyung-min (S Kor) bt M Trimur (Indon) 11-2 11-2.