Sport in Short: Badminton

KOREA OPEN (Seoul): Men's singles first round: Lee Suk Ho (S Kor) bt P Stevenson (Aus) 15-7 13-15 15-8. Second round: A B Kusama (Indon) bt Dong Ji- ong (Ch) 17-16 15-7; A Nielsen (GB) bt Kim Dong Moon (S Kor) 15-7 15-12; H Furukawa (Japan) bt J Olsson (Swe) 15-3 15-4; Ahn Jae Chang (S Kor) bt A Antropov (Rus) 15-18 15-0 15-10; T Stuer Lauridsen (Den) bt M Mainakyk (Indon) 17-18 15-8 15-7; Lee Yong Sun (S Kor) bt M Muralidesan (Malay) 15-4

15-4; F Pormadi (Indon) bt R Sherestha (Nep) 15-1 15-9; Kim Hak Kyun (S Kor) bt K Shimogami (Japan) 15-10 15-9; Park Sung Yoo (S Kor) bt Lee Suk Ho 15-6 15-4; P Andreasson (Swe) bt Pang Chen (Malay) 15- 10 15-3; S Butler (Eng) bt F Machida (Japan) 15-7 15-4; Wu Wen-kai (Ch) bt Kim Chul Jung (S Kor) 15- 7 15-7; Lee Kwang Jin (S Kor) bt H Motoyama (Japan) 15-4 15-9; D Hall (Eng) bt Hamid Khan (Sing) 15-7 15-7; Lee Mie Chow (Tai) bt Kim Yung Gil (S Kor) 15-1 15-10; J Suprianto (Indon) bt Xie Yang- chun (Ch) 15-8 15-1. Third round: Kusuma bt Nielsen 15-6 15-4; Ahn Jae Chang bt Furukawa 15-2 15-5; Lauridsen bt Lee Yong Sun 15-8 15-7; Kim Hak Kyun bt Permadi 18-17 15-9; Park Sung Woo bt Andreasson 15-7 15-6; Wu Wen-kai bt Butler 8-15 15-10 15-3; Lee Kwang Jin bt Hall 17-15 15-7; Suprianto bt Lee Mie Chow 15-8 15-3. Quarter-finals: Kusuma bt Ahn Jae Chang 15-7 15-4; Stuer Lauridsen bt Kim Hak Kyun 15-8 15-9; Park Sung Yoo bt Wu Wen-kai 15-6 7-15 15-5; Suprianto bt Lee Mie Chow 15-10 7-15 15-7. Women's singles second round: S Susanti (Indon) bt Lee Soo Hyun (S Kor) 11-6 11-8; L Stuer-Lauridsen (Den) bt C Bengtsson (Swe) by w/o; Ye Zhao-ying (Ch) Chan Ui Ni (HK) 11-5 11-7; Kim Ji-Hyun (S Kor) bt Kim Mee Hyang (S Kor) 5-11 11-2 11-0; Lim Xiao Qing (Swe) bt Yao Yan (Ch) 11-0 11-0; S Jaroensiri (Thai) bt Park Jin Hyun (S Kor) 11-8 4-11 12-11; Lee Heung Soon (S Kor) bt J Villanueva (Phil) 11-0 11-3; M Timur (Indon) bt K Sasage (Japan) 11-0 11-4; Ra Kyung Min (S Kor) bt T Matsuo (Japan) 11-2 11-7; Guo Jing (Ch) bt Z Abdullah (Sing) 11-3 11-4; P Pornsawan (Thai) bt D Julien (Can) 12-10 12-9; Tang Jiu-hong (Ch) bt Chon Shiuao Li (Tai) 11-6 11-2; K Yunita (Indon) bt H Mizui (Japan) 11-2 11-6; Lee Wai Long (Malay) bt C Magnusson (Swe) w/o; Han Jing- na (Ch) bt Wong Chun Fan (HK) 6-11 11-7 11-4; Bang Soo Hyun (S Kor) bt M Millar (Phil) 11-1 11-0. Third round: Susanti bt Stuer-Lauridsen 11-1 11-4; Ye Zhao- ying bt Kim Ji-Hyun 11-3 11-5; Lim Xiao Qing bt Jaroensiri 11-6 8-11 11-4; Timur bt Lee Heung-Soon 11-7 5-11 11-8; Guo Jing bt Ra Kyung Min 12-11 3-11 11-1; Tang Jiu Hing bt Pornsawan 11-6 11-7; Yunita bt Lee Wai Long 11-6 11-1; Bang Soo Hyun bt Han Jing-na 11-6 11-2.