Sporting Digest: Badminton

JAPAN OPEN (Tokyo) Men's singles, quarter-finals: J Suprianto (Indon) bt Hu Zhilan (Ch) 15-6 15-7; H Arbie (Indon) bt T Johansson (Swe) 15-4 9-15 15-11; A B Wiranata (Indon) bt Park Sung-woo (S Kor) 18-15 15-10; J Olsson (Swe) bt T Stuer-Lauridsen (Den) 15-12 8-15 18-15. Women's singles, quarter-finals: S Susanti (Indon) bt C Bengtsson (Swe) 11-5 11-4; C Martin (Den) bt Lee Joo-kyun (S Kor) 11-7 11-2; P Nedergaad Jessen (Den) bt Liu Yuhong (Ch) 11-6 8-11 11-7; Ye Zhaoying (Ch) bt I Heny (Indon) 11-3 11-0. Mixed doubles, third round (selected): N Ponting and J Wright (GB) bt Liu Jianjun and Wang Xiaoyuan (Ch) 15-9 8-15 15-11; M Sogaard (Den) and G Gowers (GB) bt R Michels and E van den Heuvel (Neth) 15-9 18-14. Quarter- finals: T Lund and M Thomsen (Den) bt Ponting and Wright 15-5 15-8; Sogaard and Gowers bt A Miranat and R Rosalina (Indon) 15-7 15-12; J Holst-Christensen (Den) and C Bengtsson (Swe) bt Chen Xingdong and Sun Man (Ch) 15-10 15-4; C Jacobsen and L Olsen (Den) bt Ha Tae-kwan and Kim Shin- young (S Kor) 15-7 15-13.