Sporting Digest: Badminton

DANISH OPEN (Aarhus, selected results) Men's singles third round: D Hall (Eng) bt C Bruil (Neth) 5-15 9-2 ret. Quarter-finals: T Stuer-Lauridsen (Den) bt Zhilan Hu (Ch) 15-4 15-1; P Hoyer-Larsen (Den) bt T Johansson (Swe) 15-6 17-14; Hall bt S Nielsen (Den) 15-11 18-14; J Olsson (Swe) bt P Espersen (Den)

15-7 15-12. Women's singles second round: L Soerensen (Den) bt J Bradbury (Eng) 12-11 11-8; J Muggeridge (Eng) bt Ning Zhang (Ch) 11-9 11-1. Quarter-finals: C Martin (Den) bt S Lianfeng (Ch) 11-1 11-4; Y Zhaoyang (Ch) bt C Magnusson (Swe) 11-1 11-7; L Yuhong (Ch) bt P Nedergaard Jessen (Den) 12-11 11-6; Muggeridge bt Soerensen 11-6 11-1. Men's doubles second round: H Svarrer and J Laugesen (Den) bt C Hunt and N Ponting (Eng) 15-12 15-11. Women's doubles second round: J Wright (Eng) and Ning Zhang (Ch) bt T Pedersen and L Soerensen (Den) 15-10 15-4. Mixed doubles quarter-finals: J-E Antonsson and A Crabo (Swe) bt N Ponting and J Davies (Eng) 15-11 15-8; J Holst-Christensen and P Nedergaard (Den) bt P Axelsson (Swe) and G Gowers (Eng) 15-3 15-7.