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Third Round Women's Singles - to the Quarterfinals

By Larry Hodges

Six of the 8ths matches were straightforward 4-0 wins for the higher-ranked player. Two were longer battles, with underdog players from Hong Kong pulling off the upset both times.

Hong Kong, with the two upsets and the advancing of their star Lin Ling (world #8), now has three players in the quarterfinals, to China's 4, and Korea's 1. 

China's Li Jia (world #15) was defeated by Hong Kong's Lau Sui Fei (world #30) in the best match of the round, -6,9,-4,8,-11,8,7. 

Not to be outdone, Lau's Hong Kong teammate, Zhang Rui (world #80) pulled off her own upset, defeating Germany's Nicole Struse (world #44), with the devilish scores of 6,6,6,-4,6.

 Other results:

• Wang Nan (CHN, world #1) d. Lee Eun Sil (KOR, world #32), 5,14,9,3

• Lin Ling (HKG, world #23) d. Tie Yana (HKG, world #23), 7,5,6,8

• Ryu Ji Hye (KOR, world #5) d. Liu Jia (AUT, world #26), 4,11,9,8

• Niu Jianfeng (CHN, world #4) d. Cao Xingni (CHN, world #36), 2,4,9,7

• Guo Yan (CHN, world #14) d. Kim Moo Kyo (KOR, world #20)

• Zhang Yining (CHN, world #3) d. Satoko Kishida (JPN, world #49)

For complete women's singles results, see the women's singles draw.

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