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| Huang Dongping (right) and Zheng Yu beat Bulgarian pair Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva to progress to the women's doubles quarterfinals at the BWF Denmark Open, Oct 21, 2021. (Photo by=Xinhua) |
[Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] ODENSE:Tokyo Olympic badminton champion Huang Dongping secured quarterfinal berths in both the mixed and women's doubles here on Thursday at the BWF Denmark Open, China Daily Sports reported. Huang and her Olympic title-winning partner Wang Yilyu outplayed French duo Thom Gicque and Delphine Delrue 23-21, 21-10 to book a spot in the mixed doubles last eight.
"They changed the pace and shuttle speed strategically, pushing us with good quality," said Huang."I'm feeling a bit exhausted both mentally and physically after the Cup games. Obviously, we are not in the same good form as in previous tournaments, but we'll try our best to keep the fight going," she added. Huang then partnered with Zheng Yu to progress to the women's doubles quarterfinals after edging Bulgarian pair Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva 11-21, 21-11, 21-17. "We couldn't control the rally in first set before we made some strategic changes thereafter to overturn the game," said Zheng.
Paired with Du Yue, 20-year-old Feng Yanzhe beat Chang Tak Ching and Ng Wing Yung 21-15, 21-16 in another mixed doubles match.Du, paired with Li Wen-mei, also won her women's doubles match against Danish pair Amalie Magelund and Freja Ravn, 21-13, 21-7.
