All the seeded singles shuttlers advanced into the last 16 in
Doha on Wednesday at the 15th Doha Asian Games.
In the men's singles round of 32, third-seeded Bao Chunlai from China,
defeated Mongolian Davaasuren Battur 21-11, 21-4 to take on
Singaporean Ronald Susilo, who defeated Tarek Shalhoum from Syria 21-5, 21-4.
Bao only spent 12 minutes to finish off his opponent. The 23-year-old
clinched a clear win in the decisive game on Tuesday, enabling China to overcome
defending champion South Korea in the men's team final.
Indonesian top player Taufik Hidayat, seeded No. 7, triumphed over Vietnamese
Nguyen Hoang Hai 21-18, 21-13. Taufik's next rivalis South Korean Park Sung
Hwan.
Fourth-seeded Lee Hyun Il of South Korea, fifth-seeded Hashim Muhammad from
Malaysia and Thailand's sixth-seeded Boonsak Ponsanaall knocked off their
opponents in straight sets.
The eighth-seeded Ng Wei from Hong Kong of China eliminated amateur player
Lam Chi Man from Macao of China 21-16, 21-19 on Tuesday.
The top two seeds Lin Dan of China and Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, who had
byes in the first round, are slated to meet Thai Poompat Sapkulchananart and
Japanese Shoji Sa Wednesday evening.
In the women's singles, eight seeds are going to meet lower-ranked shuttlers
in the second round Wednesday evening.
World number one Zhang Ning of China is pitted against Indonesian Fransiska
Ratnasari. Zhang's teammate, world number two Xie Xingfang, faces Salakjit
Ponsana from Thailand.