Sport in Short: Badminton
KOREA OPEN (Seoul): Men's first round: A B Kusuma (Indon) bt R Magnaye (Phil) 15-1 15-3; Dong Jiong (Ch) bt N Imai (Japan) 15-18 15-3 15-6; A Nielsen (GB) bt Lin Wei Chen (Tai) 12-15 15-10 15-8; Kim Dong Moon (S Kor) bt E de la Torre (Mex) 18-17 15-8; J Olsson (Swe) bt Lau Kim Pong (Sing) w/o; H Furukawa (Japan) bt A L Martin (Phil) 17-14 15-1; Ahn Jae Chang (S Kor) bt Tam Kai Chuen (HK) 15-1 15-4; A Antropoy (Rus) bt Nam Chul Hwan (S Kor) 15-7 15-2; T Laurisden (Den) bt P Rana (Nep) 15-1 15-3; M Mainakyk (Indon) bt De Leon Allan (Phil) 15-1 15-6; Lee Yong Sun (S Kor) bt Wan Zhengwen (Ch) 15-10 15-4; Muralidesan (Malay) bt P Knowles (GB) w/o; F Pormadi (Indon) bt T Chiangta (Thai) 15-7 18-14; R Sherestha (Nep) bt N P Halangoda (S Lanka) 15-3 15-3; Kim Hak Kyun (S Kor) bt M Antonio (Phil) 15-5 15-5; K Shimogami (Japan) bt B Monreal (Mex) 15-4 15-2; Park Sung Woo (S Kor) bt F de la Torre (Mex) 15-1 15-4; Pang Chen (Malay) bt Lim Hong Han (Sing) 18-13 15-6; P Andreasson (Swe) bt S Kookasemkit (Thai) 17-15 15-4; F Machida (Japan) bt W Mardicas (Phil) 15-2 15-1; S Butler (GB) bt D Jayakodi (S Lanka) 15-7 15-9; Kim Chul Jung (S Kor) bt I Widjaya (Indon) 18-15 15-6; Wu Wenkai (Ch) bt J Dawson (Can) 15-7 15-10; H Motoyama (Japan) bt Chung Kwon (S Kor) 15-8 18-13; Lee Kwang Jin (S Kor) bt T Edirisinghe (S Lanka) 15-5 15-8; H Kahn (Sing) bt Wong Wai Lap (HK) 15-1 5-15 15-9; D Hall (GB) bt R J Naresh (Phil) 15-3 15-5; Kim Young Gil (S Kor) bt K Mija (Japan) 15-9 15-5; Lee Mie Chow (Tai) bt Wong Ewe Mun (Malay) 15-10 15-11; Xie Yangchun (Ch) bt R Magnusson (Swe) 15-8 15-9; J Suprianto (Indon) bt L Melvin (Phil) 15-2 15-2. Women's first round: L Stuer-Lauridsen (Den) bt Y Iwata (Japan) 11-6 11-3; Park Jin Hyun (S Kor) bt Chen Yin Sat (HK) 11-4 11-4; K Sasage (Japan) bt Tan Lee Wai (Malay) 8-11 11-1 11/7; P Pornsawan (Thai) bt M Andrievskaya (Rus) 12-9 4-11 11-5; K Yunita (Indon) bt Chung Eun Hwa (S Kor) 11-6 11-6; Han Jingna (Ch) bt M de la Paz Luna (Mex) 11-0 11-3.
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