Aug 18 - Semi-Finals
- #1 seeded Ladie's Singles Zhang of China beaten by Wang of Hong Kong 21-11,21-15
- Sony of Indonesia beat Yu Chen of China 21-18,13-21,21-15.
- #1 Men's Singles Gold medal defender Dan Lin beat Bao also from China, 21-12,22-20
- #1 Mixed Doubles Gao/Zheng of China one step closer to the gold medal
Aug 17 - More upsets in the third round & Quarter Finals
- Men’s Doubles Quarter Finals:
- Top seeded Fu/Cai pair of China(the gold medal holder) lost to Malaysia’s Lee Wan Wah and Choong Tan Fook . 21-15,18-21,19-21. These two pairs last met at Singapore Open in May. Cai-Fu won 21-16, 22-24, 18-21 in 69 minutes.
- #2 seeded Tan Boon Heong, and Koo Kien Keat of Malaysia lost to an unseeded Japanese pair 13-21,21-17,23-25
- Ladie's Singles third round: #2 seeded Xinfang Xie of China (the gold medal holder) was badly beaten by an young player of Malaysia 10-21,8-21
- Men's Singles third round: #2 seeded Chong Wei Lee of Malaysia lost to Sony of Indonesia 11-21,9-21.
Aug 16 - How are the Canadian players doing?
- In Men's Singles, Andrew Dabeka won his first round agaist Ukraine's Vladislav Druzchenko 16-21,21-18,21-16 but lost in the sencond round when he met the 14th-seeded Sung Hwan Park from Korea 21-16, 21-5
- In Men's Doubles, Mike Beres, a double gold medallist at the recent Pan Am Games, and William Milroy won their first round against New Zealand's Daniel Shirley & Craig Cooper 13-21,21-19,23-21 but lost in the second round to Jae Sung Jung & Yong Dae Lee of Korea 21-15,21-8
- In Mixed Doubles, Mike Beres & Val Loker lost to Wee Kiong Tan & Khe Wei Woon of Malaysia in 3 games: 18-21,21-13,21-19.
Ottawa local news: Citizen page B3 and Sun page 64
A biggest upset in the second round
Taufik lost to a unknow player from India14-21, 26-24, 20-22
Hidayat Taufik
Seeded #8 from Indonesia, Men's Singles Winner of Asian Championships (2002-2004 & 2007, 4 times), OLYMPIC 2004, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005, INDONESIA OPEN 2006.
profileUnseeded, Unknow from India
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