Ginting upsets Chen in Sydney
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INDONESIA’S Anthony Sinisuka Ginting upset world No. 2 and top seed Chen Long to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open in Sydney yesterday.
The 19-year-old Ginting, ranked 31, knocked out the Chinese star 21-14, 21-17 to set up a last-four meeting with South Korea’s Jeon Hyeok-jin today.
Ginting, a former world junior boys’ singles bronze medalist, took 44 minutes to get the better of Chen.
Chen was hoping to win the Australian Open and regain the world No. 1 ranking he gave up to Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei after Lee claimed his sixth Indonesia Open title last weekend.
Jeon strolled into the semifinals after his quarterfinal with Hu Yun of China’s Hong Kong ended in a walk-over.
India’s Srikanth Kidambi downed South Korea’s Heo Kwang-hee 21-18, 21-17 to advance to the other semifinal where he will face Hans-Kristian Vittinghus of Denmark.
Vittinghus beat Japan’s Sho Sasaki 21-14, 21-18.
India’s Saina Nehwal won a marathon 54-point opening game before prevailing 28-26, 21-16 over Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon to progress to the women’s singles semifinals.
Once Nehwal edged the first game she took control to boost her confidence heading into the weekend in Sydney.
Nehwal will face Chinese fourth seed Wang Yihan today after Wang disposed of Chinese Taipei’s eighth seed Tai Tzu-ying 21-19, 21-15.
The other semifinal will be an all-Chinese affair between third seed Li Xuerui and Sun Yu.
Li eliminated Chinese sixth seed Wang Shixian 21-19, 21-17, while Yu got the better of Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi 21-18, 21-9.
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