
Wang Baiwei lost to Hong Kong's Lee Cheuk-yiu and missed the semi-finals
Taiwanese player Lin Xiang-ti defeated Kim Min-hsuan in straight games 21:6, 21:8 in the women's singles quarterfinals of the South Korea Badminton Open to advance to the semifinals; Wang Baiwei lost to Hong Kong's Lee Cheuk-yao 21:23, 21:23 in the men's singles quarterfinals and missed the semifinals.
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Lin Xiangti is a Taiwanese women's singles player, ranked 18th in the world. Her best result this year was reaching the semi-finals at the Swiss Open, and the top eight of the women's singles at the Nagoya Asian Games in September. This time she was ranked the sixth seed in the women's singles in South Korea. Wang Baiwei previously overturned the world's tenth-ranked Indonesian player Farhan in the South Korea Open. He advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals of the Super 500 series for the first time in his career and defeated the world's top ten players for the first time.
Lin Xiangti. (File photo, taken by reporter Tu Jianrong)
[Reporter Wu Mengru/Comprehensive Report] Taiwan's first sister Lin Xiangti was in the top 8 of the women's singles at the Super 500 Series South Korea Badminton Open. It only took 32 minutes to sweep the landlord Jin Minxuan 21:6, 21:8, and received the ticket to the top 4.
The 27-year-old Chailease player Lin Xiangti is currently ranked 18th in the women's singles world. Her best results this year were reaching the top 4 at the Swiss Open, the top 8 at the Nagoya Asian Games in September, and this time she was ranked the 6th seed in the women's singles in South Korea.
Lin Xiangti defeated the landlord player Jin Minzhi 21:13, 21:18 in the first round, and then defeated Indonesian rising star Puspita Sari 22:20, 19:21, 21:13 in the top 16. Today Jin Minxuan, who was ranked 61st in the world and had a gap in strength, also fully demonstrated his dominance. He kept his opponent's score within single digits in both games. He won in straight games with the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, and Ruyi accepted the ticket to the top four.
As for the local silver player Wang Baiwei, he fought hard for 91 minutes at the South Korea Open yesterday. In three games, he reversed the world's 10th-ranked Indonesian star Farhan. He advanced to the top 8 of the men's singles Super 500 series for the first time in his career and defeated the top ten players in the world for the first time. Unfortunately, he failed to continue his momentum in this battle. After a 50-minute battle, he finally lost to Hong Kong's Lee Cheuk-yiu 21:23, 21:23, and missed the top four.

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