SEOUL, Jan 17, 2009 (AFP) - Results from the quarterfinals of the Korea Open Super Series being held in the South Korea capital Saturday (x denotes seeds):

Men's Singles:

Lee Chong Wei (MASx1) bt Przemyslaw Wacha (POLx7) 21-17, 21-12

Peter Hoeg Gade (DENx3) bt Simon Santoso (INAx8) WD

Women's Singles:

Pi Hongyan (FRAx4) bt Zhou Mi (HKGx1) 23-21, 19-21, 21-12

Wang Chen (HKGx3) bt Tine Rasmussen (DENx2) 21-10, 21-11

Men's Doubles:

Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (DENx4) bt Fang Chieh Min/Lee Sheng Mu (TPE) 21-16, 21-14

Jung Jae-Sung/Lee Yong-Dae (KORx2) bt Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen (DENx3) 21-11, 21-7

Women's Doubles:

Chien Yu Chin/Chieng Wen Hsing (TPEx1) bt Gao Ling/Wei Yili (CHNx5) 21-15, 21-17

Lee Kyung-Won/Lee Hyo-Jung (KORx2) bt Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen (CHNx3) 21-16, 18-21, 21-10

Mixed Doubles:

Songphon Anugritayawon/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THAx4) bt Valiyaveetil Diju/Jwala Gutta (INA) 21-19, 22-20

Lee Yong-Dae/Lee Hyo-Jung (KORx2) bt Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama/Chau Hoi Wah (HKG) 21-11, 21-11 (yahoo.news)

CHONG WEI STORMS INTO KOREA OPEN FINAL

Jan 17 (Bernama) -- Malaysian badminton ace Datuk Lee Chong Wei stormed into the final of the Korean Open Super Series after easily defeating Poland's Przemyslaw Wacha in the men's singles semi-final at the Olympic Gymnasium 2, Bangi-Dong, Seoul, today.
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The world number and top seed was in a class of his own and despatched the lanky Wacha, the seventh seed, 21-17 and 21-12 in just 28 minutes.

Chong Wei, the only Malaysian to reach the semis in the tournament, will meet Peter Gade of Denmark in tomorrow's final.

The Dane received a walkover win in the other semifinal after Indonesia's Simon Santoso withdrew.

Chong Wei, who was the silver medallist in the men's singles in the Beijing Olympics, has been off to a great start this year, having picked up the season opening Malaysian Open Super Series title in Kuala Lumpur last week.

Also having won the Super Series Masters in Kota Kinabalu in December, should he succeed in capturing the Korean Open title tomorrow, it will be his third consecutive major title win in a row. (yahoo.news)

Our challenge comes to an end in Copenhagen

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s challenge in the Copenhagen Masters ended with the defeat of world junior doubles champions Mak Hee Chun-Teo Kok Siang by Denmark’s Jonas Rasmussen-Lars Paaske in their second Group B match at Falconer Centre last Sunday.

Rasmussen-Paaske chalked a 21-15, 21-16 win over the Malaysians to set up an all-Danish final against Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen, who beat Olympic champions Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia 21-17, 21-15 in the deciding match to determine the qualifiers from Group A.

The Indonesian top pair completed their outing without a single win after crashing 8-21, 17-21 to Poland’s Michal Logosz-Robert Mateusiak earlier in the day.

The men’s singles final will also be an all-Danish affair between Peter-Gade Christensen and Kenneth Jonassen.

Christensen ended the title hopes of Malaysian veteran Wong Choong Hann with an impressive 21-7, 21-19 win in the deciding Group B match. Jonassen overcame Indonesian Sony Dwi Kuncoro 21-17, 2-15 in Group A.

The women’s singles final will be between Denmark’s Tine Rasmussen and Germany’ Xu Huaiwen.

MEN’S SINGLES
Group A: Kenneth Jonassen (Den) bt Sony Dwi Kuncoro (Ina) 21-17, 21-15.
Group B: Peter-Gade Christensen (Den) bt Wong Choong Hann (Mas) 21-7, 21-19.

MEN’S DOUBLES
Group A: Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen (Den) bt Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan (Ina) 21-17, 21-15.
Group B: Lars Paaske-Jonas Rasmussen (Den) bt Mak Hee Chun-Teo Kok Siang (Mas) 21-15, 21-16.

WOMEN’S SINGLES
Group A: Tine Rasmussen (Den) bt Adriyanti Firdasari (Ina) 22-20, 21-14.
Group B: Xu Huaiwen (Ger) bt Pi Hongyan (Fra) 15-21, 21-12, 21-19.

(Source: Thestar.com.my)