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| − | South Korea's Son Wan Ho in action against India's Kidambi Srikanth during their quarter-final match at the world badminton championships in Glasgow, on August 25, 2017<br><br>Five-time champion Lin Dan and top seed Son Wan-Ho set up a | + | South Korea's Son Wan Ho in action against India's Kidambi Srikanth during their quarter-final match at the world badminton championships in Glasgow, on August 25, 2017<br><br>Five-time champion Lin Dan and top seed Son Wan-Ho set up a semi-final showdown at the World Badminton Championships after coming through their quarter-final matches on Friday.<br><br>Chinese star Lin, who won the last of his world crowns in 2013, overcame Hong Kong's Vincent Wong Wing Ki 21-17, 21-18 in Glasgow.<br><br>"I really enjoyed today's match," said 33-year-old Lin, who was taken to three games in his two previous matches.<br><br>"I am very happy that I managed to minimise my opponent's performance today. It was good to get it done quicker today and I expect to perform fully to my 100 percent tomorrow."<br><br>Son, the world number one from South Korea, beat India's Kidambi Srikanth 21-14, 21-18 to guarantee his first world medal.<br><br>"Today I am really happy with my performance because this is my first semi-final," said Son. In case you adored this article in addition to you want to receive more information relating to High Intela kindly pay a visit to the web site. <br><br>"Srikanth was coming back in the second set and won seven points in a row and I was getting very nervous. I was just telling myself, 'One point at a time.'<br><br>"If I had lost the second one, who knows what might have happened?" |
Revision as of 03:37, 17 January 2018
South Korea's Son Wan Ho in action against India's Kidambi Srikanth during their quarter-final match at the world badminton championships in Glasgow, on August 25, 2017
Five-time champion Lin Dan and top seed Son Wan-Ho set up a semi-final showdown at the World Badminton Championships after coming through their quarter-final matches on Friday.
Chinese star Lin, who won the last of his world crowns in 2013, overcame Hong Kong's Vincent Wong Wing Ki 21-17, 21-18 in Glasgow.
"I really enjoyed today's match," said 33-year-old Lin, who was taken to three games in his two previous matches.
"I am very happy that I managed to minimise my opponent's performance today. It was good to get it done quicker today and I expect to perform fully to my 100 percent tomorrow."
Son, the world number one from South Korea, beat India's Kidambi Srikanth 21-14, 21-18 to guarantee his first world medal.
"Today I am really happy with my performance because this is my first semi-final," said Son. In case you adored this article in addition to you want to receive more information relating to High Intela kindly pay a visit to the web site.
"Srikanth was coming back in the second set and won seven points in a row and I was getting very nervous. I was just telling myself, 'One point at a time.'
"If I had lost the second one, who knows what might have happened?"
