Badminton

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Birmingham)

Men's singles, second round: A. Boesen (Den) bt D. Palyama (Holl) 15-8 15-2, Muhammad Roslin Hashim (Mas) bt Muhammad Hafiz Hashim (Mas) 15-11 15-8, 8-Lee Hyun-il (S Korea) bt K. Asuncion (Phi) 15-7 15-4, 6-S. Dwi Kuncoro (Ina) bt M. Vasconcelos (Por) 15-9 15-3, 10-R. Susilo (Sin) bt P. Rasmussen (Den) 8-15 15-12 15-5, 1-C. Hong (China) bt J. Roch (Ger) 15-5 15-1.

Women's singles, second round: 1-W. Chen (Hong Kong) bt E. Sukhareva (Russia) 11-8 11-5.