Badminton

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
(Copenhagen)

Men's singles, first round: 1-Peter Gade Christensen
(Denmark) bt Ahn Jee Chang (South Korea) 15-3 15-7,
Heryanto Arbi (Indonesia) bt Sergio Llopis (Spain) 15-5
15-6, 11-Yong Hock Kin (Malaysia) bt Wei Ng (Hong Kong)
15-4 15-3, Heimo Gotschl (Austria) bt Svein Solvason
(Iceland) 15-17 15-2 15-9, 6-Chen Gang (China) bt
Pulella Gopichand (India) 15-12 5-15 15-10, Tjitte
Weistra (Netherlands) bt Anupap Thiraratsakul (Thailand)
15-13 15-9, 13-Peter Rasmussen (Denmark) bt Kevin Han
(US) 15-8 15-3, Daniel Eriksson (Sweden) bt Tedashl
Ohtsuka (Japan) 15-9 15-4, 3-Budi Santoso (Indonesia) bt
Sachin Ratti (India) 15-10 15-8, Chen Hong (China) bt
Thomas Johansson (Sweden) 15-8 15-6, 12-Kenneth Jonassen
(Denmark) bt Pavel Uvarov (Russia) 15-6 15-5, Colin
Haughton (England) bt Fumihiko Machida (Japan) 3-15 15-8
15-5, 5-Fung Permadi (Chinese Taipei) bt Jeroen van Dijk
(Netherlands) 15-9 12-15 15-3, Ruud Kuijten (Belgium) bt
Arturo Anaya (Mexico) 15-3 15-4, 16-Wong Choong Han
(Malaysia) bt Jean-Frederic Massias (France) 15-11 15-8,
Shon Seung Mo (South Korea) bt Ian Maywald (Germany)
15-8 15-9, Ardy Wiranata (US) bt Juergen Koch (Austria)
15-3 13-15 15-1, 15-Dong Jiong (China) bt Oliver
Pongratz (Germany) 15-10 15-9, Kai Chuen Tam (Hong Kong)
bt Thomas Wapp (Switzerland) 15-2 15-4, 8-Hendrawan
(Indonesia) bt Park Tae-sang (South Korea) 15-12 15-9,
Jim Ronny Andersen (Norway) bt Gerben Bruijstens
(Netherlands) 15-13 15-13, 14-Rashid Sidek (Malaysia) bt
Rikard Magnusson (Sweden) 15-2 9-15 15-4, Peter Knowles
(England) bt Andrej Pohar (Slovenia) 15-6 15-3,
4-Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen (Denmark) bt Rio Suryana
(Austria) 17-14 15-5, Kaita Masuda (Japan) bt Juri Aalto
(Finland) 12-15 15-8 15-8, Vladislav Druzchenko
(Ukraine) bt 9-Ong Ewe Hock (Malaysia) 15-13 15-3, Dicky
Palyama (Netherlands) bt Michael Beres (Canada) 10-15
15-3 15-12, 7-Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen (Denmark) bt Chien
Yu-hsiu (Taiwan) 15-9 15-10, Bertrand Gallet (France) bt
Richard Doling (England) 15-6 15-7, 10-Taufik Hidayat
(Indonesia) bt Boonsak Polsana (Thailand) 15-6 15-10,
Rasmus Wengberg (Sweden) bt Przemyslaw Wacha (Poland)
15-6 15-7, 2-Sun Jun (China) bt Ricardo Fernandes
(Portugal) 15-4 15-5.

Women's singles, first round: Kelly Morgan (Wales) bt
1-Ye Zhaoying (China) 5-11 11-9 13-12, Justine Willmott
(England) bt Maja Pohar (Slovenia) 11-8 11-5, 16-Kanako
Yonekura (Japan) bt Aparna Popat (India) 11-7 13-11,
Ella Karachkova (Russia) bt Anu Weckstrom (Finland)
10-13 11-5 11-9, 8-Mette Sorensen (Denmark) bt Elena
Nozdran (Ukraine) 11-7 11-8, Sandra Dimbour (France) bt
Brenda Beenhakker (Netherlands) 11-3 11-7, 14-Karolina
Ericsson (Sweden) bt Jun Jae Youn (South Korea) 11-0
11-3, Ya-Lin Chan (Chinese-Taipei) bt Dolores Marco
(Spain) 6-11 11-5 11-6, 4-Dai Yun (China) bt Ng Mee Fon
(Malaysia) 11-1 11-4, Wai Chee Koon (Hong Kong) bt
Charmaine Reid (Canada) 11-4 11-3, 11-Lidya
Djaelawidjaya (Indonesia) bt Johanna Holgersson (Sweden)
11-6 11-7, Santi Wibiwo (Switzerland) bt Lonneke Janssen
(Netherlands) 11-7 13-11, 6-Zhou Mi (China) bt Karina de
Witt (Netherlands) 11-6 11-2, Lee Kyung Won (South
Korea) bt Christine Sorensen (Denmark) 11-0 11-1,
9-Yasaku Mizui (Japan) bt Joanne Szleszynska (Poland)
11-5 13-12, Tracy Hallam (England) bt Sonya McGinn
(Ireland) 11-2 11-7.