Sport in Short: Badminton

JAPAN OPEN (Tokyo): Men's singles third round: A Wiranata (Indon) bt A Antropov (Rus) 15-4 15-10; T Stuer-Lauridsen (Den) bt Liu Jun (Ch) 15-8 15-9; H Arbie (Indon) bt Zhao Jianhua (Ch) 15-10 15-9; H Susanto (Indon) bt D Hall (Eng) 16-17 15-5 15-4; P-E Hoyer-Larsen (Den) bt Wu Wenkai (Ch) 18-16 17-14; J Olsson (Swe) bt P Jantti (Fin) 15-7 2-15 15-12; J Suprianto (Indon) bt Kim Hak-kyun (S Kor) 15-12 17-14; R Sidek (Malay) bt S Butler (Eng) 15-2 15-7. Quarter-finals: Wiranata bt Stuer-Lauridsen 11-15 15-12 15-7; Arbie bt Susanto 15-10 15-11; Hoyer-Larsen bt Olsson 15-11 18-14; Suprianto bt Sidek 5-15 15-9 15-9. Women's singles third round: S Susanti (Indon) bt L Stuer-Lauridsen (Den) 11-0 11-5; Ye Zhaoying (Ch) bt C Magnusson (Swe) 11-1 11-8; Tang Jiuhong (Ch) bt C Bengtsson (Swe) w/o; Lee Heung-Soon (S Kor) bt H Mizui (Japan) 11-7 11-4; Huang Hua (Ch) bt Y Sentosa (Indon) 12-10 11-2; S Kusumawardani (Indon) bt Y Mizui (Japan)

11-3 11-3; M Timur (Indon) bt K Kanai (Japan) 12-9 11-8; Bang Soo-Hyun (S Kor) bt Yao Yan (Ch) 11-5 11-4.