Chinese paddlers are making waves at the Singapore Open, securing their spots in the round of 16 across multiple events. 🌊🏓
In the men's singles, second-seeded Lin Shidong triumphed over France's Simon Gauzy with scores of 11-5, 11-5, 6-11, 11-9. Lin isn't stopping there—he's also competing in the men's doubles with Wang Chuqin and the mixed doubles with Kuai Man. The duo of Lin and Wang defeated local wild cards Clarence Chew and Josh Chua in straight games and swept the mixed doubles quarterfinals against South Korea's No. 5 seeds Cho Dae-seong and Shin Yu-bin.
China's Xue Fei pulled off an impressive upset against Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto, winning 11-6, 6-11, 11-6, and will face France's thirteenth seed Alexis Lebrun next.
On the women's side, top seed Sun from China continued her winning streak by overpowering Japan's Miyuu Kihara with scores of 11-8, 11-7, 11-3. She will go head-to-head with Austria's No. 14 seed Sofia Polcanova in the next round.
He Zhuojia also advanced to the round of 16 after defeating Japan's sixth seed Miwa Harimoto with scores of 11-4, 11-4, 11-9. Her upcoming match is against South Korea's ninth seed Shin.
With such strong performances, the Chinese paddlers are definitely ones to watch as the Singapore Open heats up! 🔥👏
