Korea Open: Early scare for Chong Wei

LEE Chong Wei struggled to advance to the second round but his Korea Open title defence was boosted by the exit of World No 2 Chen Long of China in Seoul yesterday.
Chong Wei dropped a game for the first time in six meetings against Wang Zhengming of China, winning 17-21, 21-14, 21-16 in 65 minutes in the opening round.
The World No 1 will meet Marc Zwiebler of Germany, who defeated Indonesian Tommy Sugiarto 16-21, 21-14, 21-17, in the second round today.
Top China players either conceded walkovers midway through a match or were shown the exit in the first round.
Chen Long, who led 11-4 against Ashton Chen of Singapore, then abruptly conceded the match while men's doubles Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng and women's singles Olympic champion Li Xuerui conceded walkovers.
China's third seed Chen Jin also crashed out, losing 14-21, 21-14, 21-15 to compatriot Gao Huan, who will meet Malaysian Chong Wei Feng in the second round today.
Wei Feng booked his berth after beating Henri Hurskainen of Finland 24-22, 21-16.
Men's doubles Goh V Shem-Lim Khim Wah resumed their partnership positively when they defeated South Koreans Cho Gun Woo-Kim Dae Eun 15-21, 21-13, 21-17 and will play Hiroyuki Endo-Kenichi Hayakawa of Japan today.
Independent pair Gan Teik Chai-Ong Soon Hock were also through after beating another Korean pair, Kim Jae Hwan-Kim Jung Ho 21-10, 24-22.
They will meet second seeds Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong, who outlasted South Korea's Kang Ji Wook-Lee Sang Joon 21-13, 21-17 in 39 minutes, in the second round.
National No 2 Tan Wee Kiong-Hoon Thien How were shown the exit in the first round after a 21-12, 20-22, 21-14 defeat to fourth seeds Hiroyuki Endo-Kenichi Hayakawa of Japan while professional pair Zakry Latif-Fairuzizuan Tazari also lost 21-14, 21-18 to Thailand's Patiphat Chalardchalem-Nipitphon Puangpuapech.
In the mixed doubles, third seeds Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying advanced to the second round after beating Germany's Oliver Roth-Johanna Goliszweski 21-15, 21-12 while another pair Ong Jian Guo-Lim Yin Loo lost 21-18, 21-12 to Chris Adcock-Gabrielle White of England.
Courtesy of New Straits Times