Badminton: Singapore Open results

AFP News – Sat, Jun 23, 2012 8:07 AM SGT

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Semi-final results from the Singapore Open Superseries badminton tournament Saturday (x denotes seeding):

Men's Singles

Wang Zhengming (CHN) bt Viktor Axelsen (DEN) 21-13, 21-14

Boonsak Ponsana (THA) bt Nguyen Tien Minh (VIE x6) 21-12, 18-21, 21-19

Women's Singles

Cheng Shao-chieh (TPE x4) bt Xing Aiying (SIN) 23-21, 21-7

Juliane Schenk (GER x2) bt Sung Ji-Hyun (KOR x3) 21-11, 20-22, 21-12

Men's Doubles

Ko Sung-Hyun/Yoo Yeon-Seong (KOR x2) bt Mohammad Ahsan/Bona Septano (INA x3) 19-21, 21-19, 21-14

Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (INA x4) bt Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa (JPN) 16-21, 21-11, 21-15

Women's Doubles

Bao Yixin/Zhong Qianxin (CHN x5) bt Miyuki Maeda/Satoko Suetsuna (JPN x4) 21-15, 21-8

Cheng Wen-hsing/Chien Yu-chin (TPE x6) bt Meiliana Jauhari/Greysia Polii (INA x8) 21-13, 19-21, 21-16

Mixed Doubles

Chen Hung-ling/Cheng Wen-hsing (TPE x2) bt Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying (MAS x3) 21-16, 21-13

Shintaro Ikeda/Reiko Shiota (JPN x4) bt Shoji Sato/Shizuka Matsuo (JPN x7) 21-18, 21-16

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