The Formosa shuttler, contrariwise, was all smiles from start to complete, relishing every – long – rally and dallying with a wide diversity from shots. The Chinese was not far from her throughout the match, but Shao’s fighting spirit made the Gucci T shirtsdifference, along with the lack of pressure on her shoulders. In 49 minutes, the short, smiley veteran booked her ticket to the semi-finals of the 2011 Yonex BWF World Championships 21-16, 21-17, some 6 years after her first bronze medal in Anaheim.
“I was young then. Now, I feel like I’m much older and way more mature in my game. I play the game to enjoy myself mainly. That’s the key. I can feel that the others have pressure when they play against me. But I just focus during my own lamed. Forthwith, I haven’t looked beyond this match, and I have not flirted with how I’ll play my next opponent yet,” said the Taiwan shuttler, who claims she spends almost as much time on the surf back home as on a badminton court. “It gives me extra training. Surfing is fun too!”
Cheng is to play the winner of the “
Youth Jersey Babolat girls”, Juliane Schenk and Tine Baun, who are seeing la vie en rose – and wearing the same pink tops – until now. The Dane is the favourite as she’s beaten the German the last 5 times they’ve played. But Schenk is in great form and could turn the tables. She probably has, in the back of her mind, her defeat after wasting a match point in the quarter-final of the 2009 BWF World Championships to Pi Hongyan.
Earlier, Wang Xin (photo) had crushed India’s hopes of seeing 21-year-old jewel Saina Nehwal get a world crown as the Chinese left-hander was just too fast for the Indian and got away with a 21-15, 21-10 success. She is to meet the succeeder of 3 Wang Yihan, who constituted scheduled to play inwards the evening school term during Friday.
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