Son Wan Ho avenged last week’s loss to Lin Dan, coming up with a classy performance 
to enter the Men’s Singles quarter-finals at his home Victor Korea Open 2015 today.
to enter the Men’s Singles quarter-finals at his home Victor Korea Open 2015 today.
It was a slightly uneven show from Lin, who played at a high level game in phases, but errors at key moments gave Son the opportunities he sought in the morning session match.
The first game was over in a flash with Lin struggling to control his lifts, but the second had some fascinating phases with Lin showing masterly control over the shuttle. Never using his smash, and relying only on placements, he dragged Son into long rallies which the Korean was unable to get on top of, despite playing a tight game of his own and not offering Lin much to work with. From 3-7, the Chinese went into the lead and Son struggled to keep up.
The game changer happened when Son broke free from the iron grip, extracting a lift with an unplayable net shot and smashing past Lin Dan’s stretched racket. Soon after, he returned a midcourt smash from Lin and the fight seemed to leave the Chinese. The 21-10 21-15 result will give Son a quarter-final appointment with top seed Chen Long, who dispatched compatriot Wang Zhengming with ease: 21-14 21-17.
In Women’s Singles, Yonex Open Japan winner Nozomi Okuhara fought past Korea’s Bae Yeon Ju 13-21 21-8 21-13, while top seed Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei) made it past teammate Hsu Ya Ching, 21-14 21-19.
The big surprise was in Men’s Doubles, with Singapore Open champions Angga Pratama/Ricky Karanda Suwardi falling in just 35 minutes to Korea’s Kim Gi Jung/Kim Sa Rang, 21-19 21-15. Third seeds Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (Denmark) had little trouble against Indonesia’s Wahyu Nayaka Arya Pankaryanira/Ade Yusuf, 21-11 21-14.
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