Pi drubs Francisca to exact revenge<\/p>\n
Agence France-Presse, Bangkok<\/p>\n
Top seed Pi Hongyan of France whitewashed Francisca Haris 11-0
\n11-0 on Friday in the Thailand Open, avenging in spectacular
\nfashion her defeat to the diminutive Indonesian in last
\nDecember's Indonesian Open.<\/p>\n
There was none of the vociferous crowd support that had
\ncarried Francisca to a 5-11, 11-7, 13-12 victory in Senayan,
\nCentral Jakarta, as Pi raced through the match.<\/p>\n
She is one of three Europeans in the semifinals -- all of them
\nChinese born.<\/p>\n
Pi faces Germany's Xu Huaiwen, the third seed, who also earned
\nan easy two-set victory by beating the last Thai in the field,
\nseventh seed Salakjit Ponsana, 11-7 11-6.<\/p>\n
Japan's fifth seed Kanako Yonekura had an even easier time
\nousting Singapore's Xing Aiying 11-4 11-6, and will face second
\nseed Yao Jie of the Netherlands who saw off Korea's Seo Yoon Hee.<\/p>\n
In the men's, champion Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand survived
\nhis second straight three-game nailbiter to edge into a semifinal
\nshowdown against top seeded Dane Kenneth Jonassen.<\/p>\n
Local hero Boonsak lost the second game to Malaysia's ninth-
\nseed Mohamed Roslin Hashim but the Olympic semifinalist stormed
\nback in the clincher to take the match 15-8 11-15 15-9.<\/p>\n
The Thai had breezed through his first matches but struggled
\nin the quarters against Singapore's Yen Hui Hendrick Lee who had
\nalso taken him to three sets before capitulating.<\/p>\n
Jonassen made swift work of Hong Kong fifth seed Wei Ng 15-9
\n15-8 to book his place in the semis.<\/p>\n
Third seed Muhd Hafiz B Hashim of Malaysia dispatched
\nGermany's Bjoern Joppien 15-9 15-8, setting up a clash with 12th
\nseed Singaporean Ronald Susilo, who upset number two Xia Xuanze
\nof China.<\/p>\n
Susilo survived a rollercoaster three-set match, losing the
\nfirst 10-15 but surging back to take the next two 15-10 and 15-6.<\/p>",
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