Taufik, Lin sready for final<\/p>\n
Agencies, Anaheim, California<\/p>\n
Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia and top-seeded
\nLin Dan of China advanced to the men's singles final on Saturday
\nat the World Badminton Championship.<\/p>\n
No. 6 Taufik swept No. 5 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia 15-3, 15-12
\nand Lin beat third-seeded Peter Gade of Denmark 15-9, 13-15, 15-
\n11.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian said he learnt from watching Lee's quarterfinal
\nwin over Bao Chunlai on Friday.<\/p>\n
\"Today I was able to use what I saw from his game, his
\nmistakes and his weaknesses, in order to achieve what I had to
\ndo,\" Taufik told reporters.<\/p>\n
Top-seeded Zhang Ning of China, the defending Olympic and
\nworld champion in women's singles, reached the final after an 11-
\n7, 11-9, semifinal sweep of No. 6 Xu Huaiwen from Germany. Zhang
\nwill face the winner of a late semifinal between No. 2 Xie
\nXingfang of China and Taiwan's Cheng Shao-Chieh.<\/p>\n
The women's singles final will match second-seeded Xie
\nXingfang of China against top-seeded teammate Zhang Ning, the
\ndefending Olympic and world champion.<\/p>\n
Zhang swept No. 6 Xu Huaiwen from Germany, 11-7, 11-9, but Xie
\nhad to come from behind for a 2-11, 11-5, 11-6 victory over
\nTaiwan's Cheng Shao-Chieh.<\/p>\n
In the women's doubles final, Olympic champions Yang Wei and
\nZhang Jiewen of China rallied in both games to take the world
\ntitle away from China's Gao Ling and Huang Sui with a 17-16, 15-7
\nvictory.<\/p>\n
Top-seeded Yang and Zhang recovered from a 7-4 deficit in the
\nfirst game and a 7-1 deficit in the second against second-seeded
\nGao and Huang, who won the two previous world championships.<\/p>\n
In men's doubles, No. 13 Tony Gunawan and Howard Bach became
\nthe first Americans to have a shot at a world badminton title,
\nbeating No. 4 Luluk Hadiyanto and Alven Yulianto of Indonesia,
\n15-9, 15-13.<\/p>\n
The Americans will face second-seeded Candra Wijaya and Sigit
\nBudiarto of Indonesia, who recovered from a 9-3 deficit to defeat
\nNo. 9 Chan Chong Ming and Koo Kien Keat from Malaysia, 15-9, 15-
\n11 in the other semifinal.<\/p>\n
Candra and Tony won the 2000 Olympic men's doubles gold medal
\nfor Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Xie Zhongbo and Zhang Yawen of China kept No. 15 Daniel
\nShirley and Sara Runesten-Petersen from making New Zealand's
\nfirst appearance in a final with a 15-8, 15-8 semifinal victory
\nin mixed doubles.<\/p>\n
Xie and Zhang will face No. 4 Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir
\nof Indonesia - who almost squandered a 12-0 lead in their third
\ngame against No. 7 Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thungthongkam of
\nThailand before winning 15-9, 3-15, 15-10.<\/p>",
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