Tokyo Olympics: China’s Chen Long upsets Taiwan’s Chou Tien-chen for spot in badminton semi-final
- No 6 ranked Chinese competitor comes through against second seed to meet Indonesia’s Ginting, unseeded Cordon meets Axelsen
- China’s Chen Qingchen and Jia Yi beat South Koreans for gold medal shot against Indonesian duo
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China’s Chen Long upset the rankings with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over the top remaining seed in the men’s singles badminton, Taiwan’s Chou Tien-chen.
Instead it is Chen – the sixth seed – who marches into the final four, where he will face Indonesian fifth seed Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in Sunday’s semi-final, who beat third seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark.
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In the other semi-final, the highest seed left, the fourth seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark, will face Guatemala’s unranked Kevin Cordon.
The Central American shuttler took care of Hong Kong’s Olympic eighth seed Angus Ng Ka-long in the group stage and beat South Korea‘s Heo Kwang-hee in their quarter-final clash.