With the conclusion of badminton singles group play today and the initiation of the first knockout rounds in doubles, the knockout brackets are now set.
A key highlight was the clash between the top-seeded mixed doubles pairs from the People’s Republic of China. Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong and Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping faced each other due to their positions in their respective groups. Zheng and Huang emerged victorious with scores of 21-16, 21-15, which opens up the semi-final draw in the mixed doubles event.
Here are the updated brackets with seedings:
Men’s Singles Round of 16
- Shi Yuqi (CHN, 1) – Bye
- Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA, 8) vs Nishimoto Kenta (JPN, 11)
- Anders Antonsen (DEN, 4) – Bye
- Lee Zii Jia (MAS, 7) vs Toma Junior Popov (FRA)
- Chou Tien-chen (TPE, 12) vs Naraoka Kodai (JPN, 5)
- H.S. Prannoy (IND, 13) vs Lakshya Sen (IND)
- Loh Kean Yew (SGP, 10) vs Li Shifeng (CHN, 6)
- Viktor Axelsen (DEN, 2) – Bye
Women’s Singles Round of 16
- An Seyoung (KOR, 1) – Bye
- Yamaguchi Akane (JPN, 5) vs Supanida Katethong (THA, 11)
- Ratchanok Intanon (THA) – Bye
- Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (INA, 7) vs Kim Gaeun (KOR, 12)
- Yeo Jia Min (SGP, 13) vs Ohori Aya (JPN, 8)
- Beiwen Zhang (USA, 9) vs Carolina Marín (ESP, 4)
- P.V. Sindhu (IND, 10) vs He Bingjiao (CHN, 6)
- Chen Yufei (CHN, 2) – Bye
Men’s Doubles Quarter-Finals
- Liang/Wang (CHN, 1) vs Alfian/Ardianto (INA)
- Rankireddy/Shetty (IND, 3) vs Chia/Soh (MAS)
- Astrup/Rasmussen (DEN, 2) vs Kang/Seo (KOR, 4)
- Jomkoh/Kedren (THA) vs Lee/Wang (TPE)
Women’s Doubles Quarter-Finals
- Chen/Jia (CHN, 1) vs Stoeva/Stoeva (BUL)
- Kim/Kong (KOR) vs Tan/Thinaah (MAS)
- Baek/Lee (KOR, 2) vs Liu/Tan (CHN)
- Matsuyama/Shida (JPN, 4) vs Fruergaard/Thygesen (DEN)
Mixed Doubles Semi-Finals
- Zheng/Huang (CHN, 1) vs Watanabe/Higashino (JPN, 4)
- Seo/Chae (KOR, 3) vs Kim/Jeong
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