Badminton: Lee, Lin in quarterfinals

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Badminton: Lee, Lin in quarterfinals

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World No one Lee Chong Wei and Olympic champion Lin Dan reach world championship quarters.

12 August,2011 09:06 am

World number one Lee Chong Wei and Olympic champion Lin Dan moved closer to a dream world championship final as they reached the last eight in contrasting styles.Lee was supremely brilliant during a 21-11, 21-5 victory over Park Sung-Hwan, the ninth-seeded Korean, getting so completely on top that the Malaysian was able to rehearse his entire range of tactical options.Lin though had to graft to win 21-16, 21-13 against Lee Hyun-Il, the 12th seeded Korean, starting slowly and trailing for two-thirds of the first game.The Chinese player, who is capable of the most explosive attack, was often obliged to dig deep in defence, at other times lifting and clearing patiently during lengthy rallies.These two faced each other in the 2008 Olympic final and two more wins for each would give the tournament the perfect climax on Sunday.