BWF World Championships 2010 Day 5: Longest and Shortest Matches

Paris, France: The 5th day of 20 quarterfinal matches saw many epic battles among the seeds and other quarterfinalists. There were matches shorter than 20 minutes, but there were 5 matches crossing an hour.

Shortest Match

29 minutes: Women’s Doubles
Wen Hsing CHENG & Yu Chin CHIEN [3] [TPE] def [8] [KOR] Young Yoo HYUN Kyung Eun JUNG 21-14 21-17

Long Matches (1 hour or more)

1 hour 12 minutes: Women’s Singles
Tine BAUN [4] [DEN] def [TPE] Shao-Chieh CHENG 21-18 21-13

1 hour 4 minutes: Men’s Singles
Jin CHEN [4] [CHN] def [TPE] Hsuan Yi HSUEH 22-24 21-5 21-13

1 hour 4 minutes: Women’s Doubles
Jin MA & Xiaoli WANG [1] [CHN] def
[6] [KOR] Jung Eun HA & Min Jung KIM 21-19 17-21 21-12

1 hour 1 minute: Men’s Singles
Taufik HIDAYAT [5] [INA] def [MAS] Chong Wei LEE [1] 21-15 11-21 21-12