Paris France: On a day full of upsets and nerve breaking games, 8 matches produced upset results out of the 20 matches played for the 5 events of Quarterfinal on Day 5. Women’s Doubles was the only event where no upsets happened.
Mixed Doubles produced all 4 upset matches. Men’s Singles saw 2 upsets where top seed and third seed were knocked out. Women’s Singles saw 2nd seed bowing out and Men’s Doubles saw 3rd seed being eliminated.
Upsets of the Day 5
Men’s Singles
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1. Taufik HIDAYAT [5] [INA] def [MAS] Chong Wei LEE [1] 21-15 11-21 21-12
2. Sung Hwan PARK [13] [KOR] def [CHN] Dan LIN [3] 21-13 21-13
Women’s Singles
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1. Shixian WANG [6] [CHN] def [IND] [2] Saina NEHWAL 21-8 21-14
Men’s Doubles
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1. Yun CAI & Haifeng FU [5] [CHN] def [3] [DEN] Mathias BOE & Carsten MOGENSEN 21-11 21-18
Mixed Doubles
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1. Bo ZHENG & Jin MA [8] [CHN] def [INA] [1] Nova WIDIANTO & Liliyana NATSIR Big Upset 21-19 23-21
2. Hanbin HE & Yang (F) YU [6] [CHN] def [DEN] [2] Thomas LAYBOURN & Kamilla RYTTER JUHL 21-19 21-17
3. Sung Hyun KO & Jung Eun HA [12] [KOR] def [IND] [9] DIJU V & Jwala GUTTA 21-16 21-19
4. Sheng Mu LEE & Yu Chin CHIEN [16] [TPE] def [CHN] [10] Tao JIAMING & Zhang YAWEN 14-21 21-18 21-17
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