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HYDERABAD, India Men's top seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia moved into the round of 16 at the World Badminton Championships with a 21-11, 21-14 win over Nigeria's Ola Fagbemi on Wednesday.
Lee, the world's No 1-ranked player and silver medallist at last year's Olympics, set up a third-round clash with Vietnam's Tien Minh Nguyen, who ousted France's Brice Leverdez 21-14, 21-16.
In a day of few surprises, all the favourites won through to the final 16.
Third-seeded Dane Peter Gade had a 21-11, 21-12 victory over Japan's Sho Sasaki. Gade will next play Hong Kong's Yan Kit Chan after the 10th seed struggled past Ireland's Scott Evans 21-16, 19-21, 21-12.
Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat, seeded fourth, had a 21-17, 21-15 win over France's Mathieu Lo Ying Ping.
In the women's singles, No 1 seed Zhou Mi of Hong Kong also won on Wednesday, defeating New Zealand's Michelle Chan Ky. She will come against Ai Goto in round three after the Japanese provided one of few upsets by ousting 14th-seed Malaysian Mew Choo Wong 18-21, 21-12, 23-21.
Saina Nehwal, seeded sixth, gave Indian fans something to cheer with her 21-10, 21-17 defeat of Russia's Anastasia Prokopenko, while China's Lan Lu (No 7), France's Hongyan Pi (No 8) and Hong Kong's Chen Wang (No 9) were other leading players to progress.
Results (x denotes seeding)
Men's singles
Second round Lee Chong Wei (MAS x1) bt Ola Fagbemi (NGR) 21-11, 21-14; Taufik Hidayat (INA x4) bt Mathieu Lo Ying Ping (FRA) 21-17, 21-15; Peter Gade (DEN x3) bt Sho Sasaki (JPN) 21-11, 21-12; Yu Hsing Hsieh (TPE x9) bt Wei Ng (HKG) 24-22, 20-22, 21-18; Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA x6) bt Przemyslaw Wacha (POL) 21-12, 21-13; Simon Santoso (INA x13) bt Derek Zi Liang Wong (SIN) 21-13, 19-21, 21-16; Tien Minh Nguyen (VIE x14) bt Brice Leverdez (FRA) 21-14, 21-16; Boonsak Ponsana (THA x16) bt Wu Joe (NZL) 21-16, 21-6; Chan Yan Kit (HKG x10) bt Scott Evans (IRL) 21-16, 19-21, 21-12.
Women's singles
Second round Zhou Min (HKG x1) bt Chan Ky Michelle (NZL) 21-11, 21-15.
