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Lee Chong Wei, Zhou Mi through at worlds
Associated Press
2009-08-12 04:54 PM
Men's top seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia moved into the round of 16 at the World 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 medalist 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 other men's singles matches early in Wednesday's play, third-seeded Dane Peter Gade won through with 21-11, 21-12 victory over Japan's Sho Sasaki and Indonesian sixth-seeded Sony Dwi Kuncoro also progressed with a 21-12, 21-13 defeat of Poland's Przemyslaw Wacha.

The women's No.1 seed Zhou Mi of Hong Kong also won Wednesday, defeating New Zealand's Michelle Chan Ky.

 
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