Three Chinese shuttlers reach women's singles quarters of Philippine Open

MANILA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- All the three participants of women's singles from China reached the quarterfinals of the ongoing Philippine Badminton Open on Thursday.

Jiang Yanjiao had a rout of 21-13, 21-12 against Le Ngoc Nguyen of Vietnam to reach the quarterfinals. Coming up next for Jiang will be Malvinne Alcala of the Philippines on Friday.

Wang Shixian and Wang Xin of China both eliminated the last Europeans standing in women's singles, beating Linda Zechiri of Bulgaria 15-21, 21-10, 23-21 and Nicole Grether of Germany, 21-8, 21-14.