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Australian Open winner Hans-Kristian Vittinghus was dumped out of the USD300,000 Yonex Japan Open in Tokyo in the first round on Wednesday by China's Qiao Bin.
Qiao Bin, ranked 45 in the world, who was promoted to the main draw from the qualifying roundson Tuesday won the 80-minute battle against the towering Dane for an upset 23-25, 21-12, 21-14 win over the world No 10.
His win earned him a plum tie against world No 1 and top seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia. The Malaysian, fresh from winning the silver medal in the Rio Olympics, eased into the second round with a 21-14, 21-13 win over Thai veteran Boonsak Ponsana in only 36 minutes.
The battle of the day, however, was between Taiwan's Hsu Jen-hao and China's fourth seed Tian Houwei. The Taiwanese sweated out a 7-21, 21-14, 21-12 win in a marathon 91 minute match.
Jen-hao will face Germany's Marc Zwiebler in the second round. The German won his first round match against Korea's Jeon Hyeok-jin 21-11, 21-14.
Another shock on the first day's play was the defeat of world No 9 and seventh seed Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia. Tommy fell to a 15-21, 7-21 defeat at the hands of Chinese qualifier Shi Yuqi, winner of the Indonesia Masters last week, in 31 minutes.
India's eighth seed K. Srikanth defeated compatriot, qualifier P. Kashyap 14-21, 21-14, 23-21 in a 62 minute. He faces another compatriot Ajay Jayaram , 21-19, 23-21 winner over Indonesia's Sony Dwi Kuncoro, in the second round.
Second seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark, who won the bronze in Rio Olympics, romped to a 21-16, 21-11 win over Hong Kong's Vincent Wong Wing Ki while India's H. S. Prannoy showed Malaysia's second ranked player Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddi the exit with a 23-21, 19-21, 21-18 win in 69 minutes.
Japan had a good day in the women's singles with defending champion Nozomi Okuhara leading the charge into the second round. The second seeded All-England champion outplayed Denmark's Line Kjaersfeldt 21-13, 21-6 in 30 minutes.
Last year's runners Akane Yamaguchi was also on a winning mode with 21-13, 21-14 win over Hong Kong's Yip Pui Yin. Other Japanese who cleared the first round matches were qualifier Natsuki Nidaira who beat Thailand's Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (15-21, 21-19, 22-20), Sayaka Sato, Aya Ohori, Ayumi Mine and Sayaka Takahashi.
Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon, began her title quest with a 21-16, 21-12 win over Hong Kong's Pai Yu Po. Ratchanok, a former world No 1, won three back to back Superseries titles – the India Open, the Malaysia Open and the Singapore Open.
The men's doubles saw the biggest upset when China's top seeds and world No 4 Chai Biao-Hong Wei lost 17-21, 17-21 to unknown German pair Mark Lamsfuss-Marvin Emil Seidel in 34 minutes.
SELECTED RESULTS (FIRST ROUND)
Men's singles
Lee Chong Wei (Mas) beat Boonsak Ponsana (Tha) 21-14, 21-13
Qiao Bin (Chn) beat Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (Den) 23-25, 21-12, 21-14
Shi Yuqi (Chn) beat Tommy Sugiarto (Ina) 21-15, 21-7
Angus Ng Ka Long (Hkg) beat B. Sai Praneeth (Ind) 9-21. 23-21, 21-10
Hsu Jen-hao (Tpe) beat Tian Houwei (Chn) 7-21, 21-14, 21-12
Marc Zwiebler (Ger) beat Jeong Hyeok-jin (Kor) 21-11, 21-14
K. Srikanth (Ind) beat P. Kashyap (Ind) 14-21, 21-14, 23-21
Ajay Jayaram (Ind) beat Sony Dwi Kuncoro (Ina) 21-19, 23-21
Khosit Phetpradap (Tha) beat Hu Yun (Hkg) 21-14, 14-21, 21-19
Chou Tien-chen (Tpe) beat Wei Nan (Hkg) 21-11, 21-17
Lee Dong-keun (Kor) beat Brize Leverdez (Fra) 21-13, 21-12
Lee Hyun-ll (Kor) beat Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk Tha) 26-24, 19-21, 24-22
Jan O Jorgensen (Den) beat Riichi Takeshita (Jpn) 21-15, 21-13
Son Wan-ho (Kor) beat Wang Tzu-wei (Tpe) 21-7, 21-13
H.S. Prannoy (Ind) beat Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin (Mas) 23-21. 19-21, 21-18
Viktor Axelsen (Den) beat Vincent Wong Wing Ki (Hkg) 21-16, 21-11
Men's doubles
Mohammad Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan (Ina) beat Peter Briggs-Tom Wolfenden (Ger) 25-27, 21-13, 24-22
Hiroyuki Saeki-Ryota Taohata (Jpn) beat Liao Min-chun-Tseng Min-hao (Tpe) 21-15, 20-22, 21-17
Lee Jhe-huei-Lee Yang (Tpe) beat Matthew Nottingham-Harley Towler (Eng) 21-12, 21-15
Mark Lamsfuss-Marvin Emil Seidel (Ger) beat Chai Biao-Hong Wei (Chn) 21-17, 21-17
Hiroyuki Endo-Kenichi Hayakawa (Jpn) beat Mathias Christiansen-David Daugaard (Den) 21-16, 21-19
Li Junhui-Liu Yuchen (Chn) beat Liu Cheng-Zheng Siwei (Chn) 21-16, 13-21, 23-21
Kim Gi-jung-Ko Sung-hyun (Kor) beat Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Den) 22-24, 21-14, 21-17
Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen (Den) beat Kosuke Makino-Dai Watanabe (Jpn) 21-13, 21-17
Women's singles
Akane Yamaguchi (Jpn) beat Yip Pui Yin (Hkg) 21-13, 21-14
Sun Yu (Chn) beat Saena Kawakami (Jpn) 21-19, 21-16
He Bingjiao (Chn) beat Zhang Beiwen (USA) 16-21, 21-18, 21-15
Natsuki Nidaira (Jpn) beat Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (Tha) 15-21, 21-19, 22-20
Chisato Hoshi (Jpn) Michelle Li (Can) 21-19, 7-3 (rtd)
Sayaka Takahashi (Jpn) beat Yui Hashimoto (Jpn) 21-10, 21-8
Ratchanok Intanon (Tha) beat Pai Yu Po (Tpe) 21-16, 21-12
Minatsu Mitani (Jpn) beat Nitchaon Jindapol (Tha) 21-16, 21-13
Aya Ohori (Jpn) beat Elisabeth Beldauf (Aut) 21-5, 21-7
Sayaka Sato (Jpn) beat Tai Tzu Ying (Tpe) 22-20, 21-14
Ayumi Mine (Jpn) beat Lee Jang-mi (Kor) 21-18, 21-14
Nozomi Okuhara (Jpn) beat Line Kjaersfeld (Den) 21-13, 21-6
Cheung Ngan Yi (Hkg) beat Anna Thea Madsen (den) 21-9, 21-7
Kaori Imbeppu (Jpn) beat Kim Hyo-min (Kor) 21-19, 21-18
Women's doubles
Ou Donghi-Yu Xiaohan (Chn) beat Naoko Fukuman-Karumi Yonao (Jpn) 21-15, 21-13
Shizuka Matsao-Mami Naito (Jpn) beat Johanna Goliszewski-Lara Kaepplein (Ger) 21-14, 21-6
Eefje Muskens-Selena Piek (Ned) w/o Lind Efler-Isabewl Herttrich (Ger)
Christinna Pedersen-Kamilla Rytter Juhl (Den) beat Rie Etoh-Aoi Matsuda (Jpn) 21-13, 21-13
Vivian Hoo-Woon Khe Wei (Mas) beat Mayu Matsumoto-Wakana Nagahara (Jpn) 21-19, 21-12
Mixed doubles
Ko Sung-hyun-Kim Ha-na (Kor) beat Anders Skaarup Rasmussen-Sara Thygesen (Den) 21-17, 21-9
Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying (Mas) beat Matthew Nottingham-Emily Westwood (Eng) 21-13, 21-15
Lu Kai-Huang Yaqiong (Chn) beat Tomoya Takashina-Rie Etoh (Jpn) 21-19, 18-21, 21-18
Huang Kaixiang-Yu Xiaohan (Chn) beat Yuso Kobayashi-Wakana Nagahara (Jpn) 21-19, 21-14
Yuta Watanabe-Arisa Higashino (Jpn) beat Bodin Isara-Savitree Amitrapai (Tha) 21-14, 16-21, 21-12
Joachim Fischer Nielsen-Christinna Pedersen (Den) beat Marvin Emil Seidel-Linda Efler (Ger) 21-11, 14-17 (rtd)
Zheng Siwei-Cheng Qingchen (Chn) beat Ben Lane-Jessica Pugh 19-21, 21-12, 21-7
