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Bao enters final

MADRID: China's Bao Chunlai clinched his place in his first World badminton championship final with a confident 21-15, 21-19 victory over Lee Hyun-il of South Korea here on Saturday.

In the women's singles top seed and World No. 1 Zhang Ning swept past Germany's Petra Overzier 21-19, 21-11.

In the mixed doubles an all-English final was guaranteed after Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms joined training partners Anthony Clark and Donna Kellogg in Sunday's final.

Bao clinched his place in the final four 22-20 12-21 21-18.

The results: Men (semifinals): Bao Chunlai bt Lee Hyun-Il 21-15, 21-19. Quarterfinals: Lee Hyun-Il (Kor) bt Chen Jin (Chn) 21-14, 19-21, 21-12; Bao Chunlai (Chn) bt Lee Chong Wei (Mas) 22-20, 12-21, 21-18; Chen Hong (Chn) bt Peter Gade (Den) 21-17, 15-21, 21-12; Lin Dan (Chn) bt Muhammad Hafiz Hashim (Mas) 21-10, 21-9.

Women (semifinals): Zhang Ning bt Petra Overzier 21-19, 21-11. Quarterfinals: Zhang Ning (Chn) bt Tracey Hallam (Eng) 20-22, 21-10, 21-10; Xu Huaiwan (Ger) bt Petya Nedeltcheva (Bul) 21-14, 17-21, 21-16; Petra Overzier (Ger) bt Jiang Yanjiao (Chn) 21-18, 14-21, 21-13; Xie Xingfang (Chn) bt Pi Hongyang (Fra) 21-17, 21-10. — Agencies

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