Dhaka, July 26 -- China's Chen Yufei is set to face South Korea's World No. 1 An Se-young in the women's singles quarter-final at the badminton China Open, after both shuttlers defeated respective rivals on Thursday.
Tokyo Olympic champion Chen showed resilience, rallying from one game down to beat teammate Gao Fangjie 13-21, 21-5, 21-9.
"We know each other very well, but a tournament is different from daily training. Whoever performs better on the court will win," said the 27-year-old Chen.
Her next opponent An secured a comfortable 21-13, 21-15 win over fellow South Korean Sim Yu-jin in the second round. Chen, who lost to An in the quarterfinals of the Japan Open just six days ago, is eager for revenge.
"I'll learn from last week's de...