Results from the semi-finals of the Japan Open in Tokyo on Saturday: (x denotes seeding)
Men's singles:
Kenichi Tago (JPN x7) bt Gao Huan (CHN) 21-12, 21-12
Lee Chong Wei (MAS x1) bt Nguyen Tien Minh (VIE x5) 21-10, 21-5
Women's singles:
Akane Yamaguchi (JPN) bt Tai Tzu Ying (TPE x6) 26-24, 21-14
Shizuka Uchida (JPN) bt Wang Yihan (CHN x4) 21-19, 21-14
Women's doubles:
Christinna Pedersen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN x3) bt Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi (JPN x2) 21-16, 21-14
Ma Jin/Tang Jinhua (CHN x1) bt Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth/Rizki Amelia Pradipta (INA x4) 17-21, 21-14, 21-12
Men's doubles:
Chai Biao/Hong Wei (CHN) bt Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (DEN x2) 21-11, 15-21, 21-19
Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan (INA x1) bt Kang Jun/Liu Cheng (CHN) 21-12, 18-21, 21-18
Mixed doubles:
Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei (CHN x2) bt Liu Cheng/Bao Yixin (CHN) 21-9, 21-8
Xu Chen/Ma Jin (CHN x1) bt Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (DEN x3) 21-17, 23-21
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