Hyderabad: Former world and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat advanced to the second round at the badminton world championships with a 21-14, 21-14 win over Christian Boesiger of Switzerland on Tuesday.
The veteran Indonesian, who won gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2005 world championships, needed only 27 minutes to sweep past Boesiger.
Ninth-seeded Yu Hsing-Hseih of Taiwan struggled to a 21-14, 19-21, 24-22 win over local hope Arvind Bhat just over an hour.
Japan's Kenichi Tago rallied for a 16-21, 21-14, 21-13 upset over seventh-seeded Joachim Persson of Denmark.
Park Sung-hwan, the No. 8 seed from South Korea, needed 55 minutes to oust Steinar Klausen of Norway 19-21, 21-13, 21-18, while No. 16 Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand held off Lithuania's Kestutis Navickas 21-14, 14-21, 21-17.
Top-seeded Lee Chong Wei and defending world and Olympic champion Lin Dan advanced on Monday.
In women's singles, No. 9 Wang Chen of Hong Kong beat Taiwan's Chen Hsiao-huan 21-19, 21-10. No. 12 Hwang Hye-youn and No. 13 Pui Yin Yip also advanced.
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