HONG KONG, Nov.(Xinhuanet)-- Chinese Bao Chunlai and Xie Xingfang advanced to the last eight of men's and women's singles here Thursday at Hong Kong Open Badminton Championships 2005.

Bao beat his rival from Malaysia 2-0 in just around half an hour. In the first set, he did not give any chance to the opponentand took it 15-0.

So far, three Chinese men's single players, Lin Dan, Chen Hong and Bao Chunlai cruised into the last eight. Li Yu was ousted by world number four Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia. Chen will encounterBao Friday on the road to top four.

World number two Honassen Kenneth from Denmark suffered exit after losing to Korea's Shon Seung Mo 1-2.

In the women's singles, it took Xie Xingfang only 20 minutes toclear the hurdle on her way to the last eight. She became the third Chinese player after Zhang Ning and Zhu Lin who cruised into the quarterfinals.

Other players advanced to the last eight in the women's singles including Pi Hongyan, former Chinese national squad member now representing France, Yao Jie, former Chinese national squad membernow representing the Netherlands, Xu Huaiwen representing Germany and Wang Chen representing Hong Kong, China.

In the women's doubles, all Chinese players stormed into the next round. Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen will encounter Wei Yili/Zhao Tingting in the quarterfinals on Friday.

In the men's doubles, Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun and Guo Zhendong/Xie Zhongbo eased into the next round.

In the mixed doubles, Athens Olympic champions Zhang Jun/Gao Ling defeated their rivals with an easy 2-0 victory. Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen ousted another pair of Chinese players Zheng Bo/Zhao Tingting 2-0. Enditem