# Jun Hao knocks out Christo Popov of France
# Jin Wei to face Asian Junior champion Han Yue of China
The Jalur Gemilang is still flying in the World Junior Championships (Eye Level Cup) when fourth seeds Leong Jun Hao (men’s singles) and Goh Jin Wei (women’s singles) marched into the last four with straight games victories in their quarter-final matches on Friday.
Jun Hao, the reigning Asian Junior Under-19 champion stormed past Frenchman, 14th seed Christo Popov 21-14, 21-12 in 36 minutes. For a place in the final the 18-year-old Malaysian will face Japan’s sixth seed Kodai Naraoka.
Naraoka pulled off a big upset in the quarter-finals when came back from a game down to oust India’s second seed Lakshya Sen 14-21, 21-17, 21-14 in 63 minutes.
In the other quarter-final top seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand overcame a tough a first game against Japan’s Takuma Obayashi before prevailing 25-23, 21-16 in 45 minutes. He will meet China’s unseeded Gao Zhengze who beat Ireland’s Nguyen Nhat 18-21, 21-18, 21-7.
Jin Wei, the 2015 world junior champion kept her fine run in the individual event with an easy 21-12, 21-5 win over Thailand Chananchida Jucharoen in only 21 minutes. The Malaysian hope, however, faces a daunting task in the semi-finals when she faces China’s Han Yue, the Asian Junior Under-19 champion.
Han Yue, the fifth seed in Yogjakarta, defeated compatriot Zhou Meng 21-13, 21-10 in 33 minutes.
Indonesia’s hopes in the women’s singles are also alive when third seed Gregoria Mariska swept into the last four with a 21-10, 21-13 win over compatriot Aurum Oktavia Winata in 27 minutes. Mariska plays China’s sixth seed Cai Yanyan in the semifinals.
Yanyan pulled off a major upset when she dumped top seed Pattarasuda Chaiwan, the Asian Junior Under-17 champion. Pattarasuda, who is also the Asian Under-19 runners-up, was beaten 19-21, 21-14, 20-22.
Malaysia’s hopes in the men’s doubles and mixed doubles ended in the quarter-finals. In the men’s doubles Kwek Yee Jian-Man Wei Chong lost to Japan’s fourth seeds Mahiro Kaneko-Yunosuke Kubota (15-21, 24-26) while in the mixed doubles Indonesia’s third seeds Rehan Naufal Kushanjarto-Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti won 18-21, 21-14, 21-15 against Ng Eng Cheong-Toh Ee Wei.BY RIZAL ABDULLAH
QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS (SELECTED)
MEN’S SINGLES
Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Tha) beat Takuma Obayashi (Jpn) 25-23, 21-16
Goa Zhengze (Chn) beat Nguyen Nhat (Ire) 18-21, 21-18, 21-7
Kodai Naraoka (Jpn) beat Lakshya Sen (Ind) 14-21, 21-17, 21-14
WOMEN’S SINGLES
Cai Yanyan (Chn) beat Pattarasuda Chaiwan (Tha) 21-19, 14-21, 22-20
Han Yue (Chn) beat Zhou Meng (Chn) 21-13, 21-10
Goh Jin Wei (Mas) beat Chananchia Jucharoen (Tha) 21-12, 21-5
Gregoria Mariska (Ina) beat Aurum Oktavia Winata (Ina) 21-10, 21-13
MEN’S DOUBLES
Mahiro Kaneko-Yunosuke Kubota (Jpn) beat Kwek Yee Jian-Man Wei Chong (Mas) 21-15, 26-24
MIXED DOUBLES
Rehan Naufal Kushanjarto-Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti (Ina) beat Ng Eng Cheong-Toh Ee Wei (Mas) 18-21, 21-14, 21-15
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