Chen Yu Fei Pushed – Indonesia Open: Day 4
Pre-tournament favourite Chen Yu Fei was tested for the second successive day of this year’s BLIBLI Indonesia Open 2019, pushed to a 21-14 17-21 21-16 result by USA’s Beiwen Zhang.
· Lloyd Green
It followed a 15-21 21-17 21-12 escape against Sayaka Takahashi of Japan in the round of 16 yesterday.
With the pressure of being China’s last player in the men’s and women’s singles draw following yesterday’s events in which He Bing Jiao and Chen Long both lost and Shi Yu Qi withdrew due to injury – plus the earlier exit of Kento Momota’s giant-killer Huang Yu Xiang – Chen was able to tip-toe her way through a tight encounter against a relentless Zhang.
The winner of the first Super 1000 event of the season in Birmingham, Chen took the first game of the quarterfinal in Jakarta 21-14 in seemingly effortless fashion.