year-old former All-England Open champion, superbly defied the years, the aches and the pains to reach the quarterfinals Thursday. Gade saved four successive, crucially important game points to win 21-9, 22-20 against Kenichi Tago, the dangerously improving young Japanese player who caused a sensation by reaching last year's final. Gade's next opponent, fifth-seeded Chinese Chen Long, is likely to feel fresher since he received a walk-over into the quarterfinals from Thailand's Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk, who has a bad back. Earlier, an angry Lee Chong Wei walked out without talking to journalists after receiving the shortest of warnings of his impending second round match. The defending champion from Malaysia only had an hour's notice of his 1000GMT match with China's Bao Chunlai. Lee achieved a 21-16, 21-16 victory over the dangerous Bao. There was also a hint of controversy when both the all-Chinese women's singles failed to materialize. Top-seeded Wang Shixian was given a walk-over by her teammate Liu Xin, who complained of a fungal big toe. Then Wang Xin was also allowed to pass into the third round without wasting any energy. Jiang Yanjiao beat Lu Lan did 21-11, 15-21, 21-17.
