China's Lin Dan eased into the second round of the World badminton championships with a 21-11, 21-10 success over Lithuanian Kestutis Navickas, while Wang Shixian, China's top seed in the women's singles, started her campaign with a comfortable 21-11, 21-14 victory over Bulgaria's Linda Zechiri on Tuesday.
Chetan Anand, Arvind Bhat and Aditi Mutatkar made it to the semi-finals at the Bitburger Open badminton tournament in Germany on Friday.
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