World No. 1 Wang Chuqin of China made swift work of 19th-ranked Shunsuke Togami of Japan, winning 11-9, 11-8, 11-5 in the men’s singles second round at the WTT Singapore Smash on Tuesday, February 24, to book his place in the round of 16. Wang’s next opponent is 16th-seeded Anders Lind of Denmark.

Fellow Chinese star Lin Shidong, the third seed and reigning Singapore Smash men’s singles champion, also moved through comfortably, dismissing Kazakhstan’s Kirill Gerassimenko 11-6, 11-8, 11-1. Lin will next face wild card paddler Lim Jong-hoon of the Republic of Korea.

Not all Chinese men survived the night. Zhou Qihao was sent packing by France’s Flavien Coton in four games — 12-14, 11-6, 11-3, 11-7 — in a result that brought cheer to the French camp. Coton will now face a stiff challenge in sixth-seeded compatriot Felix Lebrun in the next round.

In men’s doubles, Lin Shidong and Huang Youzheng battled from behind to eliminate Singapore’s Clarence Chew and Josh Chua 7-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-3, advancing to the quarterfinals. Their next opponents are the German eighth-seeded pairing of Benedikt Duda and Dang Qiu.

China’s women continued their sweep of the draw on Tuesday. Third-seeded Chen Xingtong was in clinical form, brushing past Australia’s Connie Psihogios 11-8, 11-8, 11-7. She faces Japan’s 16th-seeded Miyu Nagasaki in the round of 16.

Eighth seed Chen Yi also progressed past Singaporean wildcard Ser Lin Qian 11-8, 13-11, 11-7 in a match that was tighter than the scoreline suggests. She will take on Japan’s Honoka Hashimoto next.

Second seed Wang Manyu delivered a composed display in her four-game win over Chinese Taipei’s Cheng I-Ching, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4, 11-5. Her next test is 13th-seeded Shin Yu-bin from the Republic of Korea.

In the women’s doubles, Chen Yi and Kuai Man teamed up to eliminate Austria’s Sofia Polcanova and Brazil’s Bruna Takahashi 7-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4. The Chinese pair now face the daunting challenge of the Republic of Korea’s top seeds Kim Na-yeong and Ryu Han-na.