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Xie, Lu meet in women's final

Associated Press

Saturday, August 15, 2009

HYDERABAD, India -- Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang will play for their third world badminton titles in an all-Chinese final. Defending champion Lin, who hadn't dropped a set his previous four matches, needed more than an hour Saturday to get past sixth-seeded Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia 21-14, 13-21, 21-15. Dwi Kuncoro knocked out Lin's rival, world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei, in Friday's quarterfinals. In the other semifinal, second-seeded Chen Jin romped past fourth-seeded Taufik Hidayat 21-16, 21-6 in ...

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