Xu Minqi.

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[Reporter Lin Yuefu/Comprehensive Report] Taiwan's second sister Xu Wenqi defeated Indonesian 20-year-old Komang Ayu Cahya Dewi at 21:15, 16:21, and 21:15 in the Super 300 Series Thailand Badminton Masters today, advancing to the women's Single round of 16.

The world's 16th-ranked Xu Minqi started her campaign in January this year. At the first stop of the Super 1000 Series Malaysia Open, she made a red plate and entered the top 8, setting a career-best performance. She only met An Xiying in the first round of the India Open. And last week's Indonesia Masters was against Carolina Marin, so they stopped in the top 32 in two stops.

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Xu Wenqi originally planned to fight Marlene again in the first round of the Thailand competition, but Marlene finally decided to withdraw, so her opponent was replaced by the world-ranked 55th Dewei who had never played against each other.

Xu Wenqi took a 6:1 lead at the start of the game. Although she was chased by her opponent twice, Xiao Xu still held her ground and went to the next victory. It was only after changing sides in the second game that Dewei led the way and extended the battle. .

Xu Minqi rallied in the deciding game, not only scoring 4 points at the beginning, but also entering a technical timeout with an 11:3 lead.

Remembering the lesson of the second round, Xu Wenqi, who led by 8 points, was still pushed by the opponent step by step after changing sides this time, and even lost 6 points. Fortunately, Xiao Xu recovered and fought back 5:0 to accept the victory , her opponent in the round of 16 tomorrow is the 32-year-old Belgian female player Tan Lianni, who is ranked 38th in the world, and it is also the first time the two have faced each other.

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