2007 Champions:
Men's Singles - Lee Chong Wei, Malaysia
Women's Singles - Zhou Mi, Hong Kong
Men's Doubles - Koo/Tan, Malaysia
Women's Doubles - Chien/Cheng, Chinese Taipei
Mixed Doubles - Natsir/Widianto, Indonesia
Chinese Zhu Jingjing produced the worthiest victory in the first day of the 2007 Bingo Bonanza Philippine Open Badminton Championships, bundling out defending ladies singles champion Saina Nehwal of India even as two other seeded bets fell by the wayside at the Philsports Arena yesterday.
Zhu dished out a superb all around performance as she surprised the Indian teener with an efficient net game to fashion out a stunning 21-15, 21-13 victory to advance to the last 16, along with Shao Chieh Cheng of Taiwan and Malaysian Pei Xian Julia Wong.
Shao upended fifth seed Li Li of Singapore, while Wong outlasted Tine Rasmussen of Denmark, who got the No. 2 seeding following the last-minute withdrawal of Xu Huaiwen of Germany, Pi Hong Yan of France and Mew Choo Wong of Malaysia, the top three seeds, Tuesday, 12-21, 21-12, 21-19.