Taiwanese badminton duo Lee Yang (李洋) and Wang Chi-lin (王齊麟) stole the spotlight Thursday by becoming the first-ever Taiwanese shuttlers to advance into the Olympic semifinals. The world No. 3 duo defeated Japan's Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe 21-16, 21-19 in 44 minutes in a match played at the Musashino Forest Plaza. Taiwan fared considerably worse in the men's singles event, however, where tenth-seeded Wang Tzu-wei (王子維) was eliminated in the round of 16 following his 16-21, 14-21 loss to Viktor Axelsen of Denmark.
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