(Beijing, August 25) China's top-seeded female shuttler Wang Yihan began her bid for her first badminton world title with an easy win in her opening match at the BWF World Championships in Paris on August 24, 2010. After the first-round bye, Wang whitewashed Porntip Buranaprasertsuk of Thailand 21-12, 21-19 in yesterday's match to move to the semi-quarterfinals.

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