Axelsen, An cruise into badminton China Open quarters

CHANGZHOU, China, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- World No. 1s Viktor Axelsen of Denmark and An Se-young of South Korea progressed into the last eight at the badminton China Open here on Thursday.

Olympic champion Axelsen had a challenging start against Wang Tzu-wei of Chinese Taipei, losing the first game 22-20, but regrouped himself and dominated the subsequent games 21-6, 21-14.

"It's a little difficult for me to