Unseeded He Bingjiao of China continues her winning run at the 2016 Yonex French Open in Paris, France after a hard-contested quarterfinal round match triumph over Chinese Taipei's Chiang Mei Hui on Friday.

Based on the tournament results in the official website of the BWF, the 19-year-old Chinese badminton ace scored a thrilling 21-18, 15-21, 22-20 win over the 25-year-old Taiwanese that lasted for an hour and four minutes. With the victory, He will move on to the semifinal stage of the prestigious US$300,000 World Super Series event.

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He battled her way to the round of last eight by defeating Mette Poulsen of Denmark in the first round and netted a second round win against PV Sindhu of India, who is the reigning 2016 Summer Olympic silver medalist.

The BWF's 11^th-ranked Chinese shuttler began the match with a strong start after taking the opening set. However, Chiang fought back and won the following game and forced a decider.

The two professional badminton players displayed their eagerness to end the match as the victor, but in the end, the Chinese shuttler emerged as the winner of their first official meeting. He booked a semifinal round matchup against fifth seed Sung Ji Hyun of the South Korea for a finals berth.

Sung, 25, currently sits on the eighth place of the latest BWF World Ranking results. She secured her ticket for the tourney's last four following her quarterfinal round win against world No. 5 Tai Tzu Ying of the Chinese Taipei in three sets.

Meanwhile in the men's singles draw, China's No. 19 Shi Yuqi stretched his winning streak at the Paris-based badminton tournament with another three sets victory over Jonatan Christie to reach the semifinals.

The 20-year-old Chinese player won over the Malaysian Iskandar Zulkarnain in the opening round before staging an upset victory over compatriot Tian Houwei, who was the event's fourth seeded player.

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