China's rising badminton star He Bingjiao advances to the next stage of the ongoing BWF Thaihot China Open after prevailing in the hard-fought opening round showdown over compatriot Zhang Yiman at the Haixia Olympic Sports Center in Fuzhou in Fujian, China, on Wednesday.

He, who entered the $700,000 BWF World Superseries event as the newly crowned French Open champion, dropped the opening game before rallying in the last two sets of the match to score an impressive three-set 20-22, 21-17, and 21-19 victory against Zhang. According to the official website of the BWF, the 19-year-old native of Lianyungang needed an hour and nine minutes to wrap up the match and secure her entry ticket for the next round of the event.

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The victory also marks He's first triumph over the 19-year-old Zhang, whom she played for the first time in an official professional BWF sanctioned match. She will be facing the 25-year-old Porntip Buranaprasertuk of Thailand in the second round of the tournament.

According to Hindustan Times, Buranaprasertuk defeated the fourth seeded player and current world No. 6 Saina Nehwal of India in the first round 21-16, 19-21, 21-14. The Thai professional shuttler is ranked No. 13 in the latest BWF world ranking results.

He, who was the 2014 Youth Olympic Games gold medalist in the girls' singles event, is fast making a name in the field of the racquet sport. She had won two Grand Prix Gold events this year, claiming the titles of the Swiss Open last March and recently claimed the Bitburger Open early this month.

The Chinese badminton ace also bagged two World Superseries crowns this season, winning the tournament titles of the Japan Open in September and the French Open in October. He currently ranks No. 10 in the world and sits on the fifth spot of the BWF's season-ending Dubai World Superseries Finals that will held this coming December.

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