Lianne Tan (BWF 36) has qualified for the third round of the European Badminton Championship in Madrid. Julien Carraggi (BWF 129) went down in his first race.
The 31-year-old Tan is the eighth seed and was immediately in the second round. She put the Swiss Jenjira Stadelmann (BWF 89) aside with 21-14 and 21-17. The match lasted 35 minutes.
Three-time Olympian Tan will face Bulgarian Mariya Mitsova (BWF 88) in the eighth finals.
Julien Carraggi also did not have to enter the first round, but he was unable to win his opening match on Tuesday. The French seventh seed Thomas Rouxel (BWF 41) proved too strong with 21-11 and 21-12. The game was over after 29 minutes.
On Monday, Maxime Moreels (BWF 117), the third Belgian on the table in Madrid, lost in the first round to the Czech Jan Louda (BWF 98).
