Chen Qingchen (R)Jia Yifan of China compete during the women's doubles semifinal against Greysia PoliiApriyani Rahayu of Indonesia at 2017 Yonex French Open in Paris KJ McDaniels Raptors Jersey , France on Oct. 28, 2017. Chen QingchenJia Yifan were defeated with 0-2. (XinhuaChen Yichen) PARIS, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shuttlers experienced a lackluster day in BWF World Superseries French Open semi-finals here on Saturday, as only mixed doubles top seeds Zheng Siwei and Chen Qingchen managed to come through a grueling match for a final berth.
Women's doubles world champions Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan failed to defend their title as they were overshadowed by Indonesian duo of Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu 21-5, 21-10 in just 40 minutes.
Polii and Rahayu set up an encounter with South Korea's Lee So Hee and Shin Seung Chan, who lifted up the Denmark Open trophy last weekend.
"We played a poor start Jonas Valanciunas Raptors Jersey , and could not build up our momentum. We were restrained by our opponents," admitted Jia, who partnered Chen for their first BWF Superseries title one year ago in the same venue.
From then on, they won at BWF Superseries Finals and World Championships, and were currently positioned atop world rankings.
"We could feel the challenges from opponents in every match," added Jia.
Chen then regrouped herself to feature on mixed doubles court with Zheng. The current world No. 1 faced a rough battle against Mathias Christiansen and Christinna Pedersen of Denmark.
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Christiansen and Pedersen built an 11-6 lead midway through the second game. Zheng and Chen failed to chip away the deficit, only to concede the game at 21-17. They held their nerves in the decider to secure their positions in Sunday's final at 21-15.
"We did something bad in the second game, before making some changes to our tactics in the decider, which proved successful," commented Zheng.
Next up for Zheng and Chen are Olympic and world champions Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir Delon Wright Raptors Jersey , who saw off another Chinese pair Zhang Nan and Li Yinhui in straight games.
"We lost to them in the World Championships final, so we need to prepare for the match as challengers," said Zheng.
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China's He Jiting and Tan Qiang, both 19, stopped their impressive run as they crashed out with 21-18, 21-19 against defending champions Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen.
He Bingjiao also stopped her quest for defending women's singles title after falling short against world No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying in full games. Tai will take on Japan's Yamaguchi Akane, who upset second-seeded Sindhu Pusarla.
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20-year-old Anders Antonsen's magical journey in Paris came to an end as the Dane lost to Japanese shuttler Nishimoto Kenta.
The French Open was the 10th leg of 12 BWF World Superseries of the season with a total prize money of 325,000 U.S. dollars up for grabs.
GUANGZHOU, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- China's Good Samaritan law went into effect on Oct. 1 to protect people who are ready to help others.
Under the legislation, people who voluntarily offer emergency assistance to those who are Vince Carter Authentic Jersey , or who they believe to be, injured, ill, in danger, or otherwise incapacitated, will not have civil liability in the event of harm to the victims.
It aims to ease the reluctance people feel toward helping strangers for fear of legal repercussions if they make mistakes in treatment.
The legislation responds to the phenomenon of people refraining from assisting fallen senior citizens over concerns of being blackmailed later Tracy Mcgrady Authentic Jersey , said Wang Cheng, professor at Peking University Law School.
The law will reduce bystanders' hesitation to assist, said Wang.
In 2011, a two-year-old girl was run over by two cars, and 18 passersby did not offer emergency help. The girl died later after days of medical treatment.
In 2014, a man from south China's Guangdong Province aided a senior citizen but was accused of knocking him down. The man committed suicide when faced with demands for compensation.
"If you don't provide help Serge Ibaka Authentic Jersey , you will blame yourself, but if you do help, you are likely to be hurt by the people you help. It is really a dilemma," said one comment on China's microblog Sina Weibo.
These disputes have sparked debate about morality and heroism in the country in recent years.
"There is no need to discuss whether or not you should aid people in distress. Your help is a matter of life or death for the person who is injured," said Wang.
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In 2012, China's State Council published a paper outlining ideas to help protect Good Samaritans that would provide preferential polices in employment and other fields.
Although there had been calls for a national Good Samaritan law, only a few cities pushed ahead with such legislation before the nationwide law came into effect.
In 2013, Shenzhen said anyone who wants to claim compensation needs to collect evidence first.
Shanghai in 2016 enacted a policy that protects the public from liability during rescues and rescue attempts.
The national Good Samaritan law underwent three amendments from December 2016 to March 2017 before it was introduced in October.