The top seed got off to a bad start against Calderano, losing three sets in a row, 11-6, 11-8, 11-9. Despite his endeavors to turn around the tide with scores of 11-6, 11-8 in the following two, Fan failed to come back, went down to the Brazilian top player 11-5 in the sixth set and swallowed the failure, reports Xinhua.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"It was really important to start 3-0 up. It's really hard for anyone to come back from 3-0 down. But of course, there's one reason why he's one of the best in the world, so I know he could come back, and I just had to keep cool, keep fighting, keep playing my level, good tactics and good variation,\" Calderano said after the victory.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the men's final, Calderano will take on second-seeded Chinese paddler Liang Jingkun, who edged past his compatriot and third seed Ma Long 4-3 (11-5, 11-8, 11-13, 5-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"After notching two wins at the beginning, I sort of started to leave things to chance and luck, and as a result, I lost the following three sets. Then I quickly adjusted my mentality and fought hard point by point and finally sealed the victory,\" Liang said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
On women's part, China's Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu defeated their compatriots Wang Yidi and Chen Meng respectively to set up an all-Chinese women's singles final. Sun walked away from Wang Yidi 4-0 (11-9, 11-9, 12-10, 11-7), while second-seeded Wang Manyu bested fourth seed Chen 4-2 (11-5, 13-15, 7-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-3).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"I played normally throughout the match and dealt well with the pace and the drop points. I will go all out and show the best of myself in the final match,\" Sun said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the quarterfinals staged earlier, the top seed and world. No. 1 edged past Japan's fifth seed Hina Hayata 3-2, while Wang notched an easy win over Austria's Sofia Polcanova 3-0 in only 21 minutes to set up the semifinal showdown against Sun.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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