Beinwen Zhang put up a strong fight at the OUE Singapore Open in the quarterfinals but was still swept by higher ranked, He Bingjiao of China. Zhang held an early 7-2 lead before He showed her class with an 8-0 run to take back control of the game. Zhang would briefly tie it again at 11 before He pulled away for the 21-16 win. Zhang held a 13-9 lead in game two before a closing 12-2 run from He ended the match with a 21-15 second game win.

The strong tournament should boost Zhang’s confidence and she has now advanced in two of the three Super Series events she has taken part in this year. The next Super Series event is the Indonesia Open Super Series Premier in Jakarta starting on May 30th.

Before that the US women will participate in the 2016 Uber Cup in Kunshan, China starting on May 15th. The US didn’t qualify for this team competition in 2014 and the men missed out on the corresponding Thomas Cup this year and in 2014. The US women were seeded 13th but have been placed into a group with #3 Korea, #7 Chinese Taipei and #16 Mauritius so advancing to the knockout round is not out of the question.