Intro:

Xuerui Li through to women's singles final, while fellow Chinese pair of Jin Ma and Yuanting Tang advance in the women's doubles on Saturday at the All England Badminton Championship in Birmingham, England.

Script:

There was a score to settle in this highly anticipated women's semi-final at the All-England badminton Championships in Birmingham on Saturday.

Number one seed Xuerui Li was looking for revenge against Ratchanok Intanon, who became the youngest ever world champion by beating Li in the World Championship final last year.

The 18-year-old started well but this time the Olympic champion showed her class. She took the first set 21-18 before taking the next 21-8.

Li will face Wang Shixian, also of China, in Sunday's final.

In the doubles there was a patriotic contest between the all-Chinese pair of Jin Ma and Yuanting Tang, who were up against Japan's Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi.

The unseeded Chinese pair won in straight sets to set-up an all Chinese final against number one-seeded Xiaoli Wang and Yang Yu.

Two pairs from Indonesia faced off against each other in the men's doubles semi-final. Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan beat Gideon Markus Fernaldi and Markis Kido.

The 21-7, 21-12 win was convincing for the top seeds who will face Japan's Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa in the final.