In Mixed Doubles, seeded players World No. 1 Liliyana Natsir and Nova Widianto, third seeds Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa of Indonesia, and fourth seeds He Hanbin and Yu Yang of China will fight in separate matches for semifinal entry.
The spotlight should also be on British pair Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson, who have avenged their Athens defeat in the finals by ousting second seeds Zheng Bo and Gao Ling of China in the round of 16. Gao, with her then-partner Zhang Jun, claimed gold in Athens.
