| | Top level | Event type
Singles, Men – Semi-Finals, Match #1
| Date | 15 August 2008 — 20:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Beijing Gongye Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing (Court 1) | |
| Umpire | Tomoharu Sano |  JPN |
| Service Judge | Vachara Tungaparhara |  THA |
| Seed | Competitor | NOC | Games Won | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lin Dan |  CHN | 2 | 21 | 21 | – | |
| 4 | Chen Jin | CHN | 0 | 12 | 18 | – |
| Lin Dan | Chen Jin | |
|---|---|---|
| Games Won | 2 | 0 |
| Game 1 | 21 | 12 |
| Game 2 | 21 | 18 |
| Game 3 | – | – |