Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: In today's other matches, third-seeded Bao Chunlai from China cruised through, beating Persson Joachim of Denmark 15-2, 15-1, while world No.1 Lin Dan from China, second-seeded Jonassen of Denmark enjoyed byes. More than 237 atheltes from 13 countries and regions participated in the tournament here.

beating