All England results mediocre, Budi may join Thomas Cup squad<\/p>\n
Novan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) lamented the
\nfailure of its men's shuttlers to grab any title from the
\nUS$125,000 All England tournament, which ended last Sunday in
\nBirmingham, England.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's best performance in the prestigious four-star
\nevent was through men's singles finalist, Budi Santoso, although
\nhe was no match for the eventual champion, Chen Hong of China.<\/p>\n
"The result was disappointing because we should have grabbed a
\ntitle. But that was the best our shuttlers could have done,
\nconsidering their condition," PBSI chairman Chairul Tanjung told
\nreporters on Monday.<\/p>\n
"But we were surprised that Budi reached the final stage. It
\nwas be a credit to him to be in final team for the Thomas Cup
\nfinals round," he added.<\/p>\n
PBSI opted not to send its women's shuttlers to All England,
\nincluding mixed doubles pairs, after the Asian\/Oceania qualifying
\nround for women's team Uber Cup later last month in Melbourne,
\nAustralia.<\/p>\n
In addition to Budi, Indonesia only put Marlev Mainaky, Johan
\nHadikusuma, Rony Agustinus and juniors Adriansyah and Sony Dwi
\nKuncoro in the singles.<\/p>\n
Three pairs of Candra Wijaya and Sigit Budiarto; Halim
\nHeryanto and Nova Widhianto; and old hands Bambang Suprianto and
\nTri Kusheryanto were in the men's doubles.<\/p>\n
PBSI did not field Hendrawan due to illness, and banned Taufik
\nHidayat following his move to Singapore. PBSI has requested that
\nthe Singaporean Badminton Association (SBA) pay the transfer fee.<\/p>\n
SBA has yet to agree on the transfer fee on the grounds that
\nTaufik is no longer Indonesian national shuttler since he
\nresigned from the Indonesian Badminton Center (PBI).<\/p>\n
First seeds and event favorites Candra and Sigit failed to
\ngrab the title after falling to eventual winners Ha Tae-kwon and
\nKim Dong-moon in their semifinals encounter, which was dubbed as
\nthe real final in men's doubles. Candra and Sigit were defeated
\n7-2, 6-8, 7-8, 7-4, 7-8 after an 80-minute match.<\/p>\n
Halim and Nova were stopped in the third round by the Danish
\nduo of Jesper Larsen and Jim Laugesen who scored a 2-7, 8-7, 7-5,
\n6-8, 8-6 victory.<\/p>\n
Another Danish pair of Jesper Christensen and Thomas Laybourn
\nalso became the stumbling block which thwarted Bambang and Tri
\nfrom advancing to the third round.<\/p>\n
The Danes won 7-3, 8-7, 3-7, 3-7, 7-3.<\/p>\n
In the men's singles, Adriansyah was eliminated early in the
\nqualifying round, while Sony gave his best shot before falling
\nvictim 5-7, 3-7, 7-4, 7-3, 5-7 to former Indonesian shuttler Agus
\nHarianto, who now plays for Hong Kong.<\/p>\n
Johan should have taken some of the examples from his juniors
\nto heart when he was soundly beaten 2-7, 3-7, 1-7 by Malaysian
\nMuhammad Roslin Hashim in just 30 minutes of a markedly
\nuninspiring match.<\/p>\n
Marlev could only reach the third round before being beaten 2-
\n7, 3-7, 7-2, 1-7 by South Korean Shon Seung-mo. Rony also failed
\nto secure his quarter-finals berth when he was defeated 0-7, 2-7,
\n2-7 by Lin Dan in another unexciting match.<\/p>",
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