Bimantara vs Djarum at badminton final<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The top two seeded clubs, Bimantara Tangkas and
\nDjarum Kudus, won their semi-final matches to set up a showdown
\nat the national badminton championships final in Denpasar, Bali,
\ntoday.<\/p>\n
Bimantara was left trailing before winning the deciding mixed
\ndoubles match, just edging out a Susi Susanti-led Jaya Raya 3-2
\nin a hard-fought semifinal played at Yuwana Mandala sports hall
\non Thursday.<\/p>\n
In the other semifinal, Djarum lived up to its billing as the
\n\"stable\" of badminton greats by trouncing SGS Bandung 4-1.<\/p>\n
The week-long badminton event is using the Sudirman Cup mixed
\nteam championships format, in which each team fields women's and
\nmen's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles
\nplayers.<\/p>\n
A superb partnership of Susi and women's doubles specialist
\nFinarsih gave Jaya Raya an opening lead with a 15-3, 15-13 win
\nover Eliza and Sarwendah. Bimantara drew the score level through
\nworld men's doubles number one Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky,
\nwho overpowered Bambang Suprianto and Toni G. 15- 2, 15-9.<\/p>\n
Jaya Raya kept up its charge when Mia Audina rallied to a
\nthree-set 11-3, 1-11, 11-6 victory over her senior, Meiluawati,
\nin the women's singles. But Jaya Raya's celebration was short-
\nlived as stalwart Hermawan Susanto downed Steve Mantou 15-3, 15-7
\nfor a 2-2 tie.<\/p>\n
An unusual mixed doubles pairing of Rexy and Eliza gave
\nBimantara its final berth, defeating the first-time partnership
\nof Susi and Bambang 15-13, 15-8 in less than an hour.<\/p>\n
\"We have done our best, but we slipped in the last rubber,\"
\nJaya Raya's team manager Retno Kustiyah said after her team's
\nupset loss.<\/p>\n
Advantage<\/p>\n
Badminton giant Djarum Kudus, taking advantage of Pelita
\nJaya's unexpected withdrawal, easily raced to an unassailable 3-0
\nlead against its Bandung, West Java-based rival.<\/p>\n
Uber Cup team member Yuliani Sentosa had little trouble
\ndispatching Reni Handayani 11-2, 11-4. Ardy Wiranata put his side
\n2-0 up after crushing national second stringer George Richmardi
\n15-8, 15-4.<\/p>\n
The Central Java-based club clinched its final slot as Minarti
\nTimur and Zelin Resiana hardly raised a sweat in beating Resyen
\nand Sumiati 15-6, 15-2. German Open champions Antonius and Denny
\nKantono confirmed Djarum's superiority with an effortless 15-7,
\n15-7 win over Paulus and Flandy.<\/p>\n
SGS earned a consolation when Flandy and Dede Hasanah defeated
\nRudy Gunawan Haditono and Minarti 15-11, 15-7 in a lackluster
\nfinal rubber, in a match reduced to an academic interest.<\/p>\n
\"We share an equal chance to bring home the title,\" Bimantara
\nteam manager Lius Pongoh said about the final encounter with
\nDjarum. Lius hinted that world men's singles champion Joko
\nSuprianto will step onto the court in today's final. (amd)<\/p>",
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