Chilly champ Mia in tough test at Japan Open<\/p>\n
TOKYO (AFP): Indonesian Mia Audina survived an unexpectedly
\ntough challenge from Japan's Kanako Yonekura yesterday as she
\ncontinued her defense of her women's singles title at the Yonex
\nJapan Open badminton event.<\/p>\n
\"I was confident of winning, but it doesn't mean I always win.
\nIt was very cold (due to snow outside) and it took some time to
\nget used to the conditions,\" Mia said at the end of her 12-11,
\n12-11 third-round victory.<\/p>\n
Yonekura, runner-up at Japan's national championships, got off
\nto a flying start, taking an early 7-0 lead over the Atlanta
\nOlympics silver medalist. She went ahead again 4-0 in the second
\ngame.<\/p>\n
But Mia scrambled back both times, winning all the important
\npoints in the 45-minute match, including saving a game point in
\nthe second.<\/p>\n
\"She played well and tenaciously, she hit everything back into
\nmy court, but I also played well on the important points because
\nnobody wants to lose a match,\" Mia said.<\/p>\n
Yonekura said: \"I think Mia came into the match thinking she
\nwould win it easily. That gave me a 7-0 lead. They are not the
\npoints I won, she just gave them to me. I learned a lot about how
\nto win an important point.\"<\/p>\n
The women's singles progressed as scheduled, with all the
\neight seeded players advancing to the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
World champion Ye Zhaoying of China breezed past Dutch player
\nJudith Meulendijks 11-7, 11-2, while Camilla Martin of Denmark
\nwas the only European to survive with an 11-6, 11-1 win over
\nHuang Chia-chi of Taiwan.<\/p>\n
China's Gong Zhichao, Wang Chen and Dai Yun, and South Korea's
\nLee Joo-Hyum and Kim Ji-Hyun joined them.<\/p>\n
Havoc<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, Malaysian players caused havoc in the
\nmen's competition as Yong Hock Kin, Roslin Hashim, Rashid Sidek
\nand Ong Ewe Hock posted big upsets.<\/p>\n
Yong shocked Atlanta Olympics gold medalist Poul-Erik Hoyer-
\nLarsen of Denmark 15-12, 15-12, while Hashim scored the biggest
\nupset in his career when he defeated world number three Sun Jun
\nof China 15-6, 18-16.<\/p>\n
Unseeded Rashid came from behind to beat joint ninth seed Budi
\nSantoso of Indonesia 12-15, 15-5, 15-2, and Ong, who is also
\nseeded ninth, disposed of another Indonesian, fifth seed Marleve
\nMainaky, 18-15, 13-15, 15-0.<\/p>\n
Liu En-Horng of Taiwan continued his giant-killing run with an
\n11-15, 15-12, 15-4 win over Indonesian Indra Wijaya.<\/p>\n
Top seed Peter Gade Christensen of Denmark and two-time Japan
\nOpen champion Hariyanto Arbi of Indonesia advanced safely.
\nChristensen defeated Rikard Magnusson of Sweden 15-6, 15-6, and
\nHariyanto beat Jeroen van Dijk of the Netherlands 15-10, 15-6.<\/p>\n
Results (x denotes seeds)<\/p>\n
Men's singles 3rd Rd:
\n Peter Gade Christensen (Den x1) bt Rikard Magnusson (Swe) 15-6,
\n15-6; Ong Ewe Hock (Mas x9) bt Marleve Mainaky (Ina x5) 18-15,
\n13-15, 15-0; Roslin Hashim (Mas) bt Sun Jun (Chn x3) 15-6, 18-16
\nHariyanto Arbi (Ina x5) bt Jeroen van Dijk (Ned x9) 15-10, 15-6;
\nLuo Yigang (Chn x9) bt Huang Yeu-der (Tpe) 15-8, 15-6; Yong Hock
\nKin (Mas x9) bt Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen (Den x3) 15-12, 15-12;
\nLiu En-horng (Tpe) bt Indra Wijaya (Ina x9) 11-15, 15-12, 15-4;
\nRashid Sidek (Mas) bt Budi Santoso (Ina x9) 12-15, 15-5, 15-2<\/p>\n
Women's singles 3rd Rd:
\n Ye Zhaoying (Chn x1) bt Judith Meulendijks (Ned) 11-7, 11-2; Kim
\nJi-Hyun (Kor x5) bt Miho Tanaka (Jpn) 12-11, 11-5; Camilla Martin
\n(Den x3) bt Huang Chia-chi (Tpe) 11-6, 11-1; Dai Yun (Chn x5) bt
\nKyoko Komuro (Jpn) 11-2, 11-5; Wang Chen (Chn x5) bt Ng Ching
\n(Hkg) 11-4, 11-8; Mia Audina (Ina x3) bt Kanako Yonekura (Jpn)
\n12-11, 12-11; Lee Joo-Hyum (Kor x5) bt Hang Jingna (Chn) 11-6,
\n11-6; Gong Zhichao (Chn x2) bt Takako Ida (Jpn) 11-6, 11-5<\/p>\n
Men's doubles 2nd Rd:
\n Wijaya Candra\/Budiarto Sigit (Ina x1) bt Keita Masuda\/Tadashi
\nOtsuka (Jpn) 15-9, 15-8; Michael Sogaard\/Jon Holst-Christensen
\n(Den x5) bt Liu Yong\/Zhang Wei (Chn) 18-17, 15-6; Cheah Soon Kit\/
\nYap Kim Hock (Mas x3) bt Takuya Katayama\/Yuzo Kubota (Jpn) 15-4,
\n15-11; Ha Tae-Kwon\/Kim Dong-Moon (Kor x5) bt Norio Imai\/Hiroshi
\nOyama (Jpn) 15-2, 17-14; Jesper Larsen\/Jens Eriksen (Den x5) bt
\nPer-Gunnar Jonsson\/Peter Axelsson (Swe) 15-7, 15-4; Rexy
\nMainaky\/Ricky Subagja (Ina x3) bt Chew Choon Eng\/Lee Chee Leong
\n(Mas) 15-5, 15-6; Antonius\/Denny Kantono (Ina x5) bt Lee Wan Wah
\n\/Choong Tan Fook (Mas) 18-13, 7-15, 15-8; Yoo Youg-Sung\/Lee Dong-
\nSon (Kor x2) bt Pramote Teerawiwatana\/Siripong Siripool (Tha) 15-
\n4, 9-15, 15-2<\/p>\n
Women's doubles 2nd Rd:
\n Gu Jun\/Ge Fei (Chn x1) bt Masako Sakamoto\/Yasuko Mizui (Jpn) 15-
\n1, 15-1; Yoshiko Iwata\/Haruko Matsuda (Jpn x5) bt Junko; Yamada\/
\nYumi Akashi (Jpn) 15-6, 15-9; Zelin Reshiana\/Eliza (Ina x3) bt
\nGong Ruina\/Ye Zhaoying (Chn) 15-10, 15-14; Rikke Olsen\/Marlene
\nThomsen (Den x5) bt Joane Goode\/Donna Kellogg (Eng) 15-3, 15-4;
\nHuang Nanyan\/Liu Zhong (Chn x5) bt Kang Mi-Hwa\/lee Kyung-Won
\n(Kor) 15-12, 15-0; Indarti Isolina\/Denyana Lomban (Ina x3) bt
\nChan Ya-lin\/Chen Mei-jun (Tpe) 15-9, 15-5; Takae Masumo\/Chikako
\nNakayama (Jpn) bt Cynthia Tuwankotta\/Etty Tantri (Ina x5) 15-12,
\n15-8; Tang Yongshu\/Qin Yiyuan (Chn x2) bt Chihiro Osaka\/Kanako
\nYonekura (Jpn) 15-3, 15-6<\/p>\n
Mixed doubles 1st Rd:
\n Jens Eriksen\/Marlene Thomsen (Den x1) bt Norio Imai\/Haruko
\nMatsuda (Jpn) 15-8, 15-11; Luo Yigang\/Huang Nanyan (Chn x5) bt Ha
\nTae-Kwon\/Lee Kyung-Won (Kor) 15-13, 15-10; Fumitake Shimizu\/
\nFujimi Tamura (Jpn) bt Ma Che-kong\/Tung Chau-man (Hkg x3) 15-6,
\n15-3; Chen Gang\/Tang Yongshu (Chn) bt Fumihiko Machida\/Yasuko
\nMizui (Jpn x5) 15-10, 15-2; Lee Wei-jen\/Tsai Hui-min (Tpe x5) bt
\nKim Hyung-Joon\/Kang Mi-Hwa (Kor) 15-8, 15-11; Michael Soegaard\/
\nRikke Olsen (Den x3) bt Ge Cheng\/Qin Yiyuan (Chn) 15-11, 15-5;
\nTao Xiaoqiang\/Wang Chen (Chn) bt Julian Robertson\/Donna Kellogg
\n(Eng x5) 15-4, 15-9; Kim Dong-Moon\/Ra Kyung-Min (Kor x2) bt
\nTatsuya Hirai\/Izumi Kida (Jpn) 15-3, 15-7<\/p>\n
Quarter-final line up<\/p>\n
Women's singles:
\n Ye Zhaoying vs Kim Ji-Hyun; Martin vs Dai Yun; Mia Audina vs Wang
\nChen, Gong Zhichao vs Lee Joo-Hyum<\/p>\n
Men's singles:
\n Christensen vs Ong Ewe Hock; Heryanto Arbi vs Roslin Hashim; Luo
\nYigang vs Yong Hock Kin; Rashid Sidek vs Liu En-horng<\/p>\n
Women's doubles:
\n Gu Jun\/Ge Fei vs Iwata\/Matsuda; Zelin Reshiana\/Eliza vs
\nOlsen\/Thomsen; Huang Nanyan\/Liu Zhong vs Indarti Isolina\/Denyana
\nLomban; Masumo\/Nakayama vs Tang Yongshu\/Qin Yiyuan<\/p>\n
Men's doubles:
\n Wijaya Candra\/Budiarto Sigit vs Sogaard\/Holst-Christensen; Cheah
\nSoon Kit\/Yap Kim Hock vs Ha Tae-Kwon\/Kim Dong-Moon; Rexy
\nMainaky\/Ricky Subagja vs Larsen\/Eriksen; Yoo Youg-Sung\/Lee Dong-
\nSon vs Antonius\/Denny Kantono<\/p>\n
Mixed doubles:
\n Eriksen\/Thomsen vs Luo Yigang\/Huang Nanyan; Shimizu\/Tamura vs
\nChen Gang\/Tang Yongshu; Soegaard\/Olsen vs Lee Wei-jen\/Tsai Hui-
\nmin; Kim Dong-Moon\/Ra Kyung-Min vs Tao Xiaoqiang\/Wang Chen<\/p>",
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