Flandi\/Eng Hian win Copenhagen Masters<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Flandi Limpele and Eng Hian ended their disappointing 2004
\ncampaign on a high note by beating Shang Yang and Zheng Bo of
\nChina in the men's doubles final at the Copenhagen Masters on
\nWednesday.<\/p>\n
Flandi and Eng Hian defeated the Chinese pair 15-13, 15-5,
\naccording to the tournament's website, www.badminton.dk.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian pair of Candra Wijaya and Halim Haryanto also
\nwon the title.<\/p>\n
For Flandi and Eng Hian, the path to the final began with a
\ndifficult match against Tan Bin Shen and Ong Soon Hock of
\nMalaysia, which the Indonesians won 15,13, 16-17, 15-10. They
\nthen defeated Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen of Denmark 15-12,
\n15-13 to book a spot in the final.<\/p>\n
Shang and Zheng advanced to the final with victories over
\nJens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard of Denmark 15-10, 15-10, and
\nSimon Archer and Robert Blair of England 17-15, 15-13.<\/p>\n
The Copenhagen victory was Flandi and Eng Hian's only title of
\nthe year. The pair crashed out in the semifinals of the Indonesia
\nOpen last week.<\/p>\n
The pair's victory also offered some consolation for the
\nIndonesian team after Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat, fresh off
\nhis triumph at the Indonesia Open, had a disappointing run in the
\nmen's singles competition.<\/p>\n
Drawn in Group 1, Taufik failed to reach the final after
\nsuffering two defeats, losing 15-8, 15-6 to Peter Gade of Denmark
\nand 15-6, 15-8 to Malaysia's Wong Choong Hann.<\/p>\n
Peter Gade went on to win the men's singles title, defeating
\ncountryman Kenneth Jonassen 15-8, 7-15, 15-7 in the final.
\nJonassen topped Group 2 over China's Xia Xuanze and Malaysia's
\nLee Chong Wei.<\/p>\n
The Copenhagen Masters is an unofficial tournament on the
\nInternational Badminton Federation calender, and features a
\nselect group of players competing in only three of the normally
\nsanctioned five events.<\/p>\n
The event provided a total of 320,000 Danish krone (about
\nUS$53,740) in cash prizes.<\/p>\n
Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager prevailed over Carsten
\nMogensen and Rikke Olsen 15-7, 15-9 in an all-Danish mixed
\ndoubles final.<\/p>\n
Indonesia did not have any representatives in the mixed
\ndoubles.<\/p>",
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