Indonesia dominates Milo Open<\/p>\n
Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar<\/p>\n
Pia Zebadiah upset second-seed Tai Yi of China as young
\nIndonesian shuttlers dominated the quarterfinal matches at the
\nMilo Junior Indonesia Open badminton championship here on
\nThursday.<\/p>\n
Pia overcame the first game's loss and second game's jitters
\nto finally defeat Tai 3-11, 11-8, 11-1 in the girls' section. It
\nwas a sweet revenge by the Indonesian who was earlier beaten 11-
\n2, 11-9 in the team event of Asian Junior Badminton Championship
\nin Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The two other Indoensian semifinalists are third-seeded
\nBelaetrix Manuputty, who defeated her compatriot Riza Nur Azizah
\n11-4, 11-2, and fourth seed Aprilia, who thrashed Yuan Kartika
\n11-2, 11-2.<\/p>\n
Top seed Wang Yihan is the only Chinese player left in the
\nsemifinal after she brushed aside Indonesian Feiran Mesawardhani
\n11-1, 11-9.<\/p>\n
The hosts also dominated the boys' event with Adnan Fauzi,
\nKusuma Sakti, Andreas Adityawarman, coming through into the
\nsemifinals leaving Lu Qicheng of China the only foreigner in the
\nfinal four.<\/p>\n
Pia and Tai struggled against the wind, with both admitting to
\nbeing confused by unpredictable gusts.<\/p>\n
Pia was the most to suffer as she conceded a string of
\nunforced errors to lose easily in the first game.<\/p>\n
She looked unable to recover, finding herself 1-8 down in the
\nsecond game before regrouping to hold off Tai's charge.<\/p>\n
It was Tai who looked under pressure in the deciding game
\nwhile Pia stamped her authority to seal a convincing third-game
\nwin and a ticket to the semifinals.<\/p>\n
"I was confused by the direction of the gusts. It looked like
\nthe wind was coming from every direction. I just started focusing
\non the game and tried short serves when I was down 1-8 in the
\nsecond game," Pia said.<\/p>\n
She will take on Belaetrix while Aprilia will tackle Wang in
\nthe semifinals.<\/p>\n
In the boys' quarterfinal matches, second seed Fauzi defeated
\nWisnu Haryo Putro of Indonesia 10-15, 15-3, 15-3.<\/p>\n
He will meet Kusuma Sakti, a 15-8, 15-5 winner over Teo Kok
\nSiang of Malaysia 15-8, 15-5. Andreas will try to stop Lu in the
\nother semifinal match.<\/p>\n
In the mixed doubles, Chinese pair top seed Li Tian\/Ma Jin
\nwill meet unseeded Achmad Tantowi\/Dining, while Indonesian pair
\nRio Willianto\/N Kesya will face Bona Septano\/Pia Zebadiah in the
\nsemifinals.<\/p>\n
Matches in the girls' doubles and boys' doubles would finish
\nlate on Thursday night.<\/p>",
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