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        "msgid": "indonesia-open-to-keep-top-rating-1447893297",
        "date": "1994-08-08 00:00:00",
        "title": "Indonesia Open to keep top rating",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Indonesia Open to keep top rating JAKARTA (JP): The high number of absentees in the Indonesia Open badminton championships in Yogyakarta this week does not have anything to do with the quality of the tournament, a top International Badminton Federation (IBF) official said. IBF Vice President Ian Palmer said in a press meeting in Yogyakarta yesterday that despite the big names who would be missing the event, the US$166,000 championship still deserved the top rating.",
        "content": "<p>Indonesia Open to keep top rating<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): The high number of absentees in the Indonesia<br>\nOpen badminton championships in Yogyakarta this week does not<br>\nhave anything to do with the quality of the tournament, a top<br>\nInternational Badminton Federation (IBF) official said.<\/p>\n<p>IBF Vice President Ian Palmer said in a press meeting in<br>\nYogyakarta yesterday that despite the big names who would be<br>\nmissing the event, the US$166,000 championship still deserved the<br>\ntop rating.<\/p>\n<p>\"The participation of Indonesian top shuttlers undoubtedly<br>\nguarantees that the tournament remains a prestigious one,\" Palmer<br>\nwas quoted by the Antara news agency as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Palmer was accompanied by RAJ Gosal, secretary general of the<br>\nBadminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI), during the conference.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysian top flights who reached the Thomas Cup men's team<br>\nchampionships final last May will not turn up for the Aug. 10-14<br>\nbadminton grand prix meet, as they will don their national colors<br>\nin the Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada starting Aug. 17.<\/p>\n<p>China will also miss women's singles defending champion Ye<br>\nZhaoying and Asia Cup men's singles winner Dong Jiong. Other big<br>\nguns to skip the annual event are Denmark's Poul-Erik Hoyer-<br>\nLarsen, with compatriot Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen set to follow in<br>\nhis footsteps.<\/p>\n<p>Stuer-Lauridsen broke his leg in his final match against<br>\nHariyanto Arbi at the World Cup in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\"IBF will not impose any sanctions on those who failed to make<br>\na trip here,\" Palmer said, adding that IBF had accepted the<br>\nreasons for the absences.<\/p>\n<p>The five-star tournament held at the newly completed Amongraga<br>\nindoor stadium will serve as the final testing ground for<br>\nIndonesian shuttlers who are preparing themselves for the Asian<br>\nGames in October.<\/p>\n<p>With most of the major challengers missing the event,<br>\nIndonesia's shuttlers are likely to produce a clean sweep. World<br>\nchampions Joko Suprianto and Susi Susanti top the seeding lists<br>\nin the men's singles and women's singles respectively. (amd)<\/p>",
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