Indonesia takes only one title in Milo Open<\/p>\n
Moch. N. Kurniawan, Medan, North Sumatra<\/p>\n
Host Indonesia managed to secure only one title, in the mixed
\ndoubles final, at the US$11,000 Milo Junior Indonesia Open 2004
\nbadminton championships on Sunday, down from four titles last
\nyear.<\/p>\n
In its maiden outing in the tournament, the Chinese team
\nproved its position as a badminton powerhouse by romping away
\nwith three titles in the boys' singles, girls' singles and girls'
\ndoubles, while Korea obtained one title in the boys' doubles.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's sole medalists, Muhammad Rizal\/Greysia Polii, the
\nsecond seeds in the mixed doubles, thrashed top seeded Korean
\npair Lee Yong Dae\/Kang Hae Won 15-7, 15-11 in the last match.<\/p>\n
In the boy's singles, second seed Tommy Sugiarto, son of
\nformer Indonesian world champion Icuk Sugiarto, failed to defeat
\nChinese top seed Gong Wei Jie, going down 15-5, 15-11.<\/p>\n
In the first game, Tommy tried to challenge Gong with fast
\nattacks and smashes. The strategy failed to work, however,
\nputting him back 2-5, 5-8, before finally losing 15-5.<\/p>\n
In the second game, Tommy started to take Gong on with long
\nrallies, thus frustrating Gong and forcing him to make mistakes.
\nAs a result, Tommy was finally able to draw level at 11-11.<\/p>\n
Even though Gong looked the more tired, Tommy made a number of
\nerrors, hitting the shuttlecock into the net or wide. His final
\nhit was wide, allowing Gong to end the second game 15-11.<\/p>\n
Tommy said after the match that he lacked confidence and had
\ndoubts throughout about his game.<\/p>\n
\"These were my key problems today,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Coach M. Hatta admitted that Tommy appeared hesitant in the
\nfirst game, but said he had regained his confidence somewhat in
\nthe second game.<\/p>\n
\"When the first game was over, I told Tommy to challenge Gong
\nwith rallies. He did quite well in the second game, but
\nunfortunately, at the critical point of 11-11, he made too many
\nerrors and lost the match. Indeed, Gong played much better
\ntoday,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's second seeds in the girls' doubles final, Greysia
\nPolii\/Heni Budiman, had to bow out to Chinese top seeds Pan
\nPan\/Feng Chen 15-2, 10-15, 15-6.<\/p>\n
\"We did our best to win the game, but the Chinese girls played
\nmuch better. They were able to find their rhythm and took
\nadvantage of our players' tiredness in the third game,\" coach
\nMusripin said.<\/p>\n
Heni said that she and Greysia were able to find their rhythm
\nin the second game, but in the third game, the Chinese players
\nattacked them simultaneously. \"Besides, I was not very cool today
\nand I played badly in the third game,\" she said.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian pair led 5-3 in the third game, but they made
\nnumerous errors including hitting the ball either wide or into
\nthe net to allow the Chinese pair finish the game 15-6.<\/p>\n
In the girls' singles, top seed and favorite Lu Lan beat
\ncompatriot Wang Lin 13-11, 11-4.<\/p>\n
Boys' doubles top seeds Jung Jung Young\/Lee Yong Dae of South
\nKorea grabbed the title after defeating Chinese third seeds Shen
\nYe\/He Hanbin 15-9, 7-15, 17-16.<\/p>\n
\"It was a very tight match. They had met before,\" Korean team
\ncoach Lee Deuk Choon said.<\/p>\n
Last year, Indonesia took four titles in the tournament, and
\nin the girls' doubles Greysia Polii\/Heni Budiman were the
\nrunners-up.<\/p>",
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