Indonesian doubles hope bows out in China Open<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's sole hopes in the US$150,000 China
\nOpen Antonius, Budi Irianto and Denny Kantono, failed to reach
\nthe final and had to bow out to world champion Kim Dong-moon and
\nHa Tae-kwon of South Korea 5-15, 3-15 in Beijing on Friday.<\/p>\n
Kim and Ha will face Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Yong-sung, who
\ndefeated Simon Archer and Nathan Robertson of England 15-8, 15-
\n13, in an all-Korean final on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The poor results were predicted earlier by the Badminton
\nAssociation of Indonesia (PBSI) training director, Christian
\nHadinata, who said that he did not expect his athletes to win a
\ntitle in the tournament.<\/p>\n
\"I just expected them to improve their world rankings to
\nenable them to qualify for the Grand Prix Finals in Brunei
\nDarussalam early in December,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Chinese shuttlers dominated all other events except in the
\nmen's singles where Fung Permadi, an Indonesian competing for
\nChina Taipei, will challenge Dong Jiong of China.<\/p>\n
Fung, top seeded here after world champion Sun Jun of China
\nwithdrew due to a waist injury, crushed Xiao Hui 15-10, 15-7.
\nDong, 16th seeded here and upset junior and 12th seeded Xia
\nXuanze 15-11, 15-4.<\/p>\n
In the all-Chinese semifinals, young shuttler Zhou Mi, seeded
\nsixth, had to work hard to overcome senior and fifth seeded Gong
\nZhichao 8-11, 11-7, 11-3.<\/p>\n
Zhou will challenge world number two Gong Ruina, who
\neliminated former world number one Ye Zhaoying 11-1, 11-9.<\/p>\n
World number one women's doubles Ge Fei and Gu Jun easily won
\nover juniors Chen Ling and Jiang Xuelian 15-3, 15-7. The world
\nchampions will face second seeds Qin Yiyuan and Gao Ling of
\nChina, who eliminated Yim Kyung-jin and Lee Hyo-jung of South
\nKorea 15-8, 15-0.<\/p>\n
In the mixed doubles, world number one Liu Yong and Ge Fei
\nwere much too powerful for the unseeded combination of Lee Dong-
\nsoo and Lee Hyo-jung of South Korea to win 15-13, 15-5.<\/p>\n
Liu and Ge will face juniors Zhang Jun and Gao Ling, who
\nsurprisingly upset Danish pairs of Jon Holst-Christensen and Ann
\nJorgensen, seeded second here, 15-8, 15-9. (yan)<\/p>",
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