Indonesian men's singles crash out in Danish quarters<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (Agencies): Indonesian men's singles shuttlers crashed
\nout in the quarterfinals of the US$120,000 V6 Danish Open in
\nVejle, Denmark, on Friday evening.<\/p>\n
Third seeded Taufik Hidayat made an unexpected departure,
\nbowing out to 1996 Olympic gold medalist Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen
\nof Denmark 9-15, 11-15.<\/p>\n
The veteran Hoyer-Larsen will now face top seeded Sun Jun of
\nChina. Sun, the reigning World Champion, defeated Kenneth
\nJonassen of Denmark 15-9, 15-9.<\/p>\n
Fourth seeded Hariyanto Arbi of Indonesia was upset by rising
\nstar Wong Choon Han of Malaysia, seeded eighth here, 7-15, 8-15.
\nWong, the 1999 Southeast Asian Games silver medalist, will next
\nchallenge home favorite and second seeded Peter Gade Christensen.<\/p>\n
Gade Christensen, the 1999 All England winner, defeated Marlev
\nMainaky of Indonesia 17-14, 15-8.<\/p>\n
In the women's singles, Chinese shuttlers dominated, securing
\nthree of the semifinal berths.<\/p>\n
Top seeded Dai Yun had an easy 11-2, 11-1 victory over Yasuka
\nMizui of Japan and now faces third seeded Camilla Martin of
\nDenmark. Martin, the crowd favorite to win the tournament, had to
\nsweat out her 5-11, 11-8, 13-11 victory over debutante Tang
\nChunyu of China.<\/p>\n
Dai and Martin's matchup in the semifinals will be their
\nmeeting of the year, following their clashes in the Sudirman Cup
\nand World Championship finals in Copenhagen in May.<\/p>\n
Zhou Mi and Gong Ruina will meet in an all-Chinese semifinals.
\nFourth seeded Zhou defeated 1998 Asian Games gold medalist Kanako
\nYonekura of Japan 11-5, 11-6, while second seeded Gong beat Mette
\nSorensen of Denmark 11-6, 11-9.<\/p>\n
Doubles results<\/p>\n
In the men's doubles, Indonesia's second seeded pairing of
\nAntonius and Denny Kantono survived the quarterfinals, defeating
\nthe English duo of Chris Hunt and Julian Robertson 15-6, 15-10.<\/p>\n
The Indonesians will next meet the Danish duo of Jim Laugesen
\nand Michael Sogaard, who had to work hard to overcome Indonesia's
\nAde Lukas and Santoso Sugiharjo 15-10, 15-17, 15-3.<\/p>\n
The top seeded team of Flandy Limpele and Eng Hian of
\nIndonesia bowed out to unseeded Martin Lundgaard and Lars Paaske
\nof Denmark 5-15, 15-7, 17-15. In the semifinals, the Danish duo
\nwill face compatriots Jens Eriksen and Jesper Larsen, who
\ndefeated Simon Archer and Nathan Robertson of England 15-8, 15-
\n12.<\/p>\n
In the women's doubles, the Indonesian pairing of Elysa
\nNathanael and Deyana Lomban also reached the semifinals after
\neliminating the new Chinese partnership of Zhou Mi and Tang
\nChunyu 10-15, 15-11, 15-3. They will meet second seeded Qin
\nYiyuan and Gao Ling of China, who defeated Joanne Goode and Donna
\nKellogg of England 15-3, 15-4. (yan)<\/p>",
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