Indonesian men's singles through to ABC quarters<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (Agencies): Three Indonesian men's players singles
\nreached the quarterfinals of the US$136,000 JVC Asian Badminton
\nChampionships on Thursday evening, but their female compatriots
\ncrashed to the might of the Chinese players.<\/p>\n
Fifteenth seed Indra Wijaya surged back to defeat Luo Yigang
\nof China 15-9, 15-3. Indra will face Ong Ewe Hock of Malaysia,
\nwho beat Chien Yu Hsiu of Chinese Taipei 17-15, 15-11.<\/p>\n
Teammate Marlev Mainaky, showing a marked improvement in form
\nwith defeats of Danes Peter Rasmussen and Peter Gade Christensen
\nin the Singapore and Indonesia opens recently, will play Chen
\nGang of China who he lost to in last year's final.<\/p>\n
Marlev defeated Malaysian Yong Hock Kin 15-11, 11-15, 15-12.<\/p>\n
\"Both of them are attacking players but Marlev did very well
\nat the net and he managed to force Hock Kin to lift the shuttle
\nwhich really gave an advantage to the Indonesian player,\"
\nMalaysian coach Kwan Yoke Meng was quoted as saying by Bernama.<\/p>\n
Marlev will try to take revenge against second seeded Chen,
\nwho beat Japanese Keita Matsuda 15-6, 15-8.<\/p>\n
Junior Johan Hadikusuma also reached the quarters by beating
\nRamesh Nathan of Malaysia 15-11, 15-11. Johan will challenge Chen
\nHong of China, who beat Shon Seung-mo of South Korea 15-13, 16-
\n17, 15-9.<\/p>\n
All national women's singles were forced to head home after
\nlosing in the third round. Meiluawati had to bow out to world
\nnumber four Zhang Ning 2-11, 7-11. Newcomer Dwi Retnowati learned
\na valuable lesson from her defeat to Chinese Gong Zhichao, third
\nseeded here, 0-11, 3-11.<\/p>\n
Ninik Masrikah troubled second seeded Ye Zhaoying by taking
\nher to a deuce first game but Ye's experience told in her 13-11,
\n11-3 win.<\/p>\n
In the men's doubles, a new partnership of Tri Kusheryanto and
\nBambang Suprianto defeated Malaysian newcomers Rosman Razak and
\nChen Choow Eng 6-15, 15-8, 15-6.<\/p>\n
Juniors Ade Lukas and Santoso Sugiharjo also advanced by
\nbeating Chinese pair Yu Jinhou and Chen Qiqiu 15-9, 15-12. But
\nAndreas and Luluk Hadiyanto lost to third seeded Chan Chong Ming
\nand Jeremy Gan of Malaysia 12-15, 6-15.<\/p>\n
Antara reported that the new mixed doubles partnerships of
\nBambang Suprianto and Minarti Timur beat Japan's Yudo Kubota and
\nHaruko Matsuda 15-5, 15-10 and Tri Kusheryanto and Zelin Resiana
\nbeat Malaysians Chang Chong Ming and Joanne Quay 15-8, 15-7. The
\nIndonesian pairs have switched partners.<\/p>\n
Juniors Imam Tohari and Vita Marissa were trounced by the
\nworld's top pair Kim Dong-moon and Ra Kyung-min of South Korea 0-
\n15, 2-15.<\/p>\n
Separately, the Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI)
\nforbade reporters from entering the Indonesian Badminton Center
\nin Cipayung, East Jakarta, on Friday.<\/p>\n
A security guard told reporters to wait for players in the
\nlobby outside the training hall according to the instructions of
\nthe PBSI official in charge of athletes development, Mangombar
\nFerdinand Siregar.<\/p>\n
Siregar said the restriction was intended to stop visitors
\nfrom disturbing players during training sessions.<\/p>\n
\"The instruction is mainly addressed to fans who often enter
\nthe hall during training. Sometimes they disturb the players by
\nasking them for photographs and autographs, ignoring the fact
\nthat the players are still training,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Reporters questioned Siregar if the measure was taken because
\nof two controversies confronting the association. Two senior
\nmen's singles players, Hariyanto Arbi and Rexy Mainaky, have
\nannounced plans to move to other countries.<\/p>\n
The association is also dealing with reports that a top PBSI
\nofficial has sexually harassed national women's shuttlers. The
\nscandal was reportedly solved internally. (yan)<\/p>",
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