Indonesian pair makes early exit<\/p>\n
By Primastuti Handayani<\/p>\n
COPENHAGEN (JP): Indonesia's top-seeded men's doubles team of
\nAntonius and Denny Kantono became another victim of the upset-bug
\nduring the second-day of the badminton World Championships on
\nWednesday.<\/p>\n
The Indonesians, ranked first in the world and the winners of
\nthe Grand Prix Finals, made an unexpected early exit after bowing
\nout to Chinese rookies Chen Qiqiu and Yu Jinhao 17-15, 3-15, 13-
\n15.<\/p>\n
\"Actually they were not special. They were only strong and
\npowerful. But we failed to improve our defense. We could have
\nbecome more offensive before they had a chance, but we failed to
\ndo that in the third game when leading 8-1,\" Antonius said.<\/p>\n
\"We should not have lost to such players. I believe if we meet
\nthem again, we can beat them,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Denny said: \"They played better than veterans Zhang Jun and
\nZhang Wei, seeded number 11.\"<\/p>\n
The Indonesians led 8-1 in the deciding set, but the Chinese
\ncut the lead to 8-6. Antonius and Denny then pulled ahead 11-6,
\nbut on the strength of their leaping smashes, the Chinese closed
\nthe gap to 11-10.<\/p>\n
Leading 13-12, Antonius and Denny spoiled their chances to put
\naway the match with unforced errors, giving the victory to the
\nChinese.<\/p>\n
\"I really wanted to win the match. I was confident of doing so
\nbefore playing,\" Yu said.<\/p>\n
\"I never thought of victory before the match. But when we led
\n14-13 I knew we were about to win,\" Chen said.<\/p>\n
Chinese coach Liu Xin Min said: \"It's very good revenge
\nbecause for a year we have not been able to beat one of the
\nIndonesian men's doubles teams.\"<\/p>\n
Indonesia's assistant team manager, Christian Hadinata,
\nexpressed disappointment with Antonius and Denny's performance.<\/p>\n
\"They should have changed their strategy when the Chinese
\ntrailed. They should not have given them lobs because the Chinese
\npair are very good on the attack. Although Antonius and Denny are
\nvery good on defense, they should have played their drive or
\nplacing defense. But they failed to adjust to the situation,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's third-seeded men's doubles team of Tony Gunawan
\nand Candra Wijaya won in a walkover after Martins Kazemaks and
\nEdijs Livins of Latvia failed to arrive for the match.<\/p>\n
Compatriots Flandy Limpele and Eng Hian, the second-seeded
\nmen's doubles team, barely broke a sweat during their match
\nagainst Patrick Boonen and David Wandewinkel of Belgium, posting
\nan easy 15-7, 15-6 win.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian women's doubles pairing of Cynthia Tuwankotta
\nand Etty Tantri also won in a walkover after Kristina Sefere and
\nMagarita Mikelsone of Latvia failed to show.<\/p>\n
Other upsets<\/p>\n
Indonesia's Ellen Angelina failed to post another upset win
\nduring her Tuesday evening match against Denmark's Camilla
\nMartin. The inexperienced Ellen fell 9-11, 11-7, 11-9.<\/p>\n
\"I spoiled it. She was unable to move on the court but I
\nfailed to take advantage of the opportunities. I made unforced
\nerrors on critical points,\" said Ellen.<\/p>\n
Agus Dwi Santoso, the men's singles coach training Ellen
\nduring the championships, said: \"The enemy was not in front of
\nher but inside her. She was afraid to win and was not sure of
\nherself.\"<\/p>\n
In the men's singles, Malaysian Ong Ewe Hock was upset by
\nVladislav Druzchenko of Ukraine 13-15, 3-15.<\/p>\n
Malaysian head coach Martin Frost Hansen said: \"I don't know
\nwhat's wrong with him (Ong). Our preparation was good and I never
\nsaw him play like that. It surprised me very much. He didn't have
\nany problems with his physical condition.\"<\/p>\n
Ong injured his hamstring during the 1998 Commonwealth Games
\nin Kuala Lumpur and was hit by a virus at the Grand Prix Finals
\nin Brunei Darussalam in February.<\/p>\n
Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen, the eldest seeded player in the
\nchampionships at 33, had to use all his energy to overcome
\nlittle-known Rio Suryana, an Indonesian playing for Australia,
\n17-14, 15-5.<\/p>\n
Hoyer-Larsen will next face Peter Knowles of England, who
\ndefeated Andrej Pohar of Slovakia 15-6, 15-3.<\/p>\n
Selected results<\/p>\n
Wednesday's results (x-denotes seeding):<\/p>\n
Men's doubles: Chen Qiqiu\/Yu Jinhao (Chn) bt (1)
\nAntonius\/Denny Kantono (Ina) 15-17, 15-3, 15-13; (4) Ricky
\nSubagja\/Rexy Mainaky (Ina) bt Alastair Gatt\/Craig Robertson
\n(Sco) 15-4, 15-8; (6) Jens Eriksen\/Jesper Larsen (Den) bt Sergio
\nLlopis\/Jose Antonio Crespo (Spa) 15-7, 15-2; (13) Simon
\nArcher\/Nathan Robertson (Gbr) bt Frederik Bergstrom\/Henrik
\nAndersson (Swe) 15-4, 15-2; (3) Candra Wijaya\/Tony Gunawan
\n(Ina) bt Martins Kazemaks\/Edijs Livins (Lat) WO; (2) Flandy
\nLimpele\/Eng Hian (Ina) bt Patrick Boonen\/David Wandewinkel
\n(Bel) 15-7, 15-6<\/p>\n
Women's doubles: (1) Huang Nanyan\/Yang Wei (Chn) bt Karen
\nStechmann\/Nicole Grether (Ger) 15-1, 15-3; (15) Etty
\nTantri\/Cynthia Tuwankotta (Ina) bt Kristina Sefere\/Magarita
\nMikelsone (Lat) WO; (8) Helene Kirkegaard\/Pernille Harder (Den)
\nbt Raina Tzvetkova\/Pelia Nedeltcheva (Bul) 15-11, 15-6<\/p>\n
Tuesday's results:<\/p>\n
Men's singles: (15) Dong Jiong (Chn) bt Oliver Pongratz (Ger)
\n15-10, 15-9; (8) Hendrawan (Ina) bt Park Tae-sang (Kor) 15-12,
\n15-9; Rashid Sidek (Mal) bt Rikard Magnusson (Swe) 15-12, 9-15,
\n15-4; (4) Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen (Den) bt Rio Suryana (Aus) 17-14,
\n15-5; (10) Taufik Hidayat (Ina) bt Polsana Boonsak (Tha) 15-6,
\n15-10; (2) Sun Jun (Chn) bt Ricardo Fernandes (Por) 15-4, 15-5;
\nVladislav Druzchenko (Ukr) bt (9) Ong Ewe Hock (Mal) 15-3, 15-3<\/p>\n
Women's singles: (3) Camilla Martin (Den) bt Ellen Angelina
\n(Ina) 9-11, 11-7, 11-9; (10) Cindana Hartono (Ina) bt Sujitra
\nEakmongkolpaisarn (Tha) 11-5, 11-5<\/p>\n
Mixed doubles: (1) Kim Dong-moon\/Ra Kyung-min (Kor) bt Lee Hyun-
\nil\/Lee Hyo-jung (Kor) 15-4, 15-6; (4) Tri Kusherjanto\/Minarti
\nTimur (Ina) bt Vincent Lobo\/Archana Deodhar (Ind) 15-4, 15-4;
\n(8) Liu Yong\/Ge Fei (Chn) bt Vilatij Shmakov\/Vlada Tcherniavskaia
\n(Blr) 15-2, 15-1<\/p>",
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