Indonesians dominate at Japan Open<\/p>\n
TOKYO (AFP): Title holder Ardy Wiranata and Olympic champion
\nAlan Budikusuma led Indonesia into a strong position at the Japan
\nOpen badminton here yesterday.<\/p>\n
Top seed Ardy stayed on course for a semifinal clash with 1993
\nchampion and teammate Hariyanto Arbi with a 15-6, 15-6 win over
\nPeter Rasmussen of Denmark.<\/p>\n
Second seed Alan, who ended with only the China Open title
\nlast season, trounced Japan's Hideaki Motoyama 15-1, 15-7. Joint
\nthird seed Arbi comfortably went through as Russian Andrei
\nAntropov withdrew because of domestic problems.<\/p>\n
\"It was a tough match,\" said Ardy, playing for the first time
\nsince winning the Grand Prix Final in Bangkok last month.<\/p>\n
His third-round opponent will be Ge Cheng of China, who
\neliminated Darren Hall of England 10-15, 15-8, 15-12.<\/p>\n
Alan will play Park Sung-woo of South Korea, winner over Peter
\nEspersen of Denmark 12-15, 17-16, 15-1. And Hariyanto will meet
\n1990 and 1994 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Rashid Sidek of
\nMalaysia, who shot down Ahn Jae-chang of South Korea 15-12, 15-4.<\/p>\n
Indonesia also took another four places with world champion
\nJoko Suprianto, Hermawan Susanto, Fung Permadi and Lioe Tiong
\nPing storming through to the third round.<\/p>",
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