Marlev and Ronny cruise to All England second round<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian shuttlers breezed through the second
\nround of the 2001 Yonex All England Open on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Marlev Mainaky, seeded seventh in the men's singles grabbed
\nhis first-round victory by defeating Swede Daniel Eriksson 15-12,
\n15-10.<\/p>\n
Rony Agustinus traced Marlev's path by beating Chinese Xiao
\nHui 15-9, 15-12. He will meet ninth seed Richard Vaughn of
\nEngland, who beat Shinya Ohtsuka of Japan 15-9, 15-7 at the
\nNational Indoor Arena in Birmingham, as reported by
\nwww.baofe.co.uk.<\/p>\n
In mixed doubles, the Indonesian pair of Tri Kusheryanto and
\nhis new partner Indarti Issoliana defeated Chris Davies and Robyn
\nAshworth of Wales 15-2, 15-2 in a one-sided game that only lasted
\n17 minutes. The match was dubbed the fastest match recorded this
\nyear.<\/p>\n
They will then meet the winners of a clash between seeded
\neighth duo Russel Hogg and Kirsteen McEwan of Scotland and
\nMichael Lamp and Ann-Lou Jorgensen of Denmark.<\/p>\n
Another Indonesian duo Bambang Suprianto and Minarti Timur
\ndefeated Jim Laugesen and Pernille Harder of Denmark 15-5, 15-6.
\nThe unseeded Indonesian pair will then meet Chinese pair Chen
\nQiqiu and Chen Lin, who are the fourth seeds in the event.<\/p>\n
Top seeded pair Michael Sogaard and Rikke Olsen of Denmark
\nwill challenge the Chinese pair of Wang Wei and Zhang Jiewen in
\nthe second round. Sogaard and Olsen ousted home team Peter
\nJeffrey and Suzanne Rayappan 15-6, 15-6 while Wang and Zhang beat
\nKwun Yuen-yau and Wang Tong-ling of Hong Kong 15-1, 15-11.<\/p>\n
Briton's mixed pair of Simon Archer and Gail Emms, also had an
\neasy 15-4, 15-3 win over Frederik Bergstrom and Jenny Karlsson of
\nSweden<\/p>\n
In the men's singles other matches, Sydney Olympic gold
\nmedalist Ji Xinpeng of China also made his way to the second
\nround.<\/p>\n
Seeded third here, Ji defeated Ruud Kuitjen of Belgium 15-8,
\n15-7 to meet either Indonesian-born George Rimarcdi, who is now
\nplaying for Sweden, or Boris Kessov of Bulgaria.<\/p>\n
Seeded eleven Anders Boesen of Denmark had to work hard before
\nwinning a ticket to the second round. Boesen managed to beat
\nChinese qualifier Hu Zhilan 15-3, 13-15, 15-4.<\/p>\n
Two Malaysian men's singles qualifiers managed to go through
\nthe second round after defeating their main draw opponents.<\/p>\n
Lee Tsuen Seng defeated Andrew South of England 15-13, 15-11
\nwhile compatriot Alvin Chew outclassed Dutch Rune Massing 15-3,
\n15-1.(nvn)<\/p>",
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