Marlev improves play to win at Swiss Open<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Marlev Mainaky of Indonesia took five sets to overcome Ng Wei of
\nHong Kong in the semifinals of the Swiss Open at Basel's St.
\nJakobshalle on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Marlev, whose All England bid crashed in the second round, won
\n2-7, 2-7, 7-4, 7-1, 7-0, according to www.worldbadminton.net.<\/p>\n
But Rony Agustinus, also putting in a mediocre performance at
\nAll England, failed to make it an all-Indonesian men's final
\nafter he was stopped by James Chua of Malaysia 8-7, 7-8, 7-2, 7-3
\nin the other semifinal.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's hopes for a gold medal were further dashed when
\nBambang Suprianto and Sigit Budiarto went down to Lee Dong-soo
\nand Yoo Yong-sung of South Korea in the men's doubles 7-3, 7-1,
\n8-6.<\/p>\n
Lee and Yoo will challenge the European doubles pairing of
\nJens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard Hansen. The Danes lost the
\nopening set before fighting back for a 5-7, 7-4, 8-7, 7-4 victory
\nover Liu Kwok Wa and Albertus Susanto Njoto who represented Hong
\nKong.<\/p>\n
Marlev is looking to make amends for his failure in England,
\nin which Indonesia was denied a single title at the
\nworld's oldest badminton tournament.<\/p>\n
The women's singles final will pit Zeng Yaqiong of China
\nagainst Mia Audina, a former Indonesian star who now plays for
\nthe Netherlands.<\/p>\n
Zeng beat Mia's compatriot Yao Jie 6-8, 7-5, 7-4, 7-4, while
\nMia took her place in the finals at the expense of Kanako
\nYonekura of Japan with a 7-1, 7-5, 7-5 win.<\/p>\n
The Asian-European rivalries have appeared to expand to the
\nother fields as the mixed Britain-Netherlands pairing of Gail
\nEmms and Lotte Jonathans will face Ra Kyung-min and Lee Kyung-won
\nof Malaysia in the women's doubles. Jonas Rasmussen and Jane
\nBramsen of Denmark will take on Koreans Kim Dong-moon and Ra
\nKyung-min in the mixed doubles.<\/p>\n
Emms\/Jonathans beat Japanese Shizuka Yamamoto and Seiko Yamada
\nof 7-5. 7-1, 7-0 while Ra and Lee defeated Danes Pernille Harder
\nand Mette Schjoldager 7-2, 7-2, 7-2.<\/p>\n
Rasmussen and Bramsen won over Chris Bruil and Lotte Jonathans
\n7-3, 7-2, 3-7, 7-4 while Kim and Ra whipped British hopefuls
\nAnthony Clark and Sara Sankey 7-1, 7-2, 7-0.<\/p>",
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