Marlev, Rony reach Swiss Open semis<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The only two Indonesians left at the Swiss Open men's singles,
\nMarlev Mainaky and Rony Agustinus, made their way to the
\nsemifinals after winning their matches at Basel's St. Jakobshalle
\non Friday.<\/p>\n
Also cruising to the semifinals was the Indonesian men's
\npairing of Bambang Suprianto and Sigit Budiarto, also the sole
\nsurviving Indonesia pair.<\/p>\n
Marlev reached the semifinals stage without dripping a single
\nbead of sweat as his opponent, Anders Boesen of Denmark, pulled
\nout of the competition, as reported by www.worldbadminton.net.<\/p>\n
First seeded in the event, Marlev will now meet Ng Wei of Hong
\nKong who won his quarterfinals match against Dutchman Dicky
\nPalyama.<\/p>\n
Ng Wei lost the first game before regain control of the match
\nwith a 3-7, 7-3, 7-0, 7-2 victory.<\/p>\n
The other semifinals match will pit Rony with Malaysian James
\nChua. Chua defeated his compatriot Ayob Sairul Amal with an easy
\n7-3, 7-3, 7-1 win.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Rony lost his second game before coming from behind
\nfor a 7-2, 5-7, 7-1, 7-4 win over Kasper Oedum of Denmark.<\/p>\n
All the semifinals matches were scheduled for Saturday
\nevening.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile in the men's doubles, Bambang and Sigit did not find
\nit too difficult to reach the semifinals as they won 7-0, 7-3, 7-
\n3 over second seeds Michal Logosz and Robert Mateusiak of Poland.<\/p>\n
The semifinals match is surely a tight one as the Indonesian
\npair will face South Koreans Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Yong-sung.<\/p>\n
The Korean pair earlier defeated the Danish pair of Michael
\nSoogard and Michael Lamp 5-7, 7-5, 7-4, 7-5.<\/p>\n
Another Danish pair of Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard are
\nset to face Liu Kwok Wa and Albertus Susanto Njoto of Hong Kong.<\/p>\n
The Danish pair defeated Malaysian Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan
\nWah easily with a 7-5, 7-5, 7-1 victory.<\/p>\n
The Hong Kong pair won a close match against Mathias Boe and
\nPeter Steffensen of Denmark 7-2, 7-5, 7-5, 7-1, 7-3.<\/p>",
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