Nova, Vita through to Japan Open final<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Nova Widianto and Vita Marissa of Indonesia advanced to the
\nmixed doubles final at the Japan Open after dispatching Jens
\nEriksen and Mette Schjoldager of Denmark 15-5, 15-12 in the
\nsemifinals on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Indonesians had beaten Lars Paaske and Pernille Harder
\n(Denmark), Nikolaj Zuev and Marina Yakusheva (Russia) and third
\nseeds Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms (England) en route to the
\nfinal, where they will face Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee
\nThungthongkam of Thailand.<\/p>\n
The Thais booked their finals ticket with a 9-15, 15-2, 15-2
\nwin over Chen Qiqiu and Zhao Tingting of China.<\/p>\n
Nova and Vita have improved markedly since the Korea Open last
\nweek where they were stopped by eventual champions Kim Dong-moon
\nand Ra Kyung-min in the quarterfinals. The world champions have
\nopted out of the Japan Open.<\/p>\n
However, it was a setback performance by the Indonesian men.
\nHaving a chance of making it an all-Indonesian final, Luluk
\nHadiyanto and Alven Yulianto, and Flandy Limpele and Eng Hian
\nbowed out after their semifinals matches.<\/p>\n
Korea Open champions Luluk and Alven lost to second seeds Ha
\nTae-kwon and Kim Dong-moon 15-5, 13-15, 15-4 while Flandy and Eng
\nHian were beaten by third seeds Fu Haifeng and Cai Yun of China,
\n15-8, 15-11.<\/p>\n
Another Chinese-Korean match involved the women's doubles with
\nWei Yili and Zhao Tingting, and Ra Kyung-min and Lee Kyung-won to
\nface each other in Sunday's final.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Bao Chunlai stopped reigning All-England champion
\nLin Dan's win streak at 31 by scoring a straight set victory in
\nthe men's singles competition, AFP reported.<\/p>\n
Bao gained the momentum when Lin made an error-prone start and
\nnever allowed his Chinese teammate to come back into the match
\nfor a 15-13, 15-10 win.<\/p>\n
Ronald Susilo of Singapore, the 15th seed, had to work hard to
\nearn a final place against Bao, as he faced a tough challenge
\nfrom unseeded South Korean Park Tae-sang before winning 13-15,
\n15-10, 15-11.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Indonesia-born Mia Audina, now playing for her
\nadopted country Netherlands, denied an all-China final by
\ndefeating Zhou Mi 11-4, 2-11, 11-4.<\/p>\n
Mia will challenge top seed Gong Ruina, a 11-0, 11-6 winner
\nover fellow Chinese Zhang Ning, in the finals.<\/p>",
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