RI junior shuttlers still hope for clean sweep at Milo open<\/p>\n
Moch. N. Kurniawan, Medan, North Sumatra<\/p>\n
Indonesia still stands a chance of making a clean sweep of all
\nfive titles up for grabs in the US$11,000 Milo Junior Indonesia
\nOpen 2004 championships after the home teenagers advanced to the
\nsemifinals here on Friday.<\/p>\n
China was deprived of the mixed doubles title after having all
\nits contenders lose in the quarterfinals, while South Korea was
\ndenied a victory in the girls' singles.<\/p>\n
Indonesian boys' single Tommy Sugiarto of Pelita Top One club
\nwill lead the hosts in the semifinals on Saturday when he meets
\nfellow ninth seed Achmad Rivai of Jayaraya Jakarta club, thus
\nensuring a place in the boys' singles final for Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Tommy defeated Ali Rasmara of Jayaraya 15-4, 15-3 in Friday's
\nquarterfinals, while Achmad recovered from a game down to beat
\nfifth seed Haryo Putro Wisnu of Djarum Kudus 4-15, 15-2, 15-10.<\/p>\n
The other semifinals will feature China's top seed Gong Wei
\nJie, who thrashed ninth seeded Indonesian S. Kesuma of the
\nSuryanaga Gudang Garam Kediri club 15-13, 15-0 against Lee Yong
\nDae of Korea, a 17-14, 15-4 winner over compatriot Hong Ji Hoon.<\/p>\n
Tommy, who is now a step closer to meeting his rival Gong,
\nsaid he was not preoccupied with the prospect. He said instead
\nthat he would concentrate on winning his semifinal match against
\nAchmad.<\/p>\n
\"Let me beat my opponents one by one,\" he told The Jakarta
\nPost after the match.<\/p>\n
\"However, I think Gong has weaknesses in returns near the net,
\nplus he is also still suffering a thigh injury.\"<\/p>\n
Indonesia also has one girls' shuttler in the semifinals,
\nfifth seed Christina Maria Elfira of Djarum Kudus, who defeated
\nunseeded Korean Lee Hyun Jin 11-4, 11-7 in the quarterfinals. But
\nshe will meet China's top seed Lu Lan, who sent home ninth seeded
\nSingaporean Xing Aiying 11-1, 11-2.<\/p>\n
Two other Chinese shuttlers, Wang Yihan and Wang Lin, will
\nmeet each other in another semifinals match, thus securing a
\nberth for China in the girls' single final.<\/p>\n
Wang Yihan won her match against Indonesia's third seed
\nFransisca Ratnasari S 11-8, 11-6, while Wang Lin edged out second
\nseeded Korean Ha Jeung Un 11-4, 11-2.<\/p>\n
\"I tried to attack Wang, but my balls were not too sharp
\ntoday. When I tried to sharpen my shots, they'd hit the net or I
\nhit too wide. My opponent played better,\" she said.<\/p>\n
In mixed doubles, Indonesia still has two pairs -- Muhammad
\nRizal\/Greysia Polii and Septano Bona\/Meidiyani in the semifinals.<\/p>\n
In the quarterfinals, second seed Rizal\/Greysia defeated
\nunseeded Chinese He Hanbin\/Pan Pan 15-8, 15-2, while
\nSeptano\/Meidiyani of Jayaraya thrashed Korean Hoong Si Hoon\/Hong
\nSoo Jung 15-12, 15-5.<\/p>\n
The other semifinalists were Korea's top seed Lee Yong
\nDae\/Kang Hae Won, who beat Chinese Cao Liu\/Ding Jiao 15-4, 15-7,
\nand Korean double Jung Jung Young\/Oh Seul Ki, who rallied to beat
\nChinese pair Shen Ye\/Feng Chen 13-15, 17-16, 15-11.<\/p>\n
Septano\/Meidiyani will try to beat Lee\/Kang in the semifinals
\nto create an Indonesian final against Rizal\/Greysia, who will
\nhave to beat Jung\/Oh in the semifinal match.<\/p>\n
In the girls' doubles, Indonesia's second seed Greysia
\nPolii\/Heni Budiman will lead the host nation in the semifinals to
\nmeet Chinese double Ding Jiao\/Zhao Yunlei.<\/p>\n
Greysia\/Heni gave no chance to Malaysian Julia Wong\/Chong Sook
\nChin and beat them 15-11, 15-9 on Friday while Ding\/Zhao thrashed
\nSingaporean pair Sari Shinta Mulia\/Xing Aiying 15-3, 15-1.<\/p>\n
China's top seed Pan Pan\/Feng Chen will meet Korean Kim Mi
\nYoung\/Lee Hyun Jin in the other semifinal match.<\/p>\n
Pan\/Feng fought hard against Indonesian double Zebadiah
\nPia\/Krishinda Nintya of Jayaraya to win the match 15-5, 10-15,
\n17-15. Kim\/Lee also needed three sets to beat Chinese Taipei pair
\nLui Hsiao Jo\/Liu Chia Chi 7-15, 15-5, 15-4.<\/p>\n
In the doubles, only one of four Indonesian doubles advanced
\nto the semifinals. Second seed Putra Aditya\/I Made Agung defeated
\nGoh Ying Jing\/Chin Tze Seong of Malaysia 15-4, 15-12.<\/p>\n
They will meet Chinese double Shen Ye\/He Hanbin, who beat
\nlocal double Ali Rasmara\/Achmad Rivai 15-12, 15-10 in
\nquarterfinals.<\/p>\n
In another quarterfinals match, top seeded Korean Jung Jung
\nYoung\/Lee Young Dae thrashed local Harjanggi Andhika\/M. Ahsan
\n15-3, 15-8. In the semifinals, they will meet Chinese pair Li
\nRui\/Cao Liu, who beat Indonesian Lingga\/Antok 15-11, 15-10 in the
\nquarterfinals.<\/p>",
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