RI men's doubles move to S. Korea quarters<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Veteran Indonesian men's doubles pair Ricky
\nAhmad Subagja and Rexy Mainaky upset the world number one pairing
\nof Ha Tae-kwon and Kim Dong-moon of South Korea 15-10, 17-16 in
\nthe second round of the 2000 Samsung Korea Open on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Their compatriots Flandi Limpele and Eng Hian beat Peter
\nAxelsson and Par-Gunnar Jonsson of Denmark 15-9, 15-11 and second
\nseeded Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan overcame another Danish
\npair of Henrik Andersson and Frederik Bergstrom 15-10, 15-10.<\/p>\n
However, the new pairing of Sigit Budiarto and Halim lost to
\nhost pair of Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Yong-sung 9-15, 9-15, at Hanra
\ngymnasium in Cheju Island.<\/p>\n
Team manager and men's doubles coach Hery I. Pirngadi
\nexpressed hope that at least one of the Indonesian men's doubles
\npairs could book a final berth in the US$250,000 six-star event.<\/p>\n
\"We have faith in our men's doubles teams. We expect them to
\nreach the final or even make an all-Indonesian final. If all of
\nthem can overcome their opponents on Friday, we have a 70 percent
\nchance for the final,\" he told The Jakarta Post from South Korea.<\/p>\n
Ricky\/Rexy will challenge Jens Eriksen and Jesper Larsen, the
\nsixth seeds, while Flandi and Eng Hian will meet unseeded Chan
\nChong Ming and Jeremy Gan of Malaysia. Candra and Tony will fight
\nanother Malaysian pair of Rosman A. Razak and Chew Choon Eng.<\/p>\n
In the women's doubles, the junior pair of Etty Tantri and
\nCynthia Tuwankotta trounced Nicole Grether and Karen Stechmann of
\nGermany 15-3, 15-4.<\/p>\n
But there was humiliation on Thursday for lone Indonesian
\nmen's singles player Heryanto Arbi, beaten by unheralded Saman
\nIsmail of Malaysia 7-15, 4-15.<\/p>\n
Indonesia lost its only chance in the women's singles when
\nLidya Djaelawijaya bowed out in the first round on Wednesday to
\nunseeded Hu ting of China 5-11, 4-11.<\/p>\n
Indonesia salvaged some pride when its veteran mixed doubles
\npair of Tri Kusharyanto and Minarti Timur overpowered the host
\npairs of Lee Dong-soo and Lee Hyo-jung 15-7, 7-15, 15-9 to earn a
\nsemifinal berth.<\/p>\n
But the Indoensian contingent complained of biased officiating
\nby the Koreans.<\/p>\n
Mixed doubles coach Richard Mainaky told the Post that he
\nprotested to the referee because he believed the South Korean
\nofficials were cheating the Indonesian players.<\/p>\n
\"The referee's and the linesmen decisions were discouraging
\nTri and Minarti. They lost their concentration. In the second
\ngame, Tri's service was always called a fault and shots which
\nlanded in were called out. So, when the South Koreans were ahead
\n7-5, we protested,\" he said.<\/p>\n
In the semifinal on Friday, Tri and Minarti will face Chris
\nBruil and Erica Van den Heuvel from the Netherlands, Richard
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
\"On paper, Tri and Minarti can win the semifinal, provided
\nthey play to their usual form. The tough opponent will be South
\nKorea's world second ranked Kim and Ra Kyung-min, who will play
\nthe Danish pair of Michael Sogaard and Rikke Olsen,\" he said.
\n(ivy)<\/p>",
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