RI men's, mixed doubles still in Japan Open quarters<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian shuttlers fared poorly on Thursday at
\nthe US$180,000 Japan Open in Tokyo, with the men's singles and
\nwomen's doubles shuttlers crashing to ignominious defeat.<\/p>\n
That left the men's doubles and mixed doubles shuttlers as
\nIndonesia's only remaining representatives in the tournament.<\/p>\n
In the men's doubles, All England champions Tony Gunawan and
\nHalim Heryanto, seeded fifth, enjoyed a comfortable win over
\nIndonesian Harmono Yuwono and Japanese Yasunori Sekine 15-8, 15-
\n6.<\/p>\n
The Indonesians should expect to face a stiffer challenge when
\nthey meet top seeds Jens Eriksen and Jesper Larsen of Denmark in
\nthe quarterfinals. The Danes advanced by trouncing Liu Kwok-wa
\nand Albertus Susanto Njoto of Hong Kong 15-6, 15-4.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's former world champions Candra Wijaya and Sigit
\nBudiarto faced a bit more resistance in their men's double match,
\nthough they managed to overcome Indonesian Reony Mainaky and
\nJapanese Keita Masuda 15-8, 15-12 to move on to the
\nquarterfinals.<\/p>\n
Their next opponents will be Ma Che-kong and Yau Kwun-yuen of
\nHong Kong, who pulled of the upset over third seeds Michael
\nSogaard and Jim Laugesen of Denmark, winning 15-13, 15-11.<\/p>\n
Indonesian coach Herry Imam Pierngadi said in a telephone
\ninterview from Tokyo his men's doubles teams had been at the top
\nof their games so far.<\/p>\n
\"I just hope Halim can maintain his form because he and Tony
\nare going to face a tough challenge tomorrow. It all depend on
\nHalim. As for Candra and Sigit, they had to stretch out a bit
\ntoday but it's good for them and will help them regain the form
\nthey had about four years ago.\"<\/p>\n
The new mixed doubles partnership of Indonesians Tri
\nKusheryanto and Indarti Issoliana crushed the seventh seeds
\nFrederik Bergstrom and Jenny Karlsson of Sweden 15-3, 15-7. Their
\nvictory sets up an encounter with China's Liu Yong and Cheng
\nJiao, who upset third seeds Ian Sullivan and Gail Emms of England
\n15-8, 15-17, 15-10.<\/p>\n
Grizzled veterans Bambang Suprianto and Minarti Timur earned a
\nsurprise victory over fifth seeds Graham Hurrell and Sarah
\nHardaker of England 13-15, 15-10, 15-5 in another mixed doubles
\nmatch. In the quarterfinals the Indonesians will face a
\nformidable task in second seeds Jens Eriksen and Mette
\nSchjoldager of Denmark, who rolled over Ha Tae-Kwon and Lee
\nKyung-Won of South Korea 15-6, 15-5.<\/p>\n
The new mixed doubles pairing of Indonesia's Nova Widhianto
\nand Vita Marissa, seeded sixth here, ousted Norio Imai and
\nChikako Nakayama of Japan 15-10, 13-15, 15-9. They will slug it
\nout in the quarterfinals with China's Zhang Wei and Huang Sui,
\nwho defeated Nathan Robertson and Donna Kellogg of England 15-4,
\n15-8.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's lone women's doubles team of Indarti and Deyana
\nLomban failed to fulfill their lofty ambition of reaching the
\nsemifinals, crashing out to Chinese Taipei's Chien Yu-chin and
\nCheng Wen-hsin 15-9, 17-14.<\/p>\n
Bow out<\/p>\n
Two Indonesian men's singles shuttlers survived their second-
\nround tests on Thursday, but bowed out in the third round later
\non Thursday.<\/p>\n
Rony Agustinus made a big splash in the tournament by ousting
\nSydney 2000 Olympics champion Ji Xinpeng of China 15-5, 15-10 in
\nthe second round, but that was as far as he could go.<\/p>\n
\"I feel my form today was far from what it was in Sydney. I
\ndidn't move well to my left and I couldn't do well in defense
\nagainst my opponent's attacks. I must improve everything, not
\nonly defense,\" Ji was quoted as saying by AFP.<\/p>\n
Rony's jubilation soon turned into tears after he suffered an
\n8-15, 15-9, 15-0 defeat at the hands of England's Colin Haughton
\nin the third round later in the day.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's Marlev Mainaky, seeded fifth, expended a lot of
\nenergy in eliminating Ramesh Nathan of Malaysia 8-15, 15-3, 15-7
\nin the second round, but then fell to Lee Hyun-il of South Korea
\n15-10, 15-11 later in the day.<\/p>\n
Top seed Peter Gade Christensen of Denmark cruised into the
\nthird round after beating Sairul Amar Ayob of Malaysia 15-6, 15-
\n7.<\/p>\n
But his success was not followed by girlfriend Camilla Martin,
\nthe top seed here, who made a surprise early exit as she bowed
\nout to Zhang Ning of China 1-11, 11-8, 11-7.<\/p>\n
\"When I saw the draw, I saw that I had to play Camilla in the
\nearly rounds. So my goal in this tournament was to play Camilla,
\nnothing more. I'm really happy that I got past the hurdle,\" said
\na jubilant Zhang.<\/p>\n
\"I couldn't cope with her speed in the first game, she played
\nvery quickly, so I changed the pace in the second and third games
\nand just tried to be patient. That was the key to the victory.\"
\n(yan)<\/p>",
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