RI women's singles no show in Japan Open<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI)
\nwill not be sending any women's single shuttlers to the five-star
\nUS$180,000 Japan Open following their poor performance at the
\njust-concluded Yonex All England Open.<\/p>\n
PBSI secretary-general Leo Chandra Wiranata revealed the line-
\nup for the Japan Open on Thursday. The line-up was approved by
\nPBSI official in charge of athlete development Mangombar
\nFerdinand Siregar.<\/p>\n
PBSI decided not to send any women's singles shuttlers to
\nJapan, though it will send its men's singles shuttlers despite
\ntheir poor showing in England.<\/p>\n
\"We must consider which shuttlers beat our shuttlers and by
\nwhat score. Based on this evaluation, PBSI decided not to send
\nthe women's singles.<\/p>\n
\"I, however, must inform you that PBSI may reverse its
\ndecision if there is a strong reason to include the women's
\nsingles shuttlers,\" Leo said.<\/p>\n
PBSI set a relatively easy target for the women's shuttlers to
\nsurvive the early rounds at the All England.<\/p>\n
Lidya Djaelawidjaja was beaten by Wale's Kelly Morgan 11-7,
\n11-3 in the first round, Ellen Angelina was defeated by China's
\nWang Rong 11-0, 11-3 in the second round and Yuli Marfuah was
\nstopped by Julia Mann of England 11-6, 7-11, 11-5 in the third
\nround.<\/p>\n
Indonesia will send men's singles shuttlers Johan Hadikusuma,
\nMarleve Mainaky and Rony Agustinus to the Japan Open.<\/p>\n
Indonesia will field a strong line-up of men's doubles pairs
\nin Japan -- All England champions Tony Gunawan and Halim
\nHeryanto, runners-up Candra Wijaya and Sigit Budiarto, and
\nsemifinalists Flandy Limpele and Eng Hian.<\/p>\n
Marleve and older brother Reony also will take part in the
\nmen's doubles in Japan, but they will have to pay their own way.<\/p>\n
In the women's doubles, Deyana Lomban will be paired with
\nIndarti Issoliana instead of Carmelita.<\/p>\n
PBSI will also send the top mixed doubles pairs of Bambang
\nSuprianto and Minarti Timur, and Tri Kusheryanto and Indarti. It
\nwill also send the relatively inexperienced mixed doubles pair of
\nNova Widhianto and Vita Marissa.<\/p>\n
The shuttlers will be accompanied by coaches Agus Dwi Santoso,
\nHerry Iman Pierngadi and Richard Mainaky.<\/p>\n
The line-up for the Japan Open is proof that PBSI has decided
\nto be more selective in sending its shuttlers to tournaments
\nabroad because of financial constraints.<\/p>\n
PBSI also has stated it will take into consideration the
\nshuttlers' recent performances before deciding to send them
\noverseas.<\/p>\n
In a separate development, men's singles shuttlers Taufik
\nHidayat and Marleve progressed to the third round of the Swiss
\nOpen in Basel on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The top seeded Taufik defeated Malaysian Ismail Saman 4-7, 7-
\n5, 4-7, 7-0, 7-5, while the third seeded Marleve beat Japan's
\nMatsumoto Toru 7-2, 7-4, 8-6, as reported on the event's official
\nwebpage, www.swissopen.com.<\/p>\n
Taufik will now face Germany's Jens Roch, who beat Japan's
\nSato Shoji 5-7, 7-5, 2-7, 8-6, 8-6. Marleve's next opponent will
\nbe Malaysian Hashim Muhammad Hafiz, who beat Fung Permadi of
\nChinese Taipei 7-1, 7-5, 6-8, 8-7. (nvn)<\/p>",
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