RI's women look to bounce back<\/p>\n
Novan Iman Santosa and Zakki Hakim, Jakarta<\/p>\n
After being hammered by China, the Indonesian women hope to
\ncapitalize on the absence of Mia Audina when they meet the
\nNetherlands in their Uber Cup Group W match here on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Indonesian coach Ivana Lie said Mia's absence would benefit
\nher singles' players. However, Dutch coach Martijn van Dooremalen
\ninsisted her squad would be just fine without Mia.<\/p>\n
Dooremalen said Chinese-born Yao Jie was ready to step into
\nMia's position in the singles, together with Karina de Witt,
\nJudith Meulendijks and Brenda Beenhakker.<\/p>\n
\"Sunday will surely see an exciting match,\" Ivana said, adding
\nthat her three singles' shuttlers should have a 50-50 chance
\nagainst their Dutch opponents.<\/p>\n
The encounter will provide the home side with an opportunity
\nto avenge a defeat in Guangzhou, China, two years ago in the Uber
\nCup, which employed the now-abandoned best-of-five scoring
\nsystem.<\/p>\n
Indonesia lost to the Netherlands 3-2 in that 2002 encounter,
\nthus failing to make the semifinals as had been expected by the
\nBadminton Association of Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Mia, who was an integral part of Indonesia's back-to-back Uber
\nCup victories in 1994 and 1996, won her singles match against
\nIndonesia in 2002 and then paired with Lotte Bruil-Jonathans for
\na doubles victory.<\/p>\n
Mia defeated Lidya Djaelawidjaya 3-0 in the singles before
\nteaming up with Bruil-Jonathans to beat Emma Ermawati and Minarti
\nTimur 3-2.<\/p>\n
Meulendijks gave the Dutch their third point with a 3-1 win
\nover Ellen Angelina.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's two points were contributed by Yuli Marfuah, a 3-1
\nwinner over Beenhakker, and Deyana Lomban and Vita Marissa, who
\nwere 3-2 winners over Beenhakker and Karina de Witt.<\/p>\n
Mia did not travel to Indonesia for this year's Uber Cup,
\nsaying she needed a break after her European championship victory
\nto allow her to prepare for the upcoming Olympics.<\/p>\n
However, the majority of the Dutch squad that triumphed over
\nIndonesia in Guangzhou has returned, and Meulendijks and Bruil-
\nJonathans are again ready for another run at victory.<\/p>\n
For the Indonesians, only Eny Erlangga and Jo Novita, who did
\nnot play in that Guangzhou match, are remaining from the 2002
\nsquad.<\/p>\n
Ivana warned her players against a letup, saying that with or
\nwithout Mia, the Netherlands, seeded three places higher than
\nIndonesia, was an opponent to be reckoned with.<\/p>\n
Silvi Antarini, Maria Kristin, Fransisca and Adrianti
\nFirdasari are playing in their first Uber Cup with Indonesia, and
\nhope to help the squad bounce back from its 5-0 drubbing at the
\nhands of China on the opening day of the competition.<\/p>\n
Indonesia expects to field the same lineup against the Dutch
\nthat it used against China.<\/p>",
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