SEAG local shuttlers named after World Cup<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Association of Indonesia will
\nselect the country's best shuttlers for the 19th SEA Games here
\nin October after the 1997 World Cup Badminton Championships in
\nYogyakarta this month.<\/p>\n
The association's executive director, Sumaryono, said
\nyesterday after a meeting with Games national training director
\nDjoko Pramono that the association would use the World Cup, from
\nAug. 20 to Aug. 24, as a tryout for the biennial regional sports
\nevent.<\/p>\n
\"After the World Cup, SEA Games shuttlers will not compete in
\nother Grand Prix series,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Sumaryono said the association would field its best shuttlers
\nat the SEA Games.<\/p>\n
\"Even Susi Susanti (world ranked number 2) has prepared for
\nthe event,\" he said.<\/p>\n
But, the association still has to deal with the limited number
\nof players allowed to compete in the Oct. 11 to Oct. 19 Games.<\/p>\n
The SEA Games Federation has decided that each country can
\nonly send seven male and seven female shuttlers for seven
\ndivisions.<\/p>\n
The association protested the decision because in past SEA
\nGames, each country has always been represented by eight male and
\neight female shuttlers.<\/p>\n
Technical coordinator Christian Hadinata said that if
\nIndonesia was only allowed to field 14 shuttlers, it would have
\nproblems deciding the mixed doubles teams.<\/p>\n
\"We all know that we have a good chance in the mixed doubles.
\nThe only tough rivals we'll meet are in the Malaysian and
\nThailand men's doubles,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's top doubles Candra Wijaya\/Sigit Budiarto will face
\na tough challenge from Malaysia's Cheah Soon Kit\/Yap Kim Hock and
\nPamrote Teerawiwatana\/Siripon Siripul of Thailand.<\/p>\n
But the Malaysian pair may not compete at the SEA Games as Yap
\nwill be undergoing medical treatment until October.<\/p>\n
\"It is up to us how we use the great chance to win the gold,\"
\nsaid Christian, who played men's and mixed doubles in the 1970s.<\/p>\n
Sumaryono said the National Sports Council would negotiate
\nwith the federation about the number of players.<\/p>\n
\"The association will send letters to the International
\nBadminton Federation (IBF) and the Asia Badminton Confederation
\n(ABC) today. We will also discuss the problem with other Games
\nparticipating countries,\" he said.<\/p>\n
World Cup<\/p>\n
The IBF has confirmed that top seeded shuttlers from China and
\nhost Indonesia will compete at the US$200,000 World Cup Badminton
\nChampionship.<\/p>\n
In the men's singles, world number one and defending champion
\nDong Jiong will face a tough challenge from compatriot Sun Jun,
\nworld ranked 3, Indonesia's Hariyanto Arbi, world ranked 2, and
\nJoko Suprianto, world ranked 4.<\/p>\n
All England champ Ye Zhaoying will meet host badminton queen
\nSusi Susanti, world ranked two and defending champion.<\/p>\n
Ye will also face Indonesia's young hope Mia Audina, world
\nranked four, who recently won the Singapore Open, and juniors
\nGong Zhichao, world ranked 3, and Wang Chen, world ranked 5.<\/p>\n
In the men's doubles, world champion Candra\/Sigit will have a
\ngreat chance to collect more titles as they only have Olympic
\ngold medalists Ricky Subagja\/Rexy Mainaky and South Korea's Lee
\nDong-soo\/Yoo Yong-sung to challenge them.<\/p>\n
Defending champions and top ranks Ge Fei\/Gu Jun are favorites
\nto win the championship despite rivalries from juniors Qin
\nYiyuan\/Tang Yongshu, world ranked 2, and Indonesia's Eliza\/Zelin
\nResiana, world ranked 3.<\/p>\n
In the mixed doubles, Chinese pair Ge Fei\/Liu Yong are likely
\ndominate the event. With the absence of world ranked two, Jens
\nEriksen\/Merlene Thomsen of Denmark, Indonesia's Tri
\nKusherjanto\/Minarti Timur have a greater chance of winning the
\ntitle before their public.<\/p>\n
The IBF also announced that the championship would use the new
\nsystem of scoring. Each player will have a 90-second break at
\npoint 8 for doubles and men's singles and at point 6 for the
\nwomen's singles.<\/p>\n
Shuttlers can also pick one or three points to finish the
\nmatch at deuce 14. (yan)<\/p>",
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