Taufik ranks second, Christensen takes over<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian men's singles player Taufik Hidayat
\ndropped to second place in the International Badminton Federation
\n(IBF) world rankings after sitting out the US$250,000 Korea Open
\nlast week.<\/p>\n
Taufik missed the event because he was banned for two
\ninternational matches by the Badminton Association of Indonesia
\n(PBSI) following his criticism of association chairman Subagyo
\nHadisiswoyo.<\/p>\n
Peter Gade Christensen of Denmark moved back to the top of the
\nworld rankings as a result of his victory at the event.<\/p>\n
Olympics bronze medalist Xia Xuanze of China moved up to third
\nin the rankings. He was followed by Indonesian Olympic silver
\nmedalist Hendrawan, who also skipped the Korea Open to get
\nmarried.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's Marlev Mainaky, Indonesia's only men's singles
\nshuttler to reach the Korea Open quarterfinals, moved from 10th
\nto seventh in the rankings.<\/p>\n
In the men's doubles, Flandy Limpele and Eng Hian retained
\ntheir top spot in the rankings despite their early exit from the
\nKorea Open. Flandy and Eng Hian lost in the third round to the
\nDanish duo of Michael Lamp and Jonas Rasmussen.<\/p>\n
Olympic gold medalists Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan dropped
\nfrom second to fifth in the rankings. The pair were split up for
\nthe Korea Open.<\/p>\n
Candra, playing with former partner Sigit Budiarto, was ousted
\nin the second round, while Tony and Halim Heryanto reached the
\nquarterfinals.<\/p>\n
The pairing of Sigit and Halim were ranked sixth in the world,
\nwhile the veteran duo of Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky were
\n14th. Rexy retired last year and has moved to England to work as
\na coach.<\/p>\n
In the women's singles, Denmark's Camilla Martin used her
\nvictory in the Korea Open to return to the top spot in the
\nrankings, ousting rival and Olympic gold medalist Gong Zhichao of
\nChina.<\/p>\n
Korea Open runner-up Kim Ji-hyun jumped from sixth to third
\nposition, a fitting reward for her Korea Open final appearance.<\/p>\n
In the women's doubles, Huang Nanyan and Yang Wei remained on
\ntop, followed by Olympic gold medalists Ge Fei and Gu Jun.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's Etty Tantri and Cynthia Tuwankotta were ranked
\nseventh on the list even though Cynthia missed the Korea Open
\nwith an ankle injury. Etty and partner Indarti Issoliana reached
\nthe second round of the event.<\/p>\n
In the mixed doubles, Denmark's Michael Sogaard and Rikke
\nOlsen retained the number one position, with Olympic champions
\nZhang Jun and Gao Ling moving up three places to number two.<\/p>\n
Olympic silver medalists Tri Kusherjanto and Minarti Timur
\nwere sixth on the list, while compatriots Bambang Suprianto and
\nZelin Resiana were 10th. (yan)<\/p>",
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