Teguh upsets seeded Chen in Milo Open
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\nMoch. N. Kurniawan
\nThe Jakarta Post\/Denpasar<\/p>\n
Most of the top seeds in the boys' singles advanced to the
\nfourth round of the Milo Junior Indonesia Open on Wednesday, but
\nChina lost its 3\/4th seed Chen Tianyu to local talent Teguh
\nSiswanto.<\/p>\n
Chen was surprised 12-15, 3-15 by Teguh in the second round.<\/p>\n
Boys' singles top seed Lu Qicheng stamped his authority in his
\nmatches with easy wins over local opponents in the second and
\nthird rounds, both played on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Lu thrashed Azwar 15-2, 15-3 and Imbar Haryadi 15-4, 15-2.<\/p>\n
Second seed Fauzi Adnan of Indonesia beat Sayed Matir of Syria
\n15-4, 15-1 in the second round and then Wawan of Indonesia 15-8,
\n15-2.<\/p>\n
Zairul Hafiz Zainuddin of Malaysia, also seeded 3\/4, was
\ntested in both his matches, defeating Kasman of Indonesia 15-9,
\n15-3 and Ricky Widianto of Singapore 15-6, 17-16.<\/p>\n
Achmad Rivai of Indonesia, who played for Indonesia in the
\nAsian Junior Badminton Championship in Jakarta two weeks ago and
\nis 5\/8 seed, was too strong for a pair of compatriots, beating
\nRai Vichy Sopha Yupinato 15-2, 15-6 and Farhad 15-4, 15-4.<\/p>\n
The girls set up their quarterfinals for Thursday.<\/p>\n
Girls' singles top seed, 17-year-old Wang Yihan of China, who
\nis suffering from a knee strain, almost lost in the second round,
\nfinally pulling out a 9-11, 11-0, 11-8 against 15-year-old Maria
\nFebe Kusumastuti, who plays for the Djarum club.<\/p>\n
In the deciding game, Maria Febe took a 8-3 lead, but a string
\nof errors allowed Wang back into the match.<\/p>\n
Wang gave a more convincing 11-7, 11-7 display in the
\nafternoon against Pupin, another local player.<\/p>\n
Second seed Tai Yi also advanced and will meet 5\/8 seed Pia
\nZebadiah of Indonesia, the opponent who beat her in the team
\nevent of the Asian Junior Badminton Championship,<\/p>\n
Tai drubbed Felicia of Indonesia 11-1, 11-0 before overcoming
\nGu Juan of Singapore 13-10, 11-2.<\/p>\n
Pia cruised against Goh Liu Ying of Malaysia 11-4, 11-4 and
\nRichi Puspita Dili of Indonesia 11-2, 11-7.<\/p>\n
Belaetrix Manuputty of Indonesia, the 3\/4th seed, also
\nadvanced by defeating Zhang Beiwen of Singapore 13-12, 11-4 in
\nthe third round. The player, nicknamed Bela, beat Sanmiarsih of
\nIndonesia in the second round.<\/p>\n
"She has the chances to reach at least the semifinal," Retno
\nKustiyah, senior coach of Jaya Raya club and a former national
\ndoubles coach, said of Bela.<\/p>\n
"The competition among players is tough, so it depends on who
\nis ready to play, that's who will win."<\/p>\n
The boys' and girls's doubles as well as the mixed doubles
\nwere being played on Wednesday evening.<\/p>",
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