Top-seeded Sun Jun pulls out of China Open<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Top seeded Sun Jun of China had to pull out of
\nthe men's singles event of the US$150,000 China Open in the
\nFengtai Sports Stadium in Beijing due to a serious waist injury.<\/p>\n
World champion Sun has been suffering from a number of
\nhampering injuries. He preferred to withdraw from the tournament
\nto give him time to heal the injury in preparation for the Grand
\nPrix Finals in Brunei Darussalam next month.<\/p>\n
Sun's withdrawal gave a walk over win to Liu En Hong of China
\nTaipei. Two other shuttlers, ninth seeded Ong Ewe Hock of
\nMalaysia and 13th seeded Thomas Johansson of Sweden, also
\nwithdrew from the tournament.<\/p>\n
Indonesian men's singles Budi Santoso, ranked seven in the
\nworld, had to bow out to Xia Xuanze 12-15, 12-15 in the third
\nround.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's men's singles coach Agus Dwi Santoso said Budi had
\na chance to beat Xia, the Dutch and German opens champion, but
\nthe Indonesian was worse in attacking.<\/p>\n
"Budi is a rallying player while Xia is an offensive player.
\nBudi was weak on his defense and netting and the Chinese newcomer
\nwas very good in stealing the chance to earn points. The most
\nimportant thing is that Budi can still compete in the Grand Prix
\nFinals," he said.<\/p>\n
Budi reached the third round after overcoming Zhang Yi of
\nChina 8-15, 15-8, 15-5 on Tuesday. Earlier on Tuesday, third
\nseeded Budi easily won against Ma Yuan Cheng of China 15-2, 15-6
\nin the first round.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, teammate Indra Wijaya failed to overcome 11th
\nseeded Luo Yigang of China and had to bow out 5-15, 4-15. Earlier
\non Tuesday, Indra had a walk over win against Chen Ling of China.<\/p>\n
Agus said Indra, world ranked 36, did not have a chance to try
\nthe court and the shuttlecock. "He also had poor form in his
\nnettings."<\/p>\n
Luo totally controlled the match and forced the 25-year-old
\nIndonesian to make unforced errors.<\/p>\n
"In the first game, Indra's serves were faulted twice which
\nmade him play uneasily," Agus said.<\/p>\n
In the women's singles, Dai Yun of China beat teammate Xie
\nXingfang 11-3, 11-8 in the second round while second seeded Gong
\nRuina of China beat compatriot Rong Yi 11-5, 11-2. (yan)<\/p>",
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