World number one Mia tested at Japan Open<\/p>\n
TOKYO (Agencies): Badminton's world number one Mia Audina had
\nto come from behind to beat Marina Andrievskaya of Sweden in the
\nJapan Open yesterday.<\/p>\n
The 17-year-old Indonesian, who won a silver medal at the
\nAtlanta Olympics, made a series of forehand errors to go down 0-6
\nand 3-9 before losing the first game but stormed back to score a
\n10-12, 11-7, 11-2 win and reach the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
"I don't know what was wrong with my play at the beginning. I
\nlost many points through my own mistakes. I tried to be patient
\nin the second game and finally I could play my game in the final
\ngame," said the tournament favorite.<\/p>\n
Mia crawled back to tie the first game 10-all but her overhead
\ndrop shot went wide to give Andrievskaya her third game point,
\nwhich the Swede converted with a cross-court winner.<\/p>\n
Mia took 10 straight points in the following game to frustrate
\nthe Swede and was never really in danger after that, finishing
\noff the 20-minute match on her first match point.<\/p>\n
"I never felt nervous, but I tell you the truth ... I don't
\nfeel comfortable whenever I play a tall player who hits hard like
\nshe does.<\/p>\n
"It was the same at the Olympics, but I always start playing
\nbetter as the matches go on," said Mia.<\/p>\n
Mia admitted that she has been under pressure since becoming
\nthe first seed in the U.S. Open in October.<\/p>\n
"The public were satisfied to see me playing in the final but
\nnow they expect me to win," she said.<\/p>\n
Her quarterfinal opponent will be world number seven Zhang
\nNing of China, who beat Japan's Kyoko Komuro 11-5, 12-11.<\/p>\n
European player<\/p>\n
Camilla Martin of Denmark, the winner of the season-opening
\nTaipei Open last weekend, was the only European player to
\nsurvive, while Chinese and South Korean players took all the
\nother quarterfinal places.<\/p>\n
In the men's singles, Peter Gade Christensen of Denmark and
\nPark Sung-woo of South Korea caused third-round shocks at the
\ntournament.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old Christensen, who upset fellow Danish Olympic
\nchampion Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen to win the season-opening Taipei
\nOpen last weekend, continued his giant-killing run beating
\nsecond-seeded Rashid Sidek of Malaysia 18-15, 15-4.<\/p>\n
Park, the quarterfinalist at Atlanta, used a series of soft-
\ntouch shots to stage a come-from-behind victory over Hoyer-Larsen
\n8-15, 15-7, 15-8 to earn a quarterfinal berth.<\/p>\n
Second seed Chinese Gong Zhichao breezed past Mizui's younger
\nsister Yasuko 11-3, 11-7, while joint third seed, defending
\nchampion Ye Zhaoying of China, smashed aside Japan's Takako Ida
\n11-4, 11-7.<\/p>\n
Today, Gong will take on South Korea's Kim Ji-hyun, winner
\nover Japan's Kanako Yonekura 11-4, 11-3, while Ye will play
\nanother Korean, Ra Kyung-min, who overwhelmed Julia Mann of
\nEngland 11-2, 11-1.<\/p>\n
Lee Joo-hyun of South Korea powered past Charmaine Reid of
\nCanada 11-7, 11-4.<\/p>\n
Indonesian mixed doubles Flandy Limpele and Riseu Rosalina
\ncruised to the next round after beating host duo Koji Miya and
\nTomomi Matsuo 15-8, 15-6.<\/p>\n
Flandy and Riseu are to meet Liu Yong and Ge Fe of China, who
\nbeat Christian Jakobsen and Maijken Vange of Denmark 15-9, 15-3.<\/p>\n
First seed Tri Kusherjanto and Minarti Timur, who received a
\nbye in the initial match, are to meet Hendrik Andersson and
\nMargit Borg, who won against Norio Imai and Haruko Matsuda of
\nJapan 10-15, 15-13, 15-8.<\/p>",
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