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BEST OF THE BEST: The Thomas Cup men's badminton team and the
Uber Cup women's team badminton championships get underway at
Senayan Indoor stadium. Eight teams from Japan and South Korea
(extreme left) and China and Russia played in the Uber Cup event
(second from left) while in the Thomas Cup action Indonesia met
Finland and China against Sweden (extreme right) in their matches
last night.

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LONELY VICTORY: Sweden's Thomas Johansson stretches to retrieve
the shuttle during his game against Dong Jiong of China. The
Swede became the only player to beat the Chinese. The Chinese
lost 15-6 17-15 in last night's match.

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SHUTTLE FODDER: Nedezhda Chervjakova (on the floor) receives
medical treatment for her knee injury as her Russian teammate
Irina Yakhuseva looks on during their Uber Cup match against
China's Wu Yuhong and Chen Ying. The Russians forfeited as they
were 10-15 down in the first set and trail 5-9 to give China a
convincing 5-0 win yesterday.

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