Budi and George reach Danish Open third round

Budi and George reach Danish Open third round

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Budi Santoso, world ranked 32,
reached the third round of the US$250,000 Danish Open at Farum
Arena in Copenhagen Wednesday after easily overcoming Tjitte
Weistra of the Netherlands 15-4, 15-4 on Wednesday.

Budi had survived earlier his first test against Kasper Fangel
of Denmark 7-15, 15-6, 15-8.

Sweden-based George Rimarcdi also reached the third round
after a comfortable victory over Oliver Pongrats 15-4, 15-7.

Other Indonesian men's singles players were still competing in
the second round at press time except Hariyanto Arbi and Yudi
Suprayogi.

The former world champion Hariyanto, nicknamed Hari, crashed
in the first round of three consecutive tournaments, the German
Open, Dutch Open and Danish Open.

Hari, whose ranking dropped to 100, had to bow out to Japanese
Yamada Hidetaka 15-10, 15-9.

While Yudi had to bow out to Chinese newcomer Cai Yun 12-15,
3-15 in the second round.

Teammate Hendrawan, Indonesian top seed and Olympics silver
medalist, survived his first test against shuttler Niels Kaldau
of the host country, 15-12, 15-9.

The Indonesian will face Par-Henrik Croona of Sweden, who beat
Jim Ronny Andersen of Norway 15-10, 15-5 later Wednesday
afternoon.

Johan Hadikusuma, younger brother of the 1992 Olympics gold
medalist Alan Budikusuma, also cruised to the second round after
a comfortable win over Kasper Nielsen of Denmark 15-4, 15-7.
Johan will challenge fourth seed Pulella Gophicand of India who
crushed another Dane, Bo Rafn 15-7, 15-8.

Defending champion Poul-Erick Hoyer-Larsen, who is retiring
after the tournament, managed to overcome Yangchun Xie of Germany
17-14, 15-13.

Another home favorite, Peter Gade Christensen, easily defeated
Andreas Hansen of Sweden 15-4, 15-3.

In the men's doubles, Dutch Open winners Sigit Budiarto and
Halim Heryanto clinched a place in the second round thanks to a
walkover win from Danish pairs Michael Sogaard and Jim Laugesen.

In the women's singles, Danish sweetheart and defending
champion Camilla Martin, who is fresh from winning the Olympics
silver medal, will likely have less challenge as tough rival Mia
Audina, an Indonesian-born playing for the Netherlands, withdrew
as she is still recovering from her injuries. (nvn)