Emma and Vita through to Thailand Open Final

Emma and Vita through to Thailand Open Final

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's new partnership of Vita Marissa and
Emma Ermawati remained the country's sole doubles' contenders in
the Thailand Open finals in Bangkok, after defeating Chinese
juniors Lu Ying and Huang Sui 15-12, 15-6 in the women's doubles.

Seniors Elysa Nathanael and Deyana Lomban bowed out to another
Chinese duo of Qin Yiyuan and Gao Ling 8-15, 4-15.

Coach Imelda Wiguna said in a fax made available to The
Jakarta Post that Vita and Emma had performed outstandingly.

"Both doubles' players have a similar style of playing. But
Vita has a better stroke which enables her to control the ball at
the net," she said.

"The Indonesian pairs played very relaxed. Lu and Huang were
very tense and made many unforced errors. Vita and Emma displayed
special cross defense and their blocking was hard to beat."

Speaking on Vita and Emma's match against top-seeded Qin and
Gao, Imelda said the duo had a great chance of beating the
Chinese pair.

"If Vita and Emma play as well as they did today, it's not
impossible they can beat the Chinese."

Indonesia's men's duo of Hadi Saputra and Endra Mulyajaya
failed to prove the country's supremacy in the event as they lost
to Chinese Yu Jinboa and Chen Qiqui 8-15, 6-15.

Yu and Chen will face Danish pair Michael Sogaard and Jim
Laugesen, who defeated Pramote Teerawiwatana and Tesana Pavisvas
of Thailand 15-13, 15-7.

In the all-Chinese men's singles' final, Chen Gang, who
defeated compatriot Chen Hong 15-3, 9-15, 15-12, will face Ji
Xinpeng, who won over Malaysian Rachid Sidek 15-7, 15-6.

The women's singles' final, also all-Chinese, Dai Yun will
face Gong Ruina. Dai defeated teammate Zhou Mi 11-4, 11-6, while
Gong overcame Lee Kyung-won of South Korea 11-6, 11-4.

In the mixed doubles' final, world No. 4 Liu Yong and Ge Fei
of China beat Michael Sogaard and Rikke Olsen from Denmark 15-12,
15-6.(yan)