Hermawan off to shaky start

Hermawan off to shaky start

JAKARTA (JP): Senior shuttler Hermawan Susanto and his junior
Jeffer Rosobin both crashed to defeat in their respective group
matches at the Asia Cup badminton championships in Seoul on
Wednesday.

Hermawan fell to Luo Yigang of China 14-17, 7-15, and national
champion Jeffer succumbed to Malaysia's number one Rashid Sidek.
The surprise of the day, however, was another defeats. It was the
15-6, 15-8 tumble of top seed and home favorite Park Sung-woo at
the hands of little known Chinese Xie Yang.

Indonesian Lidya Djaelawidjaja beat Hizako Mizui of Japan 11-
2, 11-6 in the women's singles. In the men's doubles, Indonesian
pair of Ade Sutrisna and Chandra Wijaya beat Liu Yong and Zhang
Wei of China 15-5, 14-17, 15-8. Another Indonesian partnership
Tony Gunawan and Rudy Wijaya claimed their first win, 15-4, 14-
17, 15-12, over Siripong Siripol and Khunakorn Sudhisodhi of
Thailand. (arf)