Hermawan out of Vietnam Open

Hermawan out of Vietnam Open

HANOI (AFP): Men's top seed Indonesian Hermawan Susanto was eliminated in the first round match of the Vietnam Badminton open yesterday by unseeded Thomas Johansson of Sweden.

Susanto lost 4-15, 12-15.

His compatriot, top women's seed Susi Susanti, an Olympic gold medalist at Barcelona in 1992, beat Margit Borg of Sweden 11-3 and 11-0.

Top four seeds in both the men's and women's doubles matches had byes on the first day of play and no mixed doubles matches were played.

The Vietnam tournament is the last event on the World Badminton Grand Prix circuit.