Indonesian shuttlers beat Taipei in JVC Asia Cup

Indonesian shuttlers beat Taipei in JVC Asia Cup

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian shuttlers won their first match over
Chinese Taipei 3-0 at the US$100,000 JCV Asia Cup in Ho Chi Minh
City on Wednesday.

First singles Taufik Hidayat, 18, found no trouble in crushing
old hand Liu En-Hong 15-10, 15-2.

"In the first game, Liu tried to fight hard against Taufik
with good strokes. He led 7-4 before Taufik managed to equal 7-7
and took over the game," said team manager Leo Chandra Wiranata
in a fax.

"In the second game, Taufik didn't give a chance to his
opponent and concluded the match in only seven minutes."

Doubles Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan gave a free lesson to
Taipei's Huang Shin-Chung and Chien Yu-Hsun to win 15-6, 15-4.

"Huang and Chien are two levels below Candra and Tony who
performed their world-class playing," Leo said.

Indonesia's second singles Hendrawan completed the victory by
defeating Chang Jeng-Shong 15-3, 15-11.

"Hendrawan won easily in the first game, but in the second
game he seemed to be too relaxed and gave easy balls to his
rival," Leo said.

Indonesia is scheduled to face Thailand on Thursday.

In another match, Malaysia, which is also in Group B with
Indonesia, overcame Thailand 2-1.

Malaysian first singles Jason Wong had to work hard to defeat
Boonsak Polsana 5-15, 15-10, 15-13. But Thai doubles of Pramote
Teerawiwatana and Tesana Pansisavas, the 1999 Southeast Asian
(SEA) Games gold medalists, equaled 1-1 after beating the new
Malaysian partnership of Rosman Razak and Chew Chun Eng 6-15, 15-
6, 15-11. Malaysia second singles Ismail Saman eliminated Anupap
Thiraratsakul 15-6, 15-6 in the decider.

In Group A, top seed China beat Vietnam 3-0 while South Korea
defeated India 3-0. (yan)