Indonesian shuttlers reach ABC 2nd round
Indonesian shuttlers reach ABC 2nd round
JAKARTA (JP): National shuttlers on Wednesday moved on to the
second round of the US$136,000 JVC Asian Badminton Championships
(ABC) in Kuala Lumpur.
Men's singles Johan Hadikusuma beat qualifier S. Janaka of Sri
Lanka 15-2, 15-9 to face Chang Jeng Shyong of Chinese Taipei in
the second round. Chang defeated Amran Kambar of Brunei
Darussalam 15-7, 15-6.
Malaysian James Chua beat Sachin Ratti of India 12-15, 15-5,
15-1 to challenge Park Tae-sang of South Korea, who won in a
walkover against Maxian Krouglik of Kazakhstan.
Tam Kai Chuen of Hong Kong also reached the second round after
overcoming Anuphap Teeraratsakul of Thailand 15-9, 15-6. He will
next meet Chen Wei of China.
Top seeded and world number three Fung Permadi of Chinese
Taipei and second seeded Chen Gang of China look set to cruise to
the second round where they will face qualifiers.
World number one Sun Jun of China failed to show up due to a
leg injury.
There are high hopes for Indonesia's Marlev Mainaky, who
unexpectedly reached the final last year, losing to Chen Gang of
China.
Marlev is likely to meet a tough opponent in the third round
-- Malaysian Yong Hock Kin, the 1998 Indonesia Open champion. If
he manages to reach the quarterfinals, Marlev will likely meet
last year's winner Chen.
If Marlev can step into the semifinal, he will most likely
face either Malaysian old hand Ong Ewe Hock or China's Luo
Yigang.
In the women's singles, Meiluawati of Indonesia defeated
Ayihsa 11-1, 11-2 to meet Ng Ching of Hong Kong, who had to work
hard to overcome Meenakshi of India 11-3, 11-13, 11-8.
Dwi Retnowati also reached the second round thanks to
Kazakhstan Saule Kustavleova who resigned from the championships.
Dwi will meet Manjusha Kanwar of India, who beat Kennie Asuncion
of the Philippines 11-5, 11-3.
Teammate Ninik Masrikah had no trouble eliminating Filipino
Irene Chiu 11-3, 11-2 to meet Chan Mei Mei of Hong Kong. The
latter defeated Lee Yin Yin of Malaysia 11-7, 11-8. (yan)