Injury forces Susi to pull out of Games

Injury forces Susi to pull out of Games

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian badminton queen Susi Susanti was
forced to forfeit her quarterfinal at the 14th National Games
yesterday due to her foot injury.

Susi, who played for West Java, lost 10-12 to Yuni Kartika
from Central Java in the first set but won the second 11-5.
Defending champion Susi left the court in the deciding set after
complaining about her sore left foot when the score was tied at
1-1.

"It seems that she did not warm up properly," Susi's coach
Liang Chiusia said.

Yuni, Indonesia's second stringer who reached the Indonesian
Open semifinals last month, will now meet Meiluawati of Jakarta,
a 0-11, 12-10, 11-4 winner over Cindana from Central Java, for a
place in the semifinals.

Olympic silver medalist Mia Audina of Jakarta experienced
difficulties in the first set of her quarterfinal match against
East Javanese Ika Henny Nursanti before sailing through with a
12-9, 11-2 win.

Mia will now take on her Uber Cup teammate Yuliani Sentosa of
Central Java, who fought off a persistent challenge from Lidya
Djaelawidjaya of West Java 11-7, 12-10.

The men's singles produced no surprises yesterday as the top
four seeded players lined up in the semifinals.

World No. 2 Joko Suprianto of Jakarta had a relatively easy
time beating Marleve Mainaky of West Java 15-11, 15-4 for a
semifinal match against Hendrawan of Central Java, who edged out
Asia champion Jeffer Rosobin of Riau 15-9, 15-8.

The other semifinal will pit Alan Budikusuma of East Java
against Hermawan Susanto of West Java. Alan, seeded second in
place of world champion Hariyanto Arbi of Central Java, who
pulled out because of an injury, fought his way back to defeat
Irwansyah of North Sumatra 1-15, 15-2, 15-2 yesterday. The North
Sumatran upset Hariyanto in their men's team group match last
week.

Hermawan, who beat Alan in West Java's 3-0 win over East Java
for the men's team title on Saturday, broke no sweat in his 15-5,
15-1 routing of Dwi Aryanto of Central Java.

Archery

In the archery field, East Java and North Sumatra clinched a
gold each in the penultimate day of the competition, which saw a
national record tumble.

Wilson Pane earned North Sumatra a gold in the men's national
round competition with a record-breaking total score of 517,
beating Central Kalimantan Pranajaya's 12-month-old national mark
by a mere point.

Wilson narrowly beat his national Southeast Asian Games
teammate, Gatot Irianto of East Java, 106-105 in the final. Dito
Rembrandt of Jakarta took the bronze, with a 103-101 win over
another East Javanese, Hariyono, in the third-place playoff.

The women's final was also packed with thrillers as Foury
Akadiani of East Java won the gold, only after overcoming her
nerves in the shoot-off in her duel against Sri Handayani from
Central Java.

Foury, whose advancement to the final included an upset win
over Indonesia's Olympian Dahliana of East Kalimantan, hit a nine
in the shoot-off against Handayani's eight to score an aggregate
111-110 win.

Dahliana had to be content with the bronze after defeating
East Javanese Dwi Purwanti 104-99 in the third-place play-off.

Foury maintained her three-point lead over Handayani after the
third quarter at 78-75, but lingered on a collapse after managing
only three sevens. A consistent Handayani hit three nines to
cause a deadlock at 102-102.

"I was too nervous after the second quarter, but thank God I
regained my concentration and played more relaxed in the shoot-
off," Foury said after the match.

The final day of archery today will feature Olympic round
competitions, which offer two golds in the men's and women's
individuals. (yan)

Medal tally

G S B
Jakarta 105 63 63
West Java 55 66 60
East Java 52 64 54
Central Java 22 35 51
Lampung 17 18 28
Jambi 15 11 8
South Kalimantan 13 10 8
South Sulawesi 12 14 19
Irian Jaya 12 13 12
Central Kalimantan 11 11 11
North Sumatra 11 9 13
East Kalimantan 9 10 17
North Sulawesi 8 13 19
Southeast Sulawesi 8 3 8
Yogyakarta 6 10 14
Bali 6 9 14
West Kalimantan 6 5 4
South Sumatra 5 5 6
Maluku 4 6 12
Riau 4 3 7
West Sumatra 3 7 11
East Nusa Tenggara 3 2 1
Bengkulu 1 4 7
Central Sulawesi 1 1 3
East Timor 1 0 9
Aceh 1 0 6
West Nusa Tenggara 1 0 1