Marlev and Ronny cruise to All England second round

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian shuttlers breezed through the second round of the 2001 Yonex All England Open on Wednesday.

Marlev Mainaky, seeded seventh in the men's singles grabbed his first-round victory by defeating Swede Daniel Eriksson 15-12, 15-10.

Rony Agustinus traced Marlev's path by beating Chinese Xiao Hui 15-9, 15-12. He will meet ninth seed Richard Vaughn of England, who beat Shinya Ohtsuka of Japan 15-9, 15-7 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, as reported by www.baofe.co.uk.

In mixed doubles, the Indonesian pair of Tri Kusheryanto and his new partner Indarti Issoliana defeated Chris Davies and Robyn Ashworth of Wales 15-2, 15-2 in a one-sided game that only lasted 17 minutes. The match was dubbed the fastest match recorded this year.

They will then meet the winners of a clash between seeded eighth duo Russel Hogg and Kirsteen McEwan of Scotland and Michael Lamp and Ann-Lou Jorgensen of Denmark.

Another Indonesian duo Bambang Suprianto and Minarti Timur defeated Jim Laugesen and Pernille Harder of Denmark 15-5, 15-6. The unseeded Indonesian pair will then meet Chinese pair Chen Qiqiu and Chen Lin, who are the fourth seeds in the event.

Top seeded pair Michael Sogaard and Rikke Olsen of Denmark will challenge the Chinese pair of Wang Wei and Zhang Jiewen in the second round. Sogaard and Olsen ousted home team Peter Jeffrey and Suzanne Rayappan 15-6, 15-6 while Wang and Zhang beat Kwun Yuen-yau and Wang Tong-ling of Hong Kong 15-1, 15-11.

Briton's mixed pair of Simon Archer and Gail Emms, also had an easy 15-4, 15-3 win over Frederik Bergstrom and Jenny Karlsson of Sweden

In the men's singles other matches, Sydney Olympic gold medalist Ji Xinpeng of China also made his way to the second round.

Seeded third here, Ji defeated Ruud Kuitjen of Belgium 15-8, 15-7 to meet either Indonesian-born George Rimarcdi, who is now playing for Sweden, or Boris Kessov of Bulgaria.

Seeded eleven Anders Boesen of Denmark had to work hard before winning a ticket to the second round. Boesen managed to beat Chinese qualifier Hu Zhilan 15-3, 13-15, 15-4.

Two Malaysian men's singles qualifiers managed to go through the second round after defeating their main draw opponents.

Lee Tsuen Seng defeated Andrew South of England 15-13, 15-11 while compatriot Alvin Chew outclassed Dutch Rune Massing 15-3, 15-1.(nvn)