Marlev and Rony in Swiss Open quarters

Marlev and Rony in Swiss Open quarters

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Indonesia has two shuttlers still in the men's singles of the
three-star Swiss Open, with Marlev Mainaky and Rony Agustinus
making their way to the quarterfinals on Thursday evening.

Seeded first in the event, Marlev did not find it too
difficult to quell Colin Haughton of England with a 7-3, 7-5, 7-2
victory at Basel's St. Jakobshalle.

Marlev is slated to have his quarterfinal match against Anders
Boesen of Denmark later on Friday evening. Boesen also cruised
easily to a win of 7-3, 7-5, 7-5 against German Bjorn Joppin.

In the lower leg, Rony made a major upset after defeating
second seed Lee Hyun-il of South Korea in another easy match
ending 7-4, 7-2, 7-1.

Rony's opponent in the quarterfinals will be Oedum Kasper of
Denmark who beat Malaysian Nathan Ramesh 7-3, 7-1, 2-7, 7-5.

The other quarterfinal match will pit Ng Wei of Hong Kong
against Dicky Palyama of the Netherlands. Malaysia secured a
semifinals berth when Ayob Sairul Amar met James Chua.

Meanwhile in the men's doubles, Indonesia only managed to
produce one quarterfinalist from three pairs participating in the
event.

Bambang Suprianto and Sigit Budiarto defeated Simon Archer and
Graham Durrel 7-5, 7-4, 3-7, 7-1 to face second seeds Michal
Logosz and Robert Mateusiak from Poland who earlier beat South
Malaysian pair Jeremy Gan and Ng Kean Kok with a 7-0, 7-1, 5-7,
7-3.

Indonesian head coach Christian Hadinata decided to remix two
of his three men's doubles pairs for the Swiss Open.

Sigit usually teams up with Candra Wijaya, while Bambang often
partners with Tri Kusheryanto. Candra and Tri were not able to
play their match against Mathias Boe and Peter Steffensen of
Denmark.

The third pair, Halim Heryanto and Nova Widhianto fell victim
to Danish the duo of Michael Soogard and Michael Lamp after
giving their best but losing at 7-5, 4-7, 7-4, 2-7, 7-1.