Marlev, Rony reach Swiss Open semis

Marlev, Rony reach Swiss Open semis

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

The only two Indonesians left at the Swiss Open men's singles,
Marlev Mainaky and Rony Agustinus, made their way to the
semifinals after winning their matches at Basel's St. Jakobshalle
on Friday.

Also cruising to the semifinals was the Indonesian men's
pairing of Bambang Suprianto and Sigit Budiarto, also the sole
surviving Indonesia pair.

Marlev reached the semifinals stage without dripping a single
bead of sweat as his opponent, Anders Boesen of Denmark, pulled
out of the competition, as reported by www.worldbadminton.net.

First seeded in the event, Marlev will now meet Ng Wei of Hong
Kong who won his quarterfinals match against Dutchman Dicky
Palyama.

Ng Wei lost the first game before regain control of the match
with a 3-7, 7-3, 7-0, 7-2 victory.

The other semifinals match will pit Rony with Malaysian James
Chua. Chua defeated his compatriot Ayob Sairul Amal with an easy
7-3, 7-3, 7-1 win.

Meanwhile, Rony lost his second game before coming from behind
for a 7-2, 5-7, 7-1, 7-4 win over Kasper Oedum of Denmark.

All the semifinals matches were scheduled for Saturday
evening.

Meanwhile in the men's doubles, Bambang and Sigit did not find
it too difficult to reach the semifinals as they won 7-0, 7-3, 7-
3 over second seeds Michal Logosz and Robert Mateusiak of Poland.

The semifinals match is surely a tight one as the Indonesian
pair will face South Koreans Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Yong-sung.

The Korean pair earlier defeated the Danish pair of Michael
Soogard and Michael Lamp 5-7, 7-5, 7-4, 7-5.

Another Danish pair of Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard are
set to face Liu Kwok Wa and Albertus Susanto Njoto of Hong Kong.

The Danish pair defeated Malaysian Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan
Wah easily with a 7-5, 7-5, 7-1 victory.

The Hong Kong pair won a close match against Mathias Boe and
Peter Steffensen of Denmark 7-2, 7-5, 7-5, 7-1, 7-3.