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.