No RI men's singles seeds in GP finals
No RI men's singles seeds in GP finals
JAKARTA (JP): None of Indonesia's men's singles players are to
be seeded in the Grand Prix badminton finals to be held at
Senayan Indoor Stadium, from Dec. 10 to Dec. 14.
Based on the draw by the International Badminton Federation on
Wednesday, the seeds in the men's singles in the four groups are
all foreigners.
Three Danish players are seeded in Groups A and D, Peter Gade
and Christensen in Group A and Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen in Group D.
Two Chinese are seeded in Groups B and C with Sun Jun in Group
B and Dong Jiong in Group C.
Indonesia will be represented by eight shuttlers; Alan
Budikusuma and Budi Santoso (Group A), Heryanto Arbi and Marleve
Mainaky (B), Ardy Wiranatakusuma and Hendrawan (C), and Hermawan
Susanto and Indra Wijaya (D).
Women
In the women's groups, Indonesia's Susi Susanti is in Group A
together with China's Dai Yun and Zhang Ning. Mia Audina,
expected to take Susi's place as the country's top player when
Susi retires, is seeded in Group D with Camilia Martin of
Denmark.
Group C consists of three Chinese, Ye Zhaoying, Yao Yan and
Kim Ji Hyun. Group D has another two Chinese, Gong Zhicao and
Zang Zang Yaqiong, and Marina Andrievskaya (Russia).
In the men's doubles, world champions Chandra Wijaya/Sigit
Budiarto (Indonesia) are in Group A with Danes John Holst
Christensen/Michael Soogard and Cheah Soon Kit/Yap Kim Hock
(Malaysia).
Olympic champions Ricky Subagdja/Rexy Mainaky (Indonesia) are
in Group B with Lee Dong-soo/Yoo Yong-song (South Korea) and
Denny Kartono/Antonius (Indonesia).
The women's doubles will see Gei Fei/Gu Jun (China) in Group A
with Indarti Isolina/Devana Lomban (Indonesia), Qiang Hong/Liu Lu
(China) and Haruko Matsuda/Yushiko Iwata (Japan).
Elisa/Zelin Resiana (Indonesia) are in Group B with Qin
Yiyuan/Tang Yongshu (China), Liu Zhong/Huang Nanyan (China) and
Helen Kikegaard/Rikke Olsen (Denmark).
In the mixed doubles, Tri Kusheryanto/Minarti Timur
(Indonesia) are in Group A with Imam Tohari/Ema Ermawati
(Indonesia), world champion Liu Yong/Ge Fei (China) and Michael
Soogard/Rikke Olsen (Denmark).
Group B consists of Bambang Suprianto/Riseu Rosalina
(Indonesia), Sandiarto/Finarsih (Indonesia), Jens Eriksen/Marlene
Thomsen (Denmark) and Chris Hunt/Donna Kellog (England). (lnt)