Nova/Lilyana double up for Korea Open wins
Nova/Lilyana double up for Korea Open wins
Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Mixed doubles fifth seeds Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir of
Indonesia carved out back-to-back wins on Wednesday for a place
in the quarterfinals of the Noonnoppi Korea Open 2005.
The shuttlers overcame unsteeded Hwang Ji-Man/Jun Woul-Sik of
South Korea 15-5, 15-6 in the first round, and then came back
from a game down to dispatch Carsten Mogensen/Rikke Olsen of
Denmark 6-15, 15-11, 15-8 later in the afternoon.
They next play Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen of China, who edged
third seeded Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thungthongkam of Thailand
15-12, 11-15, 17-14.
All mixed doubles pairs will have a rest day on Thursday
before resuming competition on Friday.
However, the success of Nova and Lilyana was not shared by
their eighth seeded compatriots Anggun Nugroho/Yunita Tetty, who
were beaten by unseeded Keita Masuda/Kumiko Ogura of Japan 12-15,
15-12, 4-15.
In men's singles, unseeded Simon Santoso of Indonesia
continued his run of success by defeating Choi Sang-Won in the
second round.
The Korean kept it close in the first game, but Simon pulled
ahead and then romped home in a 15-13, 15-4 victory.
In Thursday's third round, Simon, conqueror of 10th seed Agust
Hariyanto of Hong Kong on Tuesday, plays seventh seed Shoji Sato
of Japan. The latter took a hard-fought 13-15, 15-7, 15-10 win
over host player Kang Woo-Kyum in the second round.
Simon has never faced Sato.
Top seeded Dane Peter Gade and compatriot Kenneth Jonassen
also advanced to the third round.
Gade overcome Hwang Jung-Woon of Korea 15-3, 15-11, while
second seeded Jonassen's experience told as he beat World Junior
Championship 2004 Gong Weijie of China 15-6,15-6.
Gade next meets Korean player Ko Joon-Hyung, who beat 15th
seed Andrew Smith of England 15-11, 15-13.
Jonassen plays ninth seed Muhd-Hafiz Hashimof Malaysia, who
conquered Korean Lee Cheol-Ho 15-12, 15-12.
All men's doubles pairs will start their first and second
round matches on Thursday, including three pairs from Indonesia:
defending champions Luluk Hadiyanto/Alven Yulianto, Candra
Wijaya/Sigit Budiarto and Markis Kidho/Hendra Setiawan.