PBSI calls up 16 new players

PBSI calls up 16 new players

JAKARTA: The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) announced on Wednesday the 16 players admitted to the National Training Center in Cipayung, East Jakarta.

The association's head of development affairs and director of the training center, Icuk Sugiarto, said the players were chosen based on the trials of 56 hopefuls held in February, taking into account their competition results, health, physique, a psychological test and an evaluation of their future prospects.

The players are Dian Ayu Mayasari, Rosaria Yusfin Pungkasari, Nintya Khrisinda and Wiwis Meilina (women's singles); Fauzie Adnan, Andre Kurniawan Tejono, Sakti Kusuma, Andreas Adityawarman, Tommy Sugiarto and Alamsyah (men's singles); Nadya Melati, Yulianti and Pia Zebadiah (women's doubles); Frans Kurniawan and Chandra (men's doubles) and Lingga (mixed doubles).

Icuk, who is the father of selected men's singles player Tommy, said Dian finished sixth in the overall evaluation but was admitted to the center because she won the women's singles trials. The association has given her a year to prove herself.

Indonesian players did not win a title at last week's All- England championships. -- Antara