RI dominates men's doubles, Mia loses in quarterfinals

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia maintained its supremacy in the men's doubles as women's singles seeded players were upset in the quarterfinals of the US$150,000 Sanyo Indonesia Open on Friday.

Former Indonesia's Uber Cup toast Mia Audina, who is now playing for the Netherlands, became the biggest seeded casualty as she was sent packing by her ex-teammate Lidya Djaelawidjaja who won 8-11, 11-9, 11-0 for a place in Saturday's semifinals.

Mia fought not only Lidya's resilience, but a crowd of some 2,000 who booed and jeered her throughout the match. The Olympic silver medalist Mia was unable to cope with the pressure, losing her concentration and the match.

"I caught a cold after yesterday's match and I didn't feel well," she told a post-match conference. "I'm not disappointed with the result. If I can't win here, I'll focus my attention on the Olympic Games."

Lidya said: "I tried to play long rallies but Mia was very good in her strokes. I was very tense in the first game but in the second she was powerless and started to make unforced errors. In the third game I played more relaxed."

Mia expressed her disappointment with the spectators, who shouted bad words including "Belanda Depok" (Dutch from Depok) and "pengkhianat" (traitor).

"I used to give my best for Indonesia but why don't the spectators appreciate what I have done for the country."

Lidya was of the same opinion. "I felt sorry for Mia because the spectators were really cruel. They said bad things about her."

Lidya will meet top seed Camilla Martin of Denmark, who had to stretch muscles to defeat Kanako Yonekura of Japan 11-4, 7-11, 11-5.

In another match, eighth seeded Marina Andrievskaya of Sweden bowed out to Wang Chen of Hong Kong 6-11, 4-11. Wang will play Kelly Morgan of Wales, who won over Judith Meulendijks of the Netherlands 11-4, 11-1.

In the men's singles, giant killer Roslin Hashim of Malaysia cruised to the semifinals after eliminating Park Tae-sang of South Korea 15-11, 15-8.

Roslin is scheduled to face home teen idol Taufik Hidayat, who had to struggle before overcoming Agus Hariyanto of Hong Kong 12- 15, 15-3, 15-11.

"The chance to win the event remains open wide. I have met Taufik two times and I only won once," Roslin said.

Taufik, the only seeded survivor in the tournament, said: "I felt very tired even before the match began. I don't have enough preparation specially for my physical fitness because I had to take five days off due to my back injury."

The other semifinals will see Johan Hadikusuma of Indonesia against Ong Ewe Hock of Malaysia. Unseeded Johan fought heroically against a nasty case of diarrhea Thursday evening before eliminating Malaysian Yap Yong Jyen 15-8, 13-15, 15-8.

"I was very exhausted. I couldn't sleep last night due to the illness and I felt so weak. It's because I bought food on the street and I have to accept the consequences," he said.

In the men's doubles, top seeded Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan led Indonesia's campaign for the title. They fought tooth and nail to beat Malaysian archrivals Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah 17-14, 15-11.

"We had followed their type of playing. They were forced to play drives before the net and it was a bit hard in the first game because we were against the wind," Tony said.

Sigit Budiarto and Halim Heryanto stole the attention of the spectators in a thrilling match against Simon Archer and Nathan Robertson of England. The Indonesians took the semifinals berth after winning 15-13, 5-15, 15-9.

With Ricky Subagja/Rexy Mainaky and Flandy Limpele/Eng Hian also making it to the semifinals, Indonesia has now secured the men's doubles crown. (yan)

Results

Men's singles

Johan Hadikusuma (Ina) bt Yap Yong Jyen (Mal) 15-8, 13-15, 15-8 Roslin Hashim (Mal) bt Park Tae-sang (Kor) 15-11, 15-8 Taufik Hidayat (Ina) bt Agus Hariyanto (Hkg) 12-15, 15-3, 15-11 Ong Ewe Hock (Mal) bt Lee Hyun-il (Kor) 15-4, 7-15, 15-9

Women's singles

Lidya Djaelawidjaja (Ina) bt Mia Audina (Ned) 8-11, 11-9, 11-0 Camilla Martin (Den) bt Kanako Yonekura (Jpn) 11-4, 7-11, 11-5 Kelly Morgan (Wal) bt Judith Meulendijks (Ned) 11-4, 11-1 Wang Chen (Hkg) bt Marina Andrievskaya (Swe) 11-6, 11-4

Men's doubles

Candra Wijaya/Tony Gunawan (Ina) bt Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah (Mal) 17-14, 15-11 Sigit Budiarto/Halim Heryanto (Ina) bt Simon Archer/Nathan Ro bertson (Gbr) 15-13, 5-15, 15-9 Ricky Subagja/Rexy Mainaky (Ina) bt Reony Mainaky/Hermono Yuwono (Ina) 15-11, 15-10 Flandy Limpele/Eng Hian (Ina) bt Nova Widianto/Endra Mulyajaya (Ina) 15-11, 15-5

Women's doubles

Joanne Goode/Donna Kellogg (Gbr) bt Minarti Timur/Zelin Resiana (Ina) 15-5, 1-0 (ret) Carmelita/Emma Ermawati (Ina) bt Ernita/Yunita (Ina) 15-6, 15-6 Nicole van Hooren/Lotte Jonathans (Ned) bt Diah Novita/Rossy Riani (Ina) 15-4, 15-7 Etty Tantri/Cynthia Tuwankotta (Ina) bt Indarti Issoliana/Vita Marissa 15-5, 15-6

Mixed doubles

Michael Sogaard/Rikke Olsen (Den) bt Chris Hunt/Donna Kellogg (Gbr) 15-5, 17-14 Bambang Suprianto/Zelin Resiana (Ina) bt Chris Bruil/Erica van den Heuvel (Ned) 15-12, 15-10 Tri Kusharyanto/Minarti Timur (Ina) bt Halim Heryanto/Indarti Issoliana (Ina) 15-4, 15-7 Simon Archer/Joanne Goode (Gbr) bt Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager (Den) 8-15, 15-5, 15-2