RI doubles win at Copenhagen Masters

Wed, 29 Dec 1999, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia shone in the men's doubles at the
Copenhagen Masters badminton invitational on Monday, while men's
singles Irwansyah lost twice in round-robin play.

Indonesia's new partnership of Ricky Subagja and Denny Kantono
worked hard in overcoming the Danish duo of Michael Sogaard and
Jim Laugesen 15-12, 5-15, 15-13. While juniors Santoso Sugiharjo
and Ade Lukas crushed Martin Lundgaard Hansen and Lars Paaske of
Denmark 15-8, 15-4.

Team manager Hadi Nazri said in a statement Santoso and Ade
changed their style of play by driving more, which caused their
opponents to commit unforced errors. In the second game, he said
the Indonesian duo played faster and the Danish shuttlers were
tense and failed to perform up to their usual standards.

Meanwhile, Irwansyah was defeated by the towering Swede Thomas
Johansson 13-15, 11-15, and then lost to home favorite and world
number one Peter Gade Christensen 7-15, 14-17.

Indonesia's Cindana Hartono Kusuma is scheduled to compete in
the women's singles on Tuesday afternoon local time. (yan)

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