Ronny sails to All England second round

Ronny sails to All England second round

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Ronny Agustinus cruised to the second
round of the men's singles at the All England badminton
championships on Wednesday, beating Kasper Oedum of Denmark 15-8,
17-14.

Indonesian team manager Agus Dwi Santoso said from the
tournament location in Birmingham, England, that Johan Hadikusuma
won by a walkover over Christian Erichsen of Guatemala in another
men's singles match.

Agus also said that Indonesian mixed doubles pairs of Bambang
Suprianto and Zelin Resiana and veterans Tri Kusharyanto and
Minarti Timur reached the second round. However, he could not
remember the scores or the opponents offhand.

Reuters reported that Malaysian Rashid Sidek, seeded 14,
survived an early scare on the opening morning on Wednesday,
fighting back to beat little-known Vladislav Druzchenko of
Ukraine 8-15, 15-13, 15-4.

Sidek, a former Commonwealth Games champion and a finalist in
the All England four years ago, struggled to assert himself
before finally claiming his second round place in 68 minutes.

It was much easier going for seventh seed Fung Permadi of
Taiwan, who beat Denmark's Peter Janum 15-4, 15-6 in only 25
minutes.

England's Colin Haughton, faced with the unenviable task of a
first round meeting with top seed and defending champion Peter
Gade of Denmark, was forced to default because of a knee
injury.(ivy)

Results

Men's singles, first round
Sidharth Jain (Ind) bt Ruud Kuijten (Bel) 9-15, 15-11, 15-9
George Rimarcdi (Swe) bt Mou-Chou Lee (Tpe) 11-15, 15-12, 15-5
Nikhil Kanetkar (Ind) bt Kasper Fangel (Den) 15-13, 15-2
14-Rashid Sidek (Mal) bt Vladislav Druzchenko (Ukr) 8-15, 15-13,
15-4
Ronny Agustinus (Ina) bt Kasper Oedum (Den) 15-8, 17-14
Johan Hadikusuma (Ina) bt Christian Erichsen (Gua) walkover
Richard Vaughan (Wal) bt Peter Knowles (Gbr) walkover