Taufik falls to Wong in Denmark
Taufik falls to Wong in Denmark
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Hopes for another matchup between Taufik Hidayat and Chen Hong,
which would have been their sixth meeting, were dashed on
Thursday at the badminton Denmark Open when Taufik failed to make
it out of the third round.
Taufik of Indonesia lost to Malaysia's Wong Choong Hann 5-15,
12-15, according to www.worldbadminton.com. China's Chen, the
defending champion, had a much better result, posting a 15-7, 12-
15, 15-11 victory over local favorite Niels Christian Kaldau.
Taufik, who has been perfect in his five meetings with Chen,
was Indonesia's last singles player to exit the US$170,000
tournament.
Rony Agustinus crashed out in the opening round and Sony Dwi
Kuncoro, hoping to bounce back after a mediocre showing in the
Malaysia Open, lost earlier in the third round.
Wong is one of three men's singles players from Malaysia left
in tournament, with Roslin Hashim and Lee Chong Wei also cruising
through to the quarterfinals.
Likewise, China still has three men's singles players left:
Lin Dan, Chen Yu and Chen Hong. Lin Dan will face Denmark's Peter
Gade Christensen in the quarterfinals and Chen Yu will take on
South Korea's Shon Seung-mo.
Roslin and Lee will face each other in an all-Malaysian
quarterfinal match.
In the men's doubles, Indonesia's Sigit Budiarto and Tri
Kusharyanto, playing together as a team for just the second
tournament, clearly still have some work to do, falling to the
Thai pair of Patapol Ngernsrisuk/Sudket Prapakamol 16-17, 15-13,
15-2.
However, Indonesia has two men's pairs still in the running.
Candra Wijaya/Halim Haryanto beat Anthony Clark/Nathan Robertson
of England 15-6, 15-5 to book a spot in the quarterfinals against
world champions Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen of Denmark.
And Flandy Limpele/Eng Hian were 15-4, 15-7 winners over Yohan
Wiratama/Yau Tsz Yuk of Hong Kong.
Jo Novita/Lita Nurlita, 12-15, 15-13, 15-8 winners over Kamila
Agustyn/Nadezhda Kostioutchi of Poland, are the lone Indonesian
women's pair remaining after Vita Marissa/Eny Widiowati tumbled
out to China's Zhang Dan/Zhang Yawen 12-15, 7-15.