Taufik Hidayat third seeded in V6 Danish Open

Taufik Hidayat third seeded in V6 Danish Open

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's young hope Taufik Hidayat has been
seeded third in the men's singles of the US$120,000 V6 Danish
Open in Vejle, Denmark, which starts on Wednesday.

Taufik, 18, said over the weekend that he aimed to reach at
least the quarterfinals as top seeds would compete in the four-
star event.

"There are Sun Jun of China and Peter Gade Christensen of
Denmark. It will be hard for me to win but I will prove that
winning the Indonesia Open means something," said the Indonesia
Open champion, who ranks third in the world.

Indonesian Hariyanto Arbi, who is trying to recapture his
moment of glory after winning the Singapore Open, is seeded
fourth in the tournament.

Teammate Marlev Mainaky is seeded seventh while juniors Johan
Hadikusuma and Ronny Agustinus are seeded 11th and 16th
respectively.

In the women's singles, Cindana Hartono and Lidya
Djaelawidjaja are seeded fifth and sixth respectively after Dai
Yun and Gong Ruina of China, Camilla Martin of Denmark and
Chinese Zhou Mi.

Lidya, who won the Indonesia Open title, said: "I wanted to
prove that my victory in the Indonesia Open in Bali was not a
coincidence as none of Chinese players competed there. Hopefully
I can reach the semifinals in Denmark."

Indonesia's men's doubles are expected to regain their
dominancy in the tournament with the absence of South Korean
duos.

Flandy Limpele and Eng Hian are top seeded followed by seniors
Denny Kantono and Antonius Budi Irianto. They will find the
challenge tough from the Danish pairs of Jens Eriksen and Jesper
Larsen, and Michael Sogaard and Jim Laugesen.

In the women's doubles, Indarti Issolina and Carmelita and
seniors Elysa and Deyana Lomban will face a tough challenge from
hosts top seeded Helene Kirkegaard and Rikke Olsen and the
Chinese pair of Qin Yiyuan and Gao Ling. (yan)