Top seeds bow out to Malaysians in Indonesia Open
Top seeds bow out to Malaysians in Indonesia Open
JAKARTA (JP): Malaysia produced the biggest upset in the
US$150,000 Sanyo Indonesia Open at the Senayan Tennis Indoor
Stadium on Thursday, eliminating three top seeded players in the
men's singles.
Roslin Hashim opened the scalping with a come-from-behind 9-
15, 15-3, 15-7 win over top seed and the current world number one
Peter Gade Christensen of Denmark for a place in Friday's
quarterfinals.
The TV court, which saw Gade Christensen bow out, has proven a
graveyard for seeded players as second seed and world number
three Hendrawan of Indonesia crashed to a 9-15, 9-15 straight
sets defeat to another Malaysian, world ranked 14 Ong Ewe Hock.
Malaysia scored another prestigious victory in its
confrontation with Indonesia, when young player, Yap Yong Jyen,
toppled world number eight Marlev Mainaky 17-16, 15-8.
In the premier match, world number 28 Roslin, had taken a
commanding 8-2 lead in the first game before losing his
concentration and patience and allowing the 23-year-old Dane to
win 10 points in a row. The Malaysian could only earn one more
point before Gade Christensen raced to close the set.
In the second set, Roslin controlled the match with his neat
netting and solid defense to block the Dane's hard-hitting
smashes. The Malaysian quickly rose to 11-2 before Gade
Christensen forced several service changes that earned him just
one more point.
Gade Christensen, who lost to Roslin in the Japan Open in
January, was totally letdown and failed to put aside the
psychological pressures. He unleashed three wide smashes that
showed him the door.
"Of course I am disappointed with the result but I was very
tired after playing two hard matches yesterday. The first game
was OK as I managed to keep the game at a high speed but in the
second and third games I failed to keep the speed," Gade
Christensen told a post-match conference.
"I think Roslin played without pressure. If he loses, it's OK
but if he wins, it's a sensation. But I should have won the
match."
Gade Christensen also complained about changes in the schedule
which originally arranged his third round match at 4 p.m. instead
of 2 p.m.
"I was a bit confused as I was told this morning that I had to
play at 2. But it's too much to play two matches in one day."
On the other hand, Roslin said he had studied his Danish
opponent's performance.
"I was well prepared to meet him and I believe I can beat him
again as I did in the Japan Open quarterfinals."
Coach Jalani Sidek said: "Peter is known as a complete player
but still he has weakness and I told Roslin to work on his net
and be more patient. And he did."
Instead of seeking an excuse for his defeat, Hendrawan
admitted his below-par performance.
"I'm not going to say that I lost here because I just returned
from Thailand and I felt exhausted. Today I failed to explore my
concentration, technical strokes, motivation, physical fitness
and mentality for the match."
"But due to the loss, I realize that I must work hard;
especially on my fitness to reach my peak at the Olympics," said
the 28-year-old Indonesian, who is aiming for the gold medal in
Sydney Games in September.
Thursday's match was marred by an invasion of disappointed
supporters of Persija Jakarta soccer club that lost its semifinal
against PSM Makassar. The soccer match was held at nearby Senayan
Stadium.
Police were forced to fire tear gas to disperse the soccer
fans, who were getting rowdy in the parking lot of the Senayan
tennis complex where the badminton tournament is being held.
(yan)
Other third-round results (x-denotes seedings)
Men's singles:
Park Tae-sang (Kor) bt Daniel Eriksson (Swe) 15-11, 15-10
x3-Taufik Hidayat (Ina) bt Keita Masuda (Jpn) 15-10, 15-10
Agus Hariyanto (Hkg) bt Arief Rasidi (Ina) 15-9, 15-2
Johan Hadikusuma (Ina) bt Shinya Ohtsuka (Jpn) 14-17, 15-5, 15-5
Lee Hyun-il (Kor) bt Ronald Susilo (Sgp) 15-7, 15-4
Women's singles:
x1-Camilla Martin (Den) bt Wan Ting Ling (Hkg) 11-5, 11-3
x5-Kanako Yonekura (Jpn) bt Yuli Marfuah (Ina) 11-3, 7-11, 11-7
x4-Mia Audina (Ned) bt Zeng Yaqiong (Chn) 11-1, 11-4
Lidya Djaelawidjaja (Ina) bt x6-Takako Ida (Jpn) 11-6, 11-8
Kelly Morgan (Wal) bt Mei Mei Chan (Hkg) 11-0, 11-3
Judith Meulendijks (Ned) bt x3-Mette Sorensen (Den) 9-11, 13-10,
11-2
x8-Marina Andrievskaya (Swe) bt Julia Mann (Gbr) 11-6, 11-6
Wang Chen (Hkg) bt x2-Yasuko Mizui (Jpn) 11-5, 11-1
Men's doubles:
x5-Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah (Mal) bt Antonius/Denny Kantono
15-4, 11-15, 15-9
x1-Candra Wijaya/Tony Gunawan (Ina) bt Danang Gathut/David Pohan
(Ina) 15-3, 15-1
Sigit Budiarto/Halim Heryanto (Ina) bt Denny Setiawan/Donny
Prasetyo 15-3, 15-13
x3-Simon Archer/Nathan Robertson (Gbr) bt Luluk Hadiyanto/Imam
Sodikin (Ina)15-13, 15-7
x4-Ricky Subagja/Rexy Mainaky (Ina) bt Andreas Setiawan/Hadi
Saputra (Ina) 15-9, 15-11
Women's doubles:
Emma Ermawati/Carmelita (Ina) bt x1-Helene Kirkegaard/Rikke Olsen
(Den) 9-15, 17-16, 15-13
Nicole van hooren/Lotte Jonathans (Ned) bt Majken Vange/Pernille
Harder (Den) 15-4, 15-5
x3-Etty Tantri/Cynthia Tuwankotta (Ina) bt Wang Chen/Ling Wan
Ting (Hkg) 15-8, 15-12
Minarti Timur/Zelin Resiana (Ina) bt Haruko Matsuda/Yoshiko Iwata
(Jpn) 12-15, 15-5, 15-8
Mixed doubles:
x1-Michael Sogaard/Rikke Olsen (Den) bt Wahyu Agung/Emma Ermawati
(Ina) 15-7, 15-5
x2-Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager (Den) bt Imam Tohari/Carmelita
(Ina) 15-13, 15-2
x3-Tri Kusheryanto/Minarti Timur (Ina) bt Danang Ghatut/Andriani
(Ina) 15-3, 15-3
x4-Chris Bruil/Erica van den Heuvel (Ned) bt Santoso
Sugiharjo/Enny Widiowati (Ina) 15-3, 15-2
x5-Simon Archer/Joanne Goode (Gbr) bt Nova Widianto/Upi Chrisna
wati (Ina) 15-4, 15-2
x6-Bambang Suprianto/Zelin Resiana (Ina) bt Tam Kai Chuen/Wai
Chee Koon (Hkg) 15-8, 15-3