Two locals into Asian junior girls' last 16

Two locals into Asian junior girls' last 16

Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta

Two local junior girls reached the quarterfinals of the eighth
Asian Junior Badminton Championship here, but Indonesia's two
mixed doubles pairs went down at the same stage.

Bellaetrix Mannuputty defeated Stephanie Sugumaran of
Malaysia 11-8, 11-4 and Rosaria Pungkasari sent home
Ooi Swee Wenn of Malaysia 7-11, 11-2, 11-6 to advance in the
under-19 tournament.

Bellaetrix will face Li Ya Lidya in the quarterfinals, while
Rosaria will meet Yip Pui Yin.

"Both players have a big chance to win their quarterfinal
matches. But I hope they could play more aggressively," Imelda
Wiguna, a talent scouting coach for the Badminton Association of
Indonesia said.

However, in the mixed doubles, Tantowi Ahmad/Yulianti
lost to Chinese pair Zhang Wie/Liao Jingmei of China
4-15, 6-15, while Bona Septano/Gresya Polii lost to
South Korean Lee Yong Dae/Ha Jung Eun 4-15, 8-15.

"Well, they are just better than us," Gresya said
after the match.

In the boys's singles, Indonesian boys' singles Adnan
Fauzi, Indra Bagus and Achmad Rivai were playing at press time in
the last 16.