Yonekura upset Martin in Singapore Open
Yonekura upset Martin in Singapore Open
JAKARTA (Agencies): The 1998 Asian Games gold medalist Kanako Yonekura of Japan surprised everyone on Thursday at the Konica Cup Singapore Open by upsetting top seed Camilla Martin of Denmark 11-6, 11-4 in the women's singles event.
The upset followed another top seed defeat in the tournament, as unseeded Ng Mee Fen of Malaysia made another upset by beating seventh seeded Huang Chia-Chi of Chinese Taipei 8-11, 11-2, 11-6. Ng had earlier beaten Indonesian sole player Yuli Marfuah 11-7, 11-9.
Men's singles second seeded Fung Permadi, an Indonesian competing for Chinese Taipei, had to bow out to junior Hariyanto Arbi of Indonesia, 15th seeded, after losing 14-15, 8-15.
Other five Indonesian men's singles also still managed to reach the quarterfinals.
Fifth seeded Budi Santoso beat James Chua of Malaysia 15-4, 15-1 while sixth seeded Hendrawan defeated 11th seeded Luo Yigang of China 15-6, 15-12 and eighth seeded Taufik Hidayat, the 1999 SEA Games champion, overcame Roslin Hashim of Malaysia 15-10, 15- 5.
Unseeded Marlev Mainaky reached the quarters after eliminating Polsana Boonsak of Thailand 15-4, 15-5. On Wednesday evening, unseeded Marlev Mainaky of Indonesia stole the show as he upset fourth seed Peter Rasmussen of Denmark, the 1997 World Champion, 15-12, 15-9. Earlier in the day, Marlev also upset 16th seed Dicky Palyama of the Netherlands.
Indonesia's number one women's doubles team of Elysa Nathanael and Deyana Lomban made an early exit when beaten by the German pair, Karen Stechmann and Nicole Grether 11-15, 9-15.
Coach Imelda Wiguna said by fax that the Indonesian pair, seeded eighth, were unable to overcome the powerful German team as Elysa had been out of the game for about six months.
"Both players foot technique was very slow and they seemed to have a lack of power. They played tentatively, especially in defense," she said.
Another pair, Indarti Issolina and Carmelita reached the second round easily, as opponents Sujitra Eakmongkolpaisarn and Saralee Toongthongkam of Thailand pulled out. (yan)