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)