Two Indonesian top-seeded shuttlers defeated in 1st round

Two Indonesian top-seeded men`s doubles and mix-doubles, namely Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan and Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa had to leave the All England tournament early after being beaten by their rivals in the first round on Wednesday night. World champion Markis/Hendra was defeated by Japan`s Keita Masuda/Tadashi Ohtsuka 19-21, 9-21 in the games held in the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, the official website of the tournament said on Wednesday.

"We won the first game but lost the second," Hendra said when reached by phone from here after the games."The second game was a mess, it was not good," he added. The world`s third-seeded mix doubles Flandy/Vita failed to get the ticket for the next round after being defeated by Robert Blair/Imogen Bankier of Britain and Scotland in 29 minutes with the scores of 15-21, 16-21.

Another Indonesian mix-doubles Muhammad Rijal/Greysia Polii had also to bow to their Thai rivals, the seventh-seeded Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thungthongkam in a straight set 18-21, 7-21. Indonesia also failed to leave its women`s singles shuttlers in the event after three of its shuttlers, namely Maria Kristin, Adriyani Firdasari and Pia Zebadiah failed to beat their rivals.

Indonesian first singles Maria was defeated by her Malaysia`s rival, the eight-seeded Wong Mew Choo 13-21, 15-21. Adriyanti was defeated by third-seeded from China Lu Lan in a straight set 14-21, 13-21, while Pia had to bow to her Taiwan`s rival Cheng Shao Chieh 22-24, 10-21. Indonesian men`s singles, however still have chance to get title in the tournament after they managed to beat their rivals in the first round.

Seventh-seeded Taufik Hidayat booked victory after beating his Canadian rival Andrew dabeka 21-18, 21-12 to meet with Vietnamese shuttler Nguyen Tien Minh in the second round to be held on Sunday (9/3) who once beat him in the Philippines Open in 2007. Tommy Sugiarto followed his senior`s path by beating Andrew Smith of Britain 21-11, 21-19 and meet with second-seeded Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia.

Sixth-seeded Sony Dwi Kuncoro had to play three games to beat his Indonesian rival Andre Kurniawan 11-21, 21-12, 21-9.Sony will meet with Japan`s Shoji Sato 14-21, 22-20, 21-15 to get a ticket at the quarter final. Indonesian men`s singles, the eight-seeded Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto beat Peter Buur Steffensen/Rasmus Mangor Andersen 21-18, 21-8 to meet with Denmark`s Anders Kristiansen/Simon Mollyhus to get ticket for the quarter final.The only Indonesian mix-doubles, second-seeded Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir will have to meet Denmark`s mix-doubles Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl to get a ticket for the quarter final.

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sources : AntaraNews