Monday, June 18, 2007
Indonesia bows out to China in Sudirman Cup final
GLASGOW (JP): Indonesia lost Sunday 0-3 to China in the Sudirman Cup mixed team badminton championship final in Glasgow, a sad end of a dream to bring the trophy back home.
As predicted, women's single Ardianti Firdasari bowed to Chinese top player Zhang Ning 16-21, 9-21, which forced Indonesia to lose 0-3 to China.
Indonesia was earlier down 0-2 after men’s doubles Candra Wijaya and Markis Kido bowed down to world champions Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng 21-11, 21-13.
“They played extra ordinary… it’s crazy,” said old hand Candra, who was called back to the national squad to boost the team’s morale. “We are new partner and we are lack of preparation.
“Although I’m very sad with the result but getting into the final is already an achievement for Indonesia,” said Candra, who had hoped Glasgow bring him luck as he won the world champion title with old parter Sigit Budiarto a decade ago at the city.
Coach Sigit Pamungkas said his players could not recover their stamina after were forced to play the decisive match against England in the
Earlier, Indonesia’s mixed doubles pair Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa fell short in overcoming Chinese Zheng Bo and Gao Ling in the opening match of the Sudirman Cup mixed team badminton championship final in Glasgow on Sunday.
Flandy and Vita led the first game 21-19 but lost the second and third 17-21, 19-21 in one hour and 9 minutes.
“It was a matter of luck. Today is not our day,” coach Richard Mainaky said. “They played very well. It was a close match.”
Richard said that the pair had been plotted to face the Chinese since they were in Jakarta.
Meanwhile, Gao Ling said that it was the first time ever she played with Zheng Bo in facing the Indonesians.
“We have an equal chance. It was alright to lose the first game because we still had the chance to win the second and third games,” she said. (Primastuti Handayani/***)
source : TheJakartaPost
As predicted, women's single Ardianti Firdasari bowed to Chinese top player Zhang Ning 16-21, 9-21, which forced Indonesia to lose 0-3 to China.
Indonesia was earlier down 0-2 after men’s doubles Candra Wijaya and Markis Kido bowed down to world champions Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng 21-11, 21-13.
“They played extra ordinary… it’s crazy,” said old hand Candra, who was called back to the national squad to boost the team’s morale. “We are new partner and we are lack of preparation.
“Although I’m very sad with the result but getting into the final is already an achievement for Indonesia,” said Candra, who had hoped Glasgow bring him luck as he won the world champion title with old parter Sigit Budiarto a decade ago at the city.
Coach Sigit Pamungkas said his players could not recover their stamina after were forced to play the decisive match against England in the
Earlier, Indonesia’s mixed doubles pair Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa fell short in overcoming Chinese Zheng Bo and Gao Ling in the opening match of the Sudirman Cup mixed team badminton championship final in Glasgow on Sunday.
Flandy and Vita led the first game 21-19 but lost the second and third 17-21, 19-21 in one hour and 9 minutes.
“It was a matter of luck. Today is not our day,” coach Richard Mainaky said. “They played very well. It was a close match.”
Richard said that the pair had been plotted to face the Chinese since they were in Jakarta.
Meanwhile, Gao Ling said that it was the first time ever she played with Zheng Bo in facing the Indonesians.
“We have an equal chance. It was alright to lose the first game because we still had the chance to win the second and third games,” she said. (Primastuti Handayani/***)
source : TheJakartaPost
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