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SWITZERLAND: LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS RESULTS


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February 15, 1999 (NEW SHUTTLENWS) - Following are the semifinal and final results of the La Chaux-de-Fonds International badminton tournament that finished yesterday at La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland:

Men's Singles
Semifinals
Oliver Pongratz (Germany) beat Daniel Erikson (Sweden) 15-5, 15-11
Vladislav Druzchenko (Ukraine) beat Rasmus Wengberg (Sweden) 15-10, 15-10
Final
Druzchenko beat Pongratz 15-3, 15-4

Women's Singles
Semifinals
Johanna Holgerson (Sweden) beat Ella Karatchkova (Russia) 8-11, 11-8, 11-1
Elena Nosdran (Ukraine) beat Maja Pohar (Slovenia) 11-7, 11-2
Final
Nosdran beat Holgersson 11-8, 11-1

Men's Doubles
Semifinals
Aras Rasak (Indonesia)/Henrik Sorensen (Denmark) beat Michail Popov/Svetoslav Stojanovic (Bulgaria) 15-7, 11-15, 15-8
Russell Hogg/Kenny Middlemiss (Scotland) beat Norbert Van Barneveld/Jurgen Van Leeuwen (Netherland) 15-6, 8-15, 15-8
Final
Rasak/Sorensen beat Hogg/Middlemiss 15-10, 15-9

Women's Doubles
Semifinals
Kirsteen McEwan/Sandra Watt (Scotland) beat Judith Baumeyer/Santi Wibowo (Switzerland) 15-3, 15-6
Lonneka Janssen/Erica Van Den Heuvel (Netherland) beat Michaela Pfeiffer/ Katrin Schmidt (Germany) 15-11, 15-9
Finals
Janssen/Van Den Heuvel beat McEwan/Watt 15-10, 15-6

Mixed Doubles
Semifinals
Ruud Kuijten/Manon Albinus (Belgium) beat Vladislav Druzchenko/Victoria Evtuschenko (Ukraine) 15-12, 15-13
Michael Keck (Germany)/Erica Van Den Heuvel (Netherland) beat Pavel Uvarov/ Ella Karatchkova (Russia) 15-4, 15-7
Final
Keck/Van Den Heuvel beat Kuijten/Albinus 15-6, 15-6

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