INDONESIANS STILL DOMINATE ASIAN MEN'S SINGLES

April 19, 1996 (D.Shuttlenws) - At the Asian badminton championships
now underway in Surabaya, Indonesia, Indonesia continues to show
strength in the men's singles event, despite a weakened field caused
by absence of its top players and other top-ranked men from the other
Asian badminton powers.

11 Indonesian competitors made it into the round of 16, led by the top-
seed and world number 13 Hendrawan as well as world number 141 Jeffer,
the upset victor over the seeded Yong Hock Kin of Malaysia, ranked number
60 in the world.

Only world number 21 Ahn Jae-chang of Korea, world number 29 Chen Gang of
China, world number 73 Lo Ah Heng of Malaysia, and the unranked Loo Yugeng
of China and Yamaguchi Hiroyuki of Japan managed to break through
the Indonesian domination.

The scorelines of the men's singles second round:

Suryana Rio - Indonesia beat Gopichand - India 15-8 15-9
H.Gunawan - Indonesia beat Tan Sian Peng - Singapore 15-8 15-7
Chen Gang - China beat Agus Heriyanto - Indonesia 18-16 15-6
R. Jeffer - Indonesia beat Yong Hock Kin - Malaysia 15-3 15-2
A.K. Johanes - Indonesia beat Nguyen Phu Cuong - Vietnam 15-3 15-6
Budi Santoso - Indonesia beat Fumuhiko Machida - Japan 15-9 15-2
Indra Wijaya - Indonesia beat Munjala Fernando - Sri Lanka 15-4 15-5
Yudi Suprayogi - Indonesia beat Mohamad Roslin Hashim - Malaysia
18-14 15-9
Lo Ah Heng - Malaysia beat Rony Augustinus - Indonesia 15-9 15-7
Loo Yugeng - China beat Seiichi Watanabe - Japan w.o
Marleve Mainaky - Indonesia beat Zaw Win - Myanmar 15-0 15-3
Ahn Jae-chang - Korea beat Lin Tsai-jie - Taipei 15-6 15-2
Dwi Arianto - Indonesia beat Lim Ghim Siong - Singapore 15-0 15-2
Yamaguchi Hiroyuki - Japan beat Ma Chi Wai (Hkg) 15-10 15-7
Setiadi Hartono - Indonesia beat Ismail Samad - Malaysia 15-3 15-3
H. Hendrawan - Indonesia beat Masuda Keita - Japan 15-3 15-5

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