FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 26, 1996

GOLD AND BRONZE MEDALISTS TO CLASH AT THE 1996 HONG TA SHAN U.S. OPEN 
BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS

(ORANGE,Calif.) – It will be a battle of gold and bronze tomorrow at the Orange County Badminton Club, 
as 1996 Olympic champion Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen (Denmark) takes on 1996 bronze medalist Rashid 
Sidek (Malaysia) in the men’s singles semifinal at the 1996 Hong Ta Shan U.S. Open Badminton 
Championships.

Hoyer-Larsen (World No. 3) made easy work of Indonesia’s Budi Santoso today, defeating him 15-11, 15-
6. He is well aware that things will not be nearly as easy tomorrow when he takes on Sidek.

“Rashid is much improved, and I know it will be a very close match tomorrow,” said Hoyer-Larsen. 
“Whoever controls the net will be the winner, as we are fairly even at the baseline.”

Other top matches tomorrow pit Olympic silver medalist Mia Audina (Indonesia) against Denyse Julien of 
Canada in womens singles at 5:50 p.m., and Olympic silver medalists Yap Kim Hock/Cheah Soon Kit 
(Malaysia) verses Korea’s Ha Tae Kwon/Kim Dong Moon in mens doubles competition.

QUARTERFINALS RESULTS - HONG TA SHAN U.S. OPEN
(With seed in parenthesis)

Men’s Singles:

(#1)Joko Suprianto(Indonesia) def. (3/4)Ong Ewe Ock(Malaysia) 15-8, 3-15, 15-12
(5/8)Fung Permadai(Chinese-Taipei) def. (3/4)Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen(Denmark) 8-15, 15-8, 15-12
(3/4)Rashid Sidek(Malaysia) def. Hwang Sun Ho(Korea) 15-5, 15-7
(#2)Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen(Denmark) def. Budi Santoso(Indonesia) 15-11, 15-6

Women’s Singles

(#1)Mia Audina(Indonesia) def. Kara Solmundsen(Canada) 11-2, 11-0
(3/4)Denyse Julien(Canada) def. Kim Sun Suk(Korea) 11-2, 11-0
(3/4)Meiluawathy(Indonesia) def. Debra O’Conner(Trinidad) 11-7, 11-1
(#2)Camilla Martin(Indonesia) def. Cindy Shi(China) 11-4, 11-4

Men’s Doubles

(#1)Antonius/Denny Kantono(Indonesia) def. Lee Wan Wah/Choong Tan Fook(Malaysia) 18-14, 16-18, 
15-2
(3/4)Andrej Antropov/Nickolai Zuev(Russia) def. Chandra Wijaya/Sigit(Indonesia) 15-8, 15-1
(3/4)Ha Tae Kwon/Kim Dong Moon(Korea) def. Rudy Wijaya/Tony Gunawan(Indonesia) 18-14, 18-17
(#2)Cheah Soon Kit/Yap Kim Hock(Malaysia) def. Chris Hunt/Simon Archer(England) 15-9, 15-1

Women’s Doubles

(#1) Rosiana Zelin/Eliza(Indonesia) Lana Jensen/Charmaine Reid(Canada) 15-4, 15-2
Kim Shin Young/Chung So Young(Korea) def. (3/4) Si-An Deng /Denyse Julien(Canada) 11-15, 15-8, 15-
10
(3/4)Indarti Isoliana/Deyana Lomban(Indonesia) def. Robbyn Hermitage/Miliane Cloutier(Canada) 15-7, 
15-2
(#2)Joanne Goode/Julie Bradbury(England) def. Ella Karachkova(Russia)/Jody Patrick(Canada) 15-0, 15-4

THURSDAYS SEMIFINAL SCHEDULE, 1996 Hong Ta Shan U.S. Open:

Mixed Doubles Semis - 5:00 p.m.

Ladies Singles
(#1)Mia Audina(Indonesia) vs. (3/4) Denyse Julien(Canada) 5:50 p.m.
(3/4)Meiluawaty(Indonesia) vs. (#2) Camilla Martin(Denmark) 6:00 p.m.

Mens Singles
(#1)Joko Suprianto vs. Fung Permadi(Chinese-Taipei) 6:30 p.m.
(3/4)Rashid Sidek(Indonesia) vs. (#2) Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen(Denmark) 6:40 p.m.

Womens Doubles
(#1)Rosiana Zelin/Eliza(Indonesia) vs. Kim Shin Young/Chung So Young(Korea) 7:15 p.m.
(3/4)Indarti Isolian/Deyana Lomban vs. (#2)Joanne Goode/Julie Bradbury(England) 7:30 p.m.

Mens Doubles 
(#1)Antonius/Denny Kantono(Indonesia) vs. Chandra Wijaya/Sigit(Indonesia) 8:00 p.m.
(#2)Cheah Soon Kit/Yap Kim Hock(Malaysia) vs. Ha Tae Kwon/Kim Dong Moon(Korea) 8:15

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