OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JANUARY 16, 1996

HAN AND REIDY BOW OUT OF CHINESE-TAIPEI OPEN

(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) -- After a very impressive first round
performance, Kevin Han (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Tom Reidy
(Brooklyn, N.Y.) bowed out of the second round of 1996
Chinese-Taipei Open.   
     Han upset #21 ranked Indonesian George Rimarodi 15-7, 15-7
in the opening round, but fatigue was a factor in the second as
he was defeated by Chinese-Taipei's Chang Jeng Shuyung 15-12, 15-
13.  Han is currently ranked 36th in the world in men's singles
(as of January 9, 1996).
     It was a similar story in men's doubles, as Han and Reidy
fell to the 15th ranked English team of Chris Hunt and Simon D.
Archer 15-3, 15-5 in the second round.  Han and Reidy are
currently ranked 30th in the world in men's doubles.  
     The Chinese-Taipei Open (Taipei, Taiwan, January 10-14) is a
5-star event on the IBF's World Grand Prix Badminton circuit,
featuring $125,000 in prize money.  The next stop for Han and
Reidy on their Olympic qualifying tour is the Yonex Japan Open in
Tokyo (January 16-21).

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Finals Results - 1995 Chinese-Taipei Open

Men's Singles
Dong Jiong (CHN) def. Rashid Sidek (MAS) 15-11, 15-4

Women's Singles
Susi Susanti (INA) def. Ye Zhaoying (CHN) 11-5, 11-2

Men's Doubles
Par-Gunnar Jonsson & Peter Axelsson (SWE) def. Antonius and Denny
Kantono (INA) 15-10, 8-15, 15-10

Women's Doubles
Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN) def. Kim Shin Young & Kim Mee Hyang (KOR)
15-8, 15-13

Mixed Doubles
Rikke Olsen & and Michael Sogaard (DEN) def. Sun Man and Liu
Jianjun (CHN) 15-3, 7-15, 15-12  

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