SWISS OPEN: PARTIAL FIRST DAY RESULTS

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March 20, 1997 (NEW SHUTTLENWS) - Following are some results from the the first day of competition yesterday at the four-star Swiss Open badminton tournament being held this week at Saint Jakobshalle in Basel (the number in parentheses indicates the player's seeding):

MEN'S SINGLES
First Round
(1) Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen (Denmark) beat Thomas Wapp (Switzerland) 15-2, 15-2
(11) Hermawan Susanto (Indonesia) beat Thomas Johansson (Sweden) 3-15, 15-5, 17-16
(12) Heryanto Arbi (Indonesia) beat Jeroen van Dijk (Netherlands) 15-1, 15-1
(14) Ardy Wiranata (Indonesia) beat M. Roslin Hashim (Malaysia) 15-10, 10-15, 15-3
Jesper Olsson (Sweden) beat Remy M. de l'Etang (Switzerland) 7-15, 15-9, 15-6
Henrik Bengtsson (Sweden) beat (15) Soren Nielsen (Denmark) 11-15, 15-6, 15-6

Second Round
(14) Ardy Wiranata (Indonesia) beat Jesper Olsson (Sweden) 15-12, 18-17
Henrik Bengtsson (Sweden) beat Pavel Uvarov (Russia) 15-2, 15-3

WOMEN'S SINGLES
First Round
(3) Susi Susanti (Indonesia) beat Catrine Bengtsson (Sweden) 11-6, 11-3
Dai Yun (China) beat Margit Borg (Sweden) 11-5, 11-0
Judith Meulendijks (Netherlands) beat Lisa Campbell (Australia) 11-4, 11-4
Choi Ma Ree (Korea) beat Brenda Beenhakker (Netherlands) 11-6, 6-11, 11-1
Santi Wibowo (Switzerland) beat Chia Chun Tsai (Taipei) 11-8, 11-4

MEN'S DOUBLES
First Round
(1) Sigit Budiarto/Chandra Wijaya (Indonesia) beat M. Hegar/C. Nyffeneger (Switzerland) 15-6, 15-6
(7) Peter Axelsson/Par-Gunnar Jonsson (Sweden) beat Deepankar Bhattacharya/ Pulella Gopichand (India) 15-0, 15-4
Mike Beres/Brian Moody (Canada) beat T. Bundgaard/R.M. de l'Etang (Switzerland) 17-14, 15-11
Thomas Wapp/Stefan Wapp (Switzerland) beat S. Brehaut/Denney (Australia) 17-14, 15-11
Jens Eriksen/Jesper Larsen (Denmark) beat Q. van Dalm/D. Lens (Netherlands) 15-10, 17-15

WOMEN'S DOUBLES
First Round
(1) Ge Fei/Gu Jun (China) beat Fabienne Baumeyer/Shefali Rolf (Switzerland) 15-0, 15-0
(2) Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen/Marlene Thomsen (Denmark) beat Judith Baumeyer/ Santi Wibowo (Switzerland) 15-5, 15-6
(4) Marina Andrievskaya/Christine Gandrup (Sweden) beat Chen Li Chin/Tsai Huey Min (Taipei) 15-6, 15-8
(8) Brenda Conijn/Nicole van Hooren (Netherlands) beat Elma Ong/Moira Ong (Canada) 15-7, 15-4
Margit Borg/Lim Xiao Qing (Sweden) beat Karen Stechman/Nicole Grether (Germany) 15-7, 15-6

MIXED DOUBLES
First Round
(1) Michael Sogaard/Rikke Olsen (Denmark) beat Q. van Dalm./N. van Hooren (Netherlands) 15-11, 15-11
Michael Keck (Germany)/Erica van den Heuvel (Netherlands) beat Svetoslav Stojanov/Diana Koleva (Bulgaria) 15-8, 15-5
Iain Sydie/Denyse Julien (Canada) beat R.M. de l'Etang/Santi Wibowo (Switzerland) 15-0, 15-4