MALAYSIAN OPEN: DAY 1 RESULTS

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July 9, 1997 - (NEW SHUTTLENWS) - Following are the results from the first day of competition at the Malaysian Open badminton championships being held at the Sports Complex in Kota Kinabalu (number before the player's name indicates seeding:

MEN'S SINGLES
First Round:
1-Joko Suprianto (Indonesia) beat Wong Ewee Mun (Malaysia) no score reported
Zainal Malik (Malaysia) beat Azahawari Osman (Malaysia) 15-1, 6-15, 15-7
Yim Jae Sung (Korea) beat 9/16-Thomas Sogaard (Denmark) 15-6, 4-15, 15-11
Dicky Palyama (Netherlands) beat Chaw Chen Syong (Malaysia) 15-7, 15-7
5/8-Luo Yigang (China) beat Ong Huck Lee (Malaysia) 15-9, 15-9
Huang Yeu-der (Taipei) beat Ville Kinnunen (Finland) 15-12, 15-11
9/16-Yong Hock Kin (Malaysia) beat Adi Sumirat (Malaysia) 15-2, 15-3
Mohamed Roslin Hashim (Malaysia) beat Takahiro Suka (Japan) 15-11, 15-6
3/4-Rashid Sidek (Malaysia) beat Fumihiko Machida (Japan) 15-10, 15-6
Kim Hyung Joon (Korea) beat Peter Knowles (England) no score reported
9/16-Salim (Indonesia) beat Ian Mayward (Germany) 15-10, 15-2
Ariffin Azizan (Malaysia) beat Haji Ahmad (Brunei) 15-9, 15-2
5/8-Fung Permadi (Taipei) beat Lo Ah Heng (Malaysia) 15-5, 15-10
Ramesh Nathan (Malaysia) beat Yau Kwun Yuen (Hong Kong) 15-3, 15-8
9/16-Hermawan Susanto (Indonesia) beat M. Subramaniam (Malaysia) 15-3, 15-7
Zhu Feng (China) beat Sydney Michael (Malaysia) 15-12, 15-9
Chen Hong (China) beat Yuzo Kubota (Japan) 17-14, 5-15, 17-16
Ng Kean Kok (Malaysia) beat Charles Khoo (Malaysia) 15-6, 15-6
Siew Yian Wai (Malaysia) beat A. Thanabalan (Malaysia) 15-14, 15-14
5/8-Alan Budi Kusuma (Indonesia) beat Hashim A-Amar (Malaysia) 15-5, 15-1
Ismail Samad (Malaysia) beat Feng Horng-Yun (Taipei) 15-8, 15-7
9/16-Wong Choon Hann (Malaysia) beat Takuya Katayama (Japan) no score reported
Pei Wei Chung (Malaysia) beat Kenneth Erichsen (Guatemala) walkover
3/4-Peter Gade-Christensen (Denmark) beat Lim Kearn Meng (Malaysia) 15-0, 15-0
Tan Sian Peng (Singapore) beat Fong Po Weng (Malaysia) 15-7, 15-2
9/16-Hwang Sun Ho (Korea) beat Ilkka Nyqvist (Finland) 15-9, 15-1
Hidetaka Yamada (Japan) beat S. Chandran (Malaysia) 15-11, 15-8
5/8-Budi Santoso (Indonesia) beat P. Kantharoopan (Malaysia) 15-8, 18-15
Ji Xinpeng (China) beat Foo Yean Keang (Malaysia) 15-9, 18-13
9/16-Jeroen Van Dijk (Netherlands) beat Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia) 7-15, 15-8, 18-13
Mahatir Mustaffa (Malaysia) beat Liu Kwok Wa (Hong Kong) 15-10, 15-9
2-Ong Ewe Hock (Malaysia) beat Mohamed Junid (Brunei) 15-1, 15-3

Second Round:
1-Joko Suprianto (Indonesia) beat Zainal Malik (Malaysia) 15-3, 15-3
Dicky Palyama (Netherlands) beat Yim Jae Sung (Korea) 14-17, 15-7, 15-1
5/8-Luo Yigang (China) beat Huang Yeu-der (Tai) 15-1, 15-2
9/16-Yong Hock Kin (Malaysia) beat Mohamed Roslin Hashim (Malaysia) 15-6, 15-10
3/4-Rashid Sidek (Malaysia) beat Kim Hyung Joon (Korea) 1-15, 15-9, 15-10
9/16-Salim (Indonesia) beat Azizan Ariffin (Malaysia) 15-1, 15-6
5/8-Fung Permadi (Taipei) beat Ramesh Nathan (Malaysia) 15-3, 15-7
9/16-Hermawan Susanto (Indonesia) beat Zhu Feng (China) 15-2, 15-6
Chen Hong (China) beat Ng Kean Kok (Malaysia) 15-7, 15-11
5/8-Alan Budi Kusuma (Indonesia) beat Siew Yian Wai (Malaysia) 15-5, 15-3
9/16-Wong Choon Hann (Malaysia) beat Ismail Samad (Malaysia) 6-15, 15-9, 15-8
3/4-Peter Gade-Christensen (Denmark) beat Pei Wei Chung (Malaysia) 18-13, 15-4
9/16-Hwang Sun Ho (Korea) beat Tan Sian Peng (Singapore) 15-5, 15-3
5/8-Budi Santoso (Indonesia) beat Hidetaka Yamada (Japan) 18-13, 15-10
9/16-Jeroen van Dijk (Netherlands) beat Ji Xinpeng (China) 15-3, 15-6
2-Ong Ewe Hock (Malaysia) beat Mahathir Mustaffa (Malaysia) 15-5, 15-9

WOMEN'S SINGLES
First Round:
1-Ye Zhaoying (China) beat Wong Pei Tty (Malaysia) 11-1, 11-3
Naoke Miyake (Japan) beat Woon Sze Mei (Malaysia) 11-8, 11-1
5/8-Julia Mann (England) beat Lee Yin Yin (Malaysia) 11-6, 11-2
Zhou Mi (China) beat 3/4-Kim Ji Hyun (Korea) 11-6, 2-11, 11-9
Zarinah Abdullah (Singapore) beat Yu Lih Uring (Malaysia) 11-0, 11-2
Aparna Popat (Ind) beat 5/8-Meiluawati (Indonesia) 11-9, 11-5
Lee Winnie (Malaysia) beat Fong Chew Yen (Malaysia) 11-5, 11-0
Yuli Marfuah (Indonesia) beat Chikako Nakayama (Japan) 8-11, 11-8, 11-8
5/8-Lee Joo Hyun (Korea) beat Ishwari Boopathy (Malaysia) 11-4, 11-4
Donna Kellogg (England) beat Vickie Rodrigues (Malaysia) 11-0, 11-7
3/4-Dai Yun (China) beat Chin Yen Peng (Singapore) 11-4, 11-2
Law Pei Pei (Malaysia) beat Wang Soon Lian (Malaysia) 12-11, 11-7
5/8-Yasuko Mizui (Japan) beat Breda Beenhakker (Netherlands) 11-2, 11-0
Yu Hua (China) beat Yamamoto (Japan) 11-8, 11-5
2-Susi Susanti (Indonesia) beat Gong Ruina (China) 11-7, 11-6

MEN'S DOUBLES
First Round:
1-Ricky Subagja/Rexy Mainaky (Indonesia) beat Haji Ahmad/Mohamed Junid (Brunei) 15-3, 15-1
Jeremy Gan/Chan Chong Ming (Malaysia) beat Kassim Saharuddin/Kassim Shahril (Malaysia) 15-3, 15-4
5/8-Zhang Wei/Liu Yong (China) beat Rosman Razak/Tan Kim Her (Malaysia) 11-15, 15-11, 15-9
Pramote Teerawiwatana/Sakrapee Thongsari (Thailand) beat Yau Kwan Yuen/Chow Kim Man (Hong Kong) 15-3, 15-5
3/4-Lee Wan Wah/Choong Tan Fook (Malaysia) beat Patrick Lau-Tan Sian Peng (Singapore) 15-2, 15-4
5/8-Rudy Wijaya/Seng Kok Keong (Indonesia) beat James Anderson/Chris Hunt (England) 15-3, 15-6
Khoo Boo Hock/Pang Cheh Chang (Malaysia) beat Lim Aik Seong/Ong Huck Lee (Malaysia) 15-3, 15-6
Khoo Kok Kheng/Lim Theam Teow (Malaysia) beat Takuya Katayama/Yuzo Kubota (Japan) 15-9, 15-4
5/8-Jesper Larsen/Jens Eriksen (Denmark) beat S. Chandran/A. Thanabalan (Malaysia) 15-4, 15-13
Huang Yeu-der/Feng Hong-yun (Taipei) beat M.Subramaniam/Lim Kear Meng (Malaysia) 12-15, 15-5, 15-4
Kittipon Kitikul/Khunakorn Sudhisodhi (Thailand) beat Liu Kwok Wa/Ma Chee Leong (Hong Kong) 15-5, 15-10
3/4-Yoo Yong-sung/Lee Dong-soo (Korea) beat Ng Kean Kok/Lee Chee Leong (Malaysia) 15-5, 4-15, 15-2
Ville Kinnunen/Ilkka Nyqvist (Finland) beat Subaili Ibrahim/Daallan Foo (Brunei) 15-8 15-4
5/8-Cheah Soon Kit/Chew Chun Eng (Malaysia) beat Zhu Feng/Ji Xinpeng (China) 11-15, 15-4, 15-11
Chen Chih Shien/Lee Wei-jen (Taipei) beat Chang Kim Wai/Cheah Soon Thoe (Malaysia) 15-7, 12-15, 15-12
2-Denny Kantono/Antonius Iriantho(Indonesia) beat John Quinn/Nick Ponting (England) 15-5, 15-3

WOMEN'S DOUBLES
First Round:
Park So Hyun/Cha Yoon Sook (Korea) beat Chin Yen Peng/Zarinah Abdullah (Singapore) 15-5, 15-3
Yu Hua/Zhou Mi (China) beat P. Tanousha/Wong Mew Kheng (Malaysia) 15-2, 15-3

MIXED DOUBLES
First Round:
Jesper Larsen/Helene Kirkegaard (Denmark) beat Abu Sumi Bakar/Hee Habibah (Malaysia) 15-4, 15-1
Yoo Yong Sung/Chung Jae Hee (Korea) beat Rosman Razak/Joanne Quay (Malaysia) 18-14, 15-8
Pang Cheh Chang/Chor Hooi Yee (Malaysia) beat Sydney Michael/Wong Pei Tty (Malaysia) 15-7, 15-12
Kim Dong Moon/Park So Hyun (Korea) beat Adi Sumirat/P. Tanousha (Malaysia) 15-9, 15-0
Fumihiko Machida/Yasuko Mizui (Japan) beat Patrick Lau/Chin Yen Peng (Singapore) 15-7, 15-12
5/8-Lee Dong Soo/Yim Kyung Jin (Korea) beat Andy Lai/Ho Nyen Nyen (Malaysia) 15-1, 15-4
Zhang Wei/Liu Lu (China) beat Tan Kim Her/Norashikin Amin (Malaysia) 12-15, 15-6, 15-7
Chan Chong Ming/Lim Pek Siah (Malaysia) beat Yim Jae Sung/Cha Yoon Sook (Korea) 18-15, 15-12
Jeremy Gan/Fong Chew Yen (Malaysia) beat Azizan Ariffin/Wong Mew Kheng (Malaysia) 15-10, 15-6