SWEDISH OPEN: SEMIFINALS RESULTS

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March 8, 1997 (NEW SHUTTLENWS) - Following are the results from the today's semifinal matches Swedish Open badminton tournament in Borlange:

MEN'S SINGLES
Semifinals
5-8 seed Ardy Wiranata (Indonesia) Lin Liwen (China) 9-15, 15-12, 15-6
2-seed Budi Santoso (Indonesia) beat 3-4 seed Park Sung Woo (Korea) 15-8, 15-11

WOMEN'S SINGLES
Semifinals
1-seed Gong Zhichao (China) beat Park Jin Hyun (Korea) 11-3, 11-3
5-8 seed Ra Kyung Min (Korea) beat 3-4 seed Kim Ji Hyun (Korea) 11-2, 11-3

MEN'S DOUBLES
Semifinals
1-seed Ha Tae Kwon/Kang Kyung Jin (Korea) beat Dicky Purwotsugiono/Bambang Suprianto (Indonesia) 15-4, 13-18, 15-7
2-seed Par-Gunnar Jonsson/Peter Axelsson (Sweden) beat Yoo Yung Sung/Lee Dong Soo (Korea) 15-7, 15-11

WOMEN'S DOUBLES

Semifinals
Qian Hong/Liu Lu (China) beat Jang Hye Ock/Kim Shin Young (Korea) 15-11, 15-18, 15-10
Donna Kellogg/Julie Bradbury (England) beat 2-seeds Marina Andrievskaya/ Christine Gandrup (Sweden) 15-12, 9-15, 15-12

MIXED DOUBLES
Semifinals
Jon Holst-Christensen (Denmark)/Karen Stechman (Germany) beat Nick Ponting/ Julie Bradbury (England) 12-15, 15-5, 15-12
Michael Keck (Germany)/Erica van den Heuvel (Netherlands) beat 2-seeds Ha Tae Kwon/Kim Shin Young (Korea) 15-9, 15-8