COPENHAGEN MASTERS: WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONS TOPPLE TOP ENGLISH PAIR

** This NEW SHUTTLENWS REPORT is presented by badminton world champions YANG YANG (1987 and 1989) and ZHAO JIAN HUA (1991) and by YANG YANG BADMINTON PRODUCTS **

December 27, 1997 (NEW SHUTTLENWS) - The world men's doubles junior champions from Malaysia provided most of the excitement in the afternoon set of matches today at the Copenhagen Masters international invitational badminton tourney being staged at the Circusbygningen in Copenhagen, Denmark. Jeremy Gan and Chan Chong Ming, last minute additions to the elite competition, upended the experienced and highly-ranked English pairing of Simon Archer and Chris Hunt in three sets. The world junior champions had dropped the opener 11-15 but came back to win the next two in dramatic fashion 17-15 and 17-15.

World men's singles champion Peter Rasmussen of Denmark fell to Indonesian veteran Ardy B. Wiranata 15-9 and 18-17. Rasmussen's play this afternoon was very erratic with many of his shots flying past the sidelines and endlines.

Following are the results of some of today's matches:

Afternoon Session:
Women's Singles Group A: Marina Andrievskaya (Sweden) beat Mette Pedersen (Denmark) 11-8, 11-3
Men's Singles Group A: Ardy B. Wiranata (Indonesia) beat Peter Rasmussen (Denmark) 15-9, 18-17
Men's Doubles Group A: Jeremy Gan/Chan Chong Ming (Malaysia) beat Simon Archer/Chris Hunt (England) 11-15, 17-15, 17-15
Men's Singles Group B: Heryanto Arbi (Indonesia) beat Jeroen van Dijk (Netherlands) 15-8, 15-4
Men's Doubles Group B: Jon Holst-Christensen/Michael Sogaard (Denmark) beat Peter Axelsson/Par-Gunnar Jonsson (Sweden) 15-1, 15-6

Evening Session
Women's Singles Group B: Camilla Martin (Denmark) beat Olivia (Indonesia) 10-12, 11-5, 12-11
Men's Singles Group A: Sun Jun (China) versus Ardy Wiranata (Indonesia) no result reported
Men's Doubles Group A: Jens Eriksen/Jesper Larsen (Denmark) versus Jeremy Gan/ Chan Chong Ming (Malaysia) no result reported
Men's Singles Group B: Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen (Denmark) versus Jeroen van Dijk (Netherlands) no result reported

Tomorrow's scheduled matches:

Afternoon Session (1300 hours)
Women's Singles Group A: Gong Zhichao (China) versus Mette Pedersen (Denmark)
Men's Doubles Group B: Chandra Wijaya/Tony Gunawan (Indonesia) versus Peter Axelsson/Par-Gunnar Jonsson (Sweden)
Women's Singles Group B: Zeng Yaqiong (China) versus Olivia (Indonesia)
Men's Singles Group B: Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen (Denmark) versus Heryanto Arbi (Indonesia)
Men's Doubles Group A: Jens Eriksen/Jesper Larsen (Denmark) versus Simon Archer/Chris Hunt (England)

Evening Session (1900 hours)
Women's Singles Group A: Gong Zhichao (China) versus Marina Andrievskaya (Sweden)
Men's Singles Group A: Sun Jun (China) versus Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)
Women's Singles Group B: Camilla Martin (Denmark) versus Zeng Yaqiong (China)
Men's Doubles Group B: Jon Holst-Christensen/Michael Sogaard (Denmark) versus Chandra Wijaya/Tony Gunawan (Indonesia)

(mcoe/dsimmons)