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ASIAN BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS: FIRST DAY RESULTS

September 2, 1998 (NEW SHUTTLENWS) - Following are some results from the first day of competition at the Asian Badminton Confederation championships in Bangkok, Thailand:

Men's Singles
Jeffer Rosobin (Indonesia) beat Ermadena Talip (Brunei) walkover
Takahiro Suka (Japan) beat Igor Omitriev (Kazakhstan) 15-8, 15-4
Liu Kwok Wa (Hong Kong) beat Reza Roshanomid (Iran) 15-6, 15-7
Yeoh Kay Bin (Malaysia) beat Arash Mohammadian (Iran) 15-6, 15-9
Sirachai (Thailand) beat Kuo Wen Wayne (Singapore) 15-1, 15-3
Fumihiko Machida (Japan) beat Rasel Kabir Suman (Bangladesh) 15-2, 15-2
Natapol (Thailand) beat Rami Halaseh (Jordan) 15-1, 15-4
Boonsak (Thailand) beat Afshin Bozorgzadeh (Iran) 15-3, 15-4
Chakkrapan (Thailand) beat Krang Sokhang (Cambodia) 15-0, 15-1
Saran (Thailand) beat Lo Ka Long (Macau) 15-2, 15-0
Karavee (Thailand) beat Mahsubur Rab (Bangladesh) 15-9, 15-1
Anuphap (Thailand) beat Chagay Dorji (Bhutan) 15-0, 15-1

Men's Doubles
Flandy Limpele/Eng Hian (Indonesia) beat Rasel/Mahbubur (Bangladesh) 15-3, 15-6
Tesana/Anurak (Thailand) beat Haneed/Saleh (Bahrain) 15-0, 15-0
Khunakorn/Kitipon (Thailand) beat Sudeep/Kran (Nepal) 15-4, 15-2
Thitipong/Polawat (Thailand) beat Chetan/Mangrish (Cambodia) 15-12, 15-8
Hermono/Ade Lucas (Indonesia) beat Ugyen/Sonam (Bhutan) 15-1, 15-0

Women's Singles
Thitikarn (Thailand) beat Chan Mei Mei (Hong Kong) 11-0, 11-5
Nucharin (Thailand) beat Elina Begum (Bangladesh) 11-5, 11-1
Sujitra (Thailand) beat Shakeela Moosa (Malaysia) 11-1, 11-1
Miho Tanaka (Japan) beat Sathinee (Thailand) 11-3, 11-0
Cindana (Indonesia) beat Karuna Rana (Bhutan) 11-0, 11-0
Nucharee (Thailand) beat Irina Gristsenko (Kazakhstan) 11-6, 11-1
Yuli Marfuah (Indonesia) beat Nguyen Thip Tao (Vietnam) 11-1, 11-1
Mixed Doubles
Tesana/Saralee (Thailand) beat Fam Le De Hung/Li Thi Gim Han (Vietnam) 15-7, 15-2
Anurak/Thicha (Thailand) beat Melvin Llanes and Amparo Lim (Philippines) 15-10, 15-9

(lyg/dsimmons)