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DANISH OPEN: SEEDINGS AND TOP NON-SEEDS

October 13, 1998 (NEW SHUTTLENWS) - Following are the seedings for the four-star Danish Open badminton championships being held in Vejle in the western part of Denmark from October 14 to 18:

MEN'S SINGLES
1. Peter Gade (Denmark)
2. Dong Jiong (China)
3. Poul-Erik Hoyer (Denmark)
4. Kenneth Jonassen (Denmark)
5. Rashid Sidek (Malaysia)
6. Heryanto Arbi (Indonesia)
7. M. Roslin Hashim (Malaysia)
8. Thomas Johansson (Sweden)
9. Rikard Magnusson (Sweden)
10. Wong Choon Hann (Malaysia)
11. Oliver Pongratz (Germany)
12. Henrik Bengtsson (Sweden)
13. Dicky Palyama (Netherland)
14. Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia)
15. Boris Kessov (Bulgaria)
16. Chen Hong (China)

WOMEN'S SINGLES
1. Ye Zhaoying (China)
2. Camilla Martin (Denmark)
3. Mia Audina (Indonesia)
4. Yasuko Mizui (Japan)
5. Mette Pedersen (Denmark)
6. Kelly Morgan (Wales)
7. Julia Mann (England)
8. Margit Borg (Sweden)

MEN'S DOUBLES
1. Tony Gunawan/Heryanto Halim (Indonesia)
2. Limpele Flandy/Hian Eng (Indonesia)
3. Zhang Wei/Zhang Jun (China)
4. Rexy Mainaky/Ricky Subagja (Indonesia)
5. Simon Archer/Chris Hunt (England)
6. Jens Eriksen/Jesper Larsen (Denmark)
7. Peter Axelsson/Par-Gunnar Jonsson (Sweden)
8. Jim Laugesen/Thomas Stavngaard (Denmark)

WOMEN'S DOUBLES
1. Yang Wei/Huang Nanyan (China)
2. Deyana Lomban/Eliza (Indonesia)
3. Marlene Thomsen/Rikke Olsen (Denmark)
4. Qin Yiyuan/Tang Hetian (China)
5. Joanne Goode/Donna Kellogg (England)
6. Ann Jorgensen/Majken Vange (Denmark)
7. Joanne Davies/Sarah Hardaker (England)
8. Nicole Van Hooren/Lotte Jonathans (Netherland)

MIXED DOUBLES
1. Michael Sogaard/Rikke Olsen (Denmark)
2. Jens Eriksen/Marlene Thomsen (Denmark)
3. Simon Archer/Joanne Goode (England)
4. Trikus Heryanto/Minarti Timur (Indonesia)
5. Jon Holst-Christensen/Ann Jorgensen (Denmark)
6. Quinten Van Dalm/Nicole Van Hooren (Netherland)
7. Chris Hunt/Donna Kellogg (England)
8. Lars Paaske/Jane Bramsen (Denmark)

The following are some of the high-quality but unseeded competitors:

MEN'S SINGLES
Ji Xinpeng (China)
Nunung Subandoro (Indonesia)
Thomas Stuer (Denmark)
Darren Hall (England)
Pullela Gopi Chand (India)

WOMEN'S SINGLES
Marina Andrievskaya (Sweden)
Han Jingna (China)
Yao Jie (China)

MEN'S DOUBLES
Chen Wei/Ji Xinpeng (China)
Chandra Wijaya/Yumono Harmono (Indonesia)
Julian Robertson/Nathan Robertson (England)
Cheah Soon Kit/Choong Tan Fook (Malaysia)

WOMEN'S DOUBLES
Catrine Bengtsson/Marina Andrievskaya (Sweden)
Ye Zhaoying/Han Jingna (China)
Helene Kirkegaard/Pernille Harder (Denmark)
Yao Jie/Zhou Mi (China)
Sarah Sankey/Ella Miles (England)

MIXED DOUBLES
Zhang Jun/Yang Wei (China)
Nathan Robertson/Joanne Davies (England)
Martin Lundgaard Hansen/Pernille Harder (Denmark)
Jonas Rasmussen/Ann-Lou Jorgensen (Denmark)
Zhang Wei/Huang Nanyan (China)

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