ASIAN GAMES: DECEMBER 8 BADMINTON RESULTS

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December 8, 1998 (NEW SHUTTLENWS) - Following are some results from the first day of the 1998 Asian Games badminton team competition at the Thamassat University Sports Complex outside Bangkok:

Men's Team

Hong Kong beat Iran 5-0

China beat Japan 5-0 (Chinese player's names first)
Sun Jun beat Shinji Ohta 15-2, 15-5
Dong Jiong beat Kazuhiro Shimogami 15-3, 15-8
Chen Gang beat Hidetaka Yamada 15-5, 15-3
Zhang Jun/Zhang Wei beat Fumihiko Machida/Seiichi Watanabe 15-9, 15-5
Liu Yong/Yu Jinhao beat Shinji Ohta/Hidetaka Yamada 15-2, 15-3

Korea beat Thailand 4-1

Women's Team

Korea beat Taiwan 3-2

Indonesia beat Malaysia 5-0 (Indonesian player's names first)
Mia Audina Tjiptawan beat Woon Sze-Mei 11-1, 11-2
Meiluawati beat Lee Yin-Yin 11-3, 11-2
Chynthia Hartono-Kusuma beat Ng Mee-Fen 11-3, 11-7
Elysa Nathanael/Deyana Lomban beat Lim Pek-Siah/Chor Hooi-Yee 15-6, 15-10
Indarti Isolina/Carmelita beat Law Pei-Pei/Joanne Swee-Ling Quay 15-0, 15-5

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