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TAIPEI OPEN: PERMADI STILL HOT; STUER, MARTIN ARE NOT

** This NEW SHUTTLENWS report is presented by YANG YANG Badminton Products and their Western USA agents BADMINTON ALLEY. **

January 21, 1999 (NEW SHUTTLENWS) - Taiwan's Fung Permadi, winner of the men's singles title at last week's Korean Open badminton championships, continued on his winning ways yesterday at his adopted home country's own Open tournament in Taipei. Permadi, unseeded at this tournament, defeated Denmark's upset-conscious Kasper Fangel in the first round 15-11 and 15-2, and then later in the day beat the sixth-seeded Thomas Johansson of Sweden 15-13 and 15-8.

Permadi's Korean Open finals opponent, Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen of Denmark, did not stay as hot as the Taiwanese player. Stuer fell victim to young Rony Agustinus, the Indonesian player who is fast gaining a reputation as a danger man and giant-killer. Agustinus yesterday added Stuer to the list of top players that he has beaten, putting the tall Dane out in the first round 15-13 and 15-8.

At last week's Korean Open, Agustinus had accounted for Malaysian ace Rashid Sidek.

Men's singles top-seed and world number one Peter Gade of Denmark pulled out of the second top-tier tourney in a row this week. He had to withdraw from the Korean Open last week because of severe influenza and still had not recovered enough to compete at the Taipei Open.

In women's singles, top seed Camilla Martin of Denmark was upended by Ellen Angelina(wati) of Indonesia 11-7, 8-11 and 10-13 in a first round encounter. Martin had a chance to pull out the victory in the third set when she had a match point at 10-9. However, she was not able to convert and went down to the Indonesian in the tiebreaker.

Some partial and unofficial results:

Men's Singles
First Round
Chen Hong (China) beat Pawel Kaczynski (Poland)
George Rimarodi (Indonesia) beat Craig Robertson (Scotland)
Rikard Magnusson (Sweden) beat Lee Tsuen Seng (Malaysia) 15-3, 15-7
Irwansyah (Indonesia) beat Tjitte Weistra (Netherland) 15-9, 15-5
Budi Santoso (Indonesia) beat Kasper Oedum (Denmark) 15-12, 4-15, 15-4
Ahn Jae Chang (Korea) beat Tadashi Ohtsuka (Japan)
Rashid Sidek (Malaysia) beat Wu Chung-Seng (Taiwan) 15-2, 15-8
Kenneth Jonassen (Denmark) beat Yap Yong Jyen (Malaysia) 15-10, 15-4
Liu En-Horng (Taiwan) beat Zhu Feng (China)
Heryanto Arbi (Indonesia) beat Qualifier
Ardy Wiranata (USA) beat Soren Hansen (Denmark) 15-8, 15-9
M.Roslin Hashim (Malaysia) beat Frederik Kohler (Denmark) 15-3, 15-3
Yudi Suprayogi (Indonesia) beat Fumihiko Machida (Japan)
Jeroen Van Dijk (Netherland) beat Morten Bundgaard (Switzerland)
Rony Agustinus (Indonesia) beat Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen (Denmark) 15-13, 15-8
Ji Xinpeng (China) beat Boris Kessov (Bulgaria)
Anders Boesen (Denmark) beat Ismail Saman (Malaysia) 15-4, 15-13
Fung Permadi (Taiwan) beat Kasper Fangel (Denmark) 15-11, 15-2
Thomas Johansson (Sweden) beat Johan Hadi Kusuma (15-7, 11-15, 15-7
James Chua (Malaysia) beat Gerben Bruijstens (Netherland) 12-15, 15-13, 15-8
Rosobin Jeffer (Indonesia) beat Remy Matthey De L'Etang (Switzerland)
Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen (Denmark) beat Shinji Ohta (Japan) 15-6, 15-4
Chien Yu-Hsiu (Taiwan) beat Indra Wijaya (Indonesia) 15-7, 15-1
Keita Masuda (Japan) beat Henrik Bengtsson (Sweden) 14-17, 15-7, 15-10
Ong Ewe Hock (Malaysia) beat Joachim Fischer (Denmark) 15-8, 15-11
Peter Rasmussen (Denmark) beat Dicky Palyama (Netherland) 15-5, 15-3
Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia) beat Yeoh Kay Bin (Malaysia)
Sun Jun (China) beat Qualifier

Second Round
Chen Hong beat George Rimarodi
Irwansyah beat Rikard Magnusson 15-11, 9-15, 15-10
Budi Santoso beat Ahn Jae Chang 15-5, 15-12
Rashid Sidek beet Lee Mie-Chow (Taiwan)
Kenneth Jonassen beat Liu En-Horng 15-5, 15-6
Heryanto Arbi beat Ardy Wiranata 15-8, 15-2
M.Roslin Hashim beat Yudi Suprayogi 15-1, 15-5
Rony Agustinus beat Jeroen Van Dijk 15-6, 15-5
Ji Xinpeng beat Anders Boesen 12-15, 17-14, 15-10
Fung Permadi beat Thomas Johansson 15-13, 15-8
Rosobin Jeffer beat James Chua 15-1, 15-5
Poul-Erik Hoyer beat Jang Cheng-Shyung 15-2, 15-10
Keita Masuda beat Chien Yu-Hsiu
Ong Ewe Hock beat Pullela Gopi Chand (India)
Peter Rasmussen beat Taufik Hidayat 15-10, 15-11
Sun Jun won his second round match

Women's Singles
First Round
Ellen Angelinawati (Indonesia) beat Camilla Martin (Denmark) 7-11, 11-8, 13-10
Huang Chia-Chi (Taiwan) beat Kanako Yonekura (Japan)
Zhou Mi (China) beat Santi Wibowo (Switzerland)
Yuli Marfuah (Indonesia) beat Lee Soon Deuk (Korea)
Zhang Ning (China) beat Qualifier
Brenda Beenhakker (Netherland) beat Miho Tanaka (Japan) 6-11, 11-5, 11-9
Margit Borg (Sweden) beat Chou Chia-Chi (Taipei) 11-5, 11-2
Lidya Djaelawidjaya (Indonesia) beat Koon Wai Chee (Hong Kong)
Gong Ruina (China) beat Marina Andrievskaya (Sweden) 11-3, 11-8
Mette Sorensen (Denmark) beat Chan Ya-Lin (Taiwan) 6-11, 11-9, 11-4
Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn (Thailand) beat Meiluawati (Indonesia) 11-6, 11-5
Cindana Hartono Kusuma (Indonesia) beat Judith Baumeyer (Switzerland)
Christina Sorensen (Denmark) beat Karolina Ericsson (Sweden) 11-3, 11-7
Lee Kyung Won (Korea) beat Chan Mei Mei (Hong Kong)
Dai Yun (China) beat Judith Meulendijks (Netherland) 11-1, 11-3

Men's Doubles
First Round
Flandy Limpele/Eng Hian (Indonesia) beat Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Masuda (Japan) 15-4, 15-8
Kim Dong Moon/Kim Yong Hyun (KOrea) beat Martin Lundgaard Hansen/Michael Lamp (Denmark) 15-8, 15-13
Siripong Siripol/Pramote Teerawiwatana (Thailand) beat Qualifiers
Tan Kim Her/Rosman Razak (Malaysia) beat Ma Che Kong/Yau Kwun Yuen (Hong Kong)
Liu Yong/Yu Jinhao (China) beat Qualifiers
Michael Sogaard/Jim Laugessen (Denmark) beat Remy Matthey De L'Etang/Morten Bundgaard (Switzerland) 15-3, 15-5
Denny Kantono/Antonius (Indonesia) beat Quinten Van Dalm/Dennis Lens (Netherland) 15-8, 15-10
Chan Chong Ming/Jeremy Gan (Malaysia) beat Howard Bach/Mark Manha (USA)
Shinji Ohta/Takuya Takehana (Japan) beat Dean Schoppe/Matthew Fogarty (USA)
Chandra Wijaya/Tony Gunawan (Indonesia) beat Khunakorn Sudhisodhi/Kitipon Kitikul (THailand) 15-8, 15-13
Lin Wei-Hsing/Lee Swug-Yuan (Taiwan) beat Pang Cheh Chang/Cheah Soon Thoe (Malaysia)
Jens Eriksen/Jesper Larsen (Denmark) beat Huang Shin-Chung/Chien Yu-Hsun (Taiwan) 15-12, 15-10
Bambang Suprianto/Sandiarto (Indonesia) beat Zhu Feng/Chen Hong (China) 17-16, 15-13
Ricky Subagja/Haryanto Halim (Indonesia) beat Janek Roos/Thomas Stavngaard (Denmark) 15-11, 15-13
Yoo Yung Sung/Ha Tae Kwon (KOrea) beat Alastair Gatt/Craig Robertson (Scotland)
Cheah Soon Kit/Choong Tan Fook (Malaysia) beat Joachim Fischer/Kasper Oedum (Denmark) 15-2, 15-6

Women's Doubles
First Round
Yang Wei/Huang Nanyan (China) beat Teng Tao-Chun/Hsu Mei-Chen (Taiwan)
Rosiana Zelin/Minarti Timur (Indonesia) beat Chien Yu-Chin/Lin Chiu-Yin (Taiwan)
Mette Schjoldager/Ann-Lou Jorgensen (Denmark) beat Tsai Chia-Chun/Tsai Ming (Taiwan)
Ann Jorgensen/Majken Vange (Denmark) beat Judith Baumeyer/Santi Wibowo (Switzerland)
Huang Chia-Chi/Lu Ya Yu (Taiwan) beat Zhang Ning/Zhou Mi (China)
Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn/Saralee Thunthongkam (Thailand) beat Hiromi Yamada/ Naomi Murakami (Japan)
Ema Ermawati/Vita Marisa (Indonesia) beat Lee Soo-Chun/Chen Wan-Ju (Taiwan)
Helene Kirkegaard/Rikke Olsen (Denmark) beat Chou Chia-Chi/Ku Pei-Ting (Taiwan)
Kanako Yonekura/Chiriro Ohsaka (Japan) beat Catrine Bengtsson/Marina Andrievskaya (Sweden)
Indarti Isoliana/Carmelita (Indonesia) beat Chen Li-Chin/Tsai Hui-Min (Taiwan)

Mixed Doubles
First Round
Bambang Suprianto/Rosiana Zelin (Indonesia) beat Wong Tsz Yin/Li Wing Mui (Hong Kong)
Takuya Takayama/Yoshiko Iwata (Japan) beat Chen Chun-Chi/Lee Soo-Chun (Taiwan)
Janek Roos/Helene Kirkegaard (Denmark) beat Jung Sheng-Da/Lu Ya Yu (Taiwan)
Ha Tae Kwon/Chung Jae Hee (Korea) beat Yu Jinhao/Gao Ling (China)
Jon Holst-Christensen/Ann Jorgensen (Denmark) beat Fumihiko Machida/Yasuko Mizui (Japan) 15-2, 15-9
Liu En-Horng/Cheng Wen-Hsing (Taiwan) beat henrik Andersson/Catrine Bengtsson (Sweden) 8-15, 15-13, 15-12
Trikus Heryanto/Minarti Timur (Indonesia) beat Jesper Larsen/Ann-Lou Jorgensen (Denmark)
Chen Ing-Her/Chien Yu-Chin (Taiwan) beat Ma Chi Wai/Wong Man Ching (Hong Kong)
Lee Wei-Jen/Tsai Hui-Min (Taiwan) beat Jonas Rasmussen (Denmark)/Huang Chia-Chi (Taiwan)
Michael Lamp/Mette Schjoldager (Denmark) beat Ma Che Kong/Koon Wai Chee (Hong Kong) 12-15, 15-10, 15-10
Kim Yung Hyun/Yim Kyung Jin (Korea) beat Tesana Panvisvas/Saralee Thunthongkam (Thailand)
Wahyu Agung/Carmelita (Indonesia) beat Yuzo Kubota/Haruko Matsuda (Japan)
Liu Yong/Ge Fei (China) beat Qualifiers
Sandiarto/Etty Tantri (Indonesia) beat Martin Lundgaard Hansen/Majken Vange (Denmark) 15-5, 15-5
Lee Jin-Tra/Chen Chih-Wa (Taiwan) beat Cham Ka Man/Sui Ching Man (Hong Kong)
Michael Sogaard/Rikke Olsen (Denmark) beat Lin Wei-Hsiang/Chen Wan-Ju (Taiwan)

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