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Japan Open: Kim and Ha Stun Ricky and Rexy

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April 8, 1999 (NEW SHUTTLENWS) - Olympic men's doubles champions Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky were stunned by Koreans Kim Dong Moon and Ha Tae Kwon in one of today's third round matches at the Japan Open badminton championship at the Yoyogi Stadium in Tokyo. The Olympic champions could not cope with the lighning-fast shots of the Korean pair and went down to defeat, 5-15 and 6-15.

Men's doubles top seeds Cheah Soon Kit and Choong Tan Fook also were surprise losers today. The Malaysian duo were beaten by China's Liu Yong and Chen Qiqiu 12-15 and 10-15.

In men's singles, world number one Peter Gade of Denmark had another easy day. He defeated Taiwan's Chien Yu-hsiu 15-1 and 15-3. However, Budi Santoso of Indonesia, the third seed, was ousted by Malaysia's Wong Choon Hann. Hann used a patient, defensive style to outplay and outpoint the attack-oriented Santoso 7-15 and 14-17.

Following are the unofficial results of today's matches:

Women's Singles
Third Round
Satomi Igawa (Japan) beat Hiroko Nagamine (Japan) 11-9, 11-4
Gong Zhichao (China) beat Kaori Mori (Japan) 11-2, 11-1
Zhou Mi (China) beat Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn (Thailand) 11-1, 7-11, 11-9
Kim Ji Hyun (KOrea) beat Miho Tanaka (Japan) 11-3, 11-7
Ye Zhaoying (China) beat Kyoko Kumura (Japan) 11-1, 11-6
Zhang Ning (China) beat Mayumi Ito (Japan) 11-3, 11-2
Yasuko Mizui (Japan) beat Maja Pohar (Slovenia) 11-2, 11-3
Gong Ruina (China) beat Takako Ida (Japan) 11-3, 11-4

Men's Singles
Third Round
Peter Gade Christensen (Denmark) beat Chien Yu-hsiu (Taiwan) 15-1, 15-3
Johan Hadikusuma (Indonesia) beat Ahn Jae-Chang (Korea) 15-8, 15-13
Wong Choong Hann (Malaysia) beat Budi Santoso (Indonesia) 15-7, 17-14
Marleve Mainaky (Indonesia) beat Keita Masuda (Japan) 15-3, 15-7
Ong Ewe Hock (Malaysia) beat Luo Yigang (China) 15-13, 2-15, 15-9
Sun Jun (China) beat Rosobin Jeffer (Indonesia) 15-7, 15-10
Peter Rasmussen (Denmark) beat Heryanto Arbi (Indonesia) 15-1, 15-11
Chen Hong (China) beat Boonsak Polsana (Thailand) 15-9, 17-14

Mixed Doubles
Second Round
Kim Dong Moon and Ra Kyung Min (Korea) beat Yasunori Sekine and Kaori Saito (Japan) 15-1, 15-0
Bambang Suprianto and Minarti Timur (Indonesia) beat Keita Masuda and Naomi Murakami (Japan) 15-9, 15-13
Jung Sung Gyun and Jun Woul Sik (Korea) beat Takashi Okuda and Mitsue Tomita (Japan) 15-4, 15-4
Liu Yong and Ge Fei (China) beat Hideki Yoshioka and Ayako Goto (Japan) 15-2, 15-6
Imam Tohari and Vita Marisa (Indonesia) beat Chen Gang and Zhang Ning (China) 11-15, 15-13, 15-13
Ha Tae Kwon and Chung Jae Hee (Korea) beat Seiichi Watanabe and Haruko Matsuda (Japan) 15-9, 15-3
Zhang Jun and Yang Wei (China) beat Hiroshi Oyama and Naomi Kawaguchi (Japan) 15-4, 15-5
Wahyu Agung and Ema Ermawati (Indonesia) beat Fumihiko Machida and Yasuko Mizui (Japan) 15-4, 15-3

Men's Doubles
Third Round
Liu Yong and Chen Qiqiu (China) beat Choong Tan Fook and Cheah Soon Kit (Malaysia) 15-12, 15-10
Tony Gunawan and Candra Wijaya (Indonesia) beat Choi Min Ho and Jung Sung Gyun (Korea) 15-8, 15-6
Kim Dong Moon and Ha Tae Kwon (Korea) beat Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky (Indonesia) 15-5, 15-6
Simon Archer and Nathan Robertson (England) beat Pramote Teerawiwatana and Tesana Panvisvas (Thailand) 15-6, 15-6
Zhang Jun and Zhang Wei (China) beat Karel Mainaky and Reony Mainaky (Indonesia) 15-6, 15-11
Lee Dong Soo and Yoo Yong Sung (Korea) beat Lee Wan Wah and Chew Choon Eng (Malaysia) 15-12, 15-10
Chan Chong Ming and Jeremy Gan (Malaysia) beat Lee Wei-jen and Victo Wibowo (Taiwan) 15-4, 15-6
Antonius Ariantho and Denny Kantono (Indonesia) beat Hiroshi Kagaya and Masahiro Yabe (Japan) 15-11, 15-6

Women's Doubles
Second Round
Yang Wei and Huang Nanyan (China) beat Machiko Yoneya and Emi Seki (Japan) 15-2, 15-2
Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn and Saralee Thungthongkam (Thailand) beat Yukiko Kataito and Miyuki Tai (Japan) 15-8, 15-6
Ra Kyung Min and Chung Jae Hee (Korea) beat Mariko Nakayama and Keiko Yoshitomi (Japan) 15-4, 15-2
Etty Tantri and Cinthia Tuwankotta (Indonesia) beat Maiko Naka and Tamami Nakajima (Japan) 13-15, 15-2, 15-7
Zhou Mi and Gong Ruina (China) beat Chikako Nakayama and Takae Masumo (Japan) 11-15, 15-10, 15-11 Naomi Murakami and Hiromi Yamada (Japan) beat Lee Hyo Jung and Jung Yeon Kyung (Korea) 15-5, 15-12 Naomi Kawaguchi and Yumi Akashi (Japan) beat Satomi Igawa and Hiroko Nagamine (Japan) 15-9, 9-15, 17-15
Ge Fei and Gu Jun (China) beat Kaori Mori and Mika Anjo (Japan) 15-8, 15-8

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