Indonesia’s Tommy Sugiarto is through to the quarterfinals of the Japan Open Superseries badminton tournament in Tokyo, where he faces a stern test in the form of Lee Chong Wei, the Malaysian world number one.
Tommy, the fifth seed and only Indonesian in the men’s singles draw, moved into the quarters with a 21-12, 21-18 win over home favorite Sho Sasaki in the second round on Thursday, to set up a clash with top-seeded Lee.
Tommy stormed out of the gates at the start of the game, at one point leading by as much as 11 points from Sasaki, before closing out the first game 21-12.
Sasaki bounced back in second game and leveled the score at 17 all, but Tommy kept his nerve to win the match.
In the men’s doubles, Angga Pratama and Ryan Agung Saputra booked their berth in the quarterfinals with a win over Michael Fuchs and Johannes Schoettler of Germany, 5-21, 21-11, 21-18.
“We’re quite surprised [to lose] the first game. We tried to shake off their pressure in second game and we managed to control the game and beat them,” Angga said as quoted by badmintonindonesia.org, the official website of the Indonesian Badminton Association, or PBSI.
Top seeds and defending champions Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan also made into the quarters of the men’s doubles after a 21-23, 21-12, 21-15 victory over Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda of Japan. The reigning world champions will play seventh seeds Hoon Thien How and Tan Wee Kiong of Malaysia.
Mixed doubles pair Muhammad Rijal and Vita Marissa also advanced in their draw with a 21-14, 21-12 win over Thailand’s Nipithon Puangpuapech and Puttita Suparijakul to set up a clash with top seeds Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei of China.
By Jakarta Globe on 02:42 pm Jun 13, 2014
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