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YONEX-SUNRISE BWF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009 - Shock for seeds

Posted by Lucas Liau News 1:23 PM

It was a day when the seeded players were sent packing while Europe’s challenge also came to an end in the YONEX-SUNRISE BWF World Junior Championships for the Bimantara Cups.

China’s Suo Di, who beat Indonesia’s No 2 seed on Thursday, continued her fine run with another convincing win against Malaysia’s 9-16^th seed Tee Jing Yi 21-13, 21-17 in a fourth round match.

Later in the evening, England’s Sarah Milne was the next casualty as the Chinese ran away an easy 21-10, 21-9 winner to book her place in the last four of the girl’s singles.

Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon also caused an upset when she beat Indonesia’s joint third seed Anna Rovita 21-9, 21-11 in the morning and Singapore’s Chen Jiayuan 21-12, 20-22, 21-13 in the evening to check into the semi-finals.

There were also major upsets in the boy’s doubles and mixed doubles with the No 2 seeds in both events shown the exit.

In the boy’s doubles, Indonesia’s Berry Anggriawan-Muhammad Ulinnuha sensationally beat China’s second seeds Liu Peixuan-Lu Kai 21-17, 15-21, 21-13 to stay on track for an all-Indonesia final. The Indonesians later teamed up again to beat Turkey’s Emre Aslan-Huseyin Oruc 21-15, 21-13 to take a shot for a place in the final.

Compatriots and top seeds Angga Pratama-Yohanes Rendy Sugiarto lived up to their top billing with wins over Japan’s Shohei Hoshino-Akira Kobayashi (21-15, 21-14) and Netherlands’ Jacco Arends-Jelle Maas (21-7, 19-21, 21-14) respectively.

Angga-Yohanes will take on Malaysia’s Chooi Kah Ming-Ow Yao Han who knocked out Chang Kai Liang-Lin Yu Te of Chinese Taipei 21-17, 22-20 in the quarter-finals.

China’s No 2 seeds in the girl’s doubles were also shown the door out by Indonesia’s Suci Rizki AndiniTiara Rosalia 21-18, 21-19.

There was double blow for Denmark’s Emil Holst as he was beaten in the quarter-finals by Chinese Taipei’s Hsu Jen Hao 21-9, 21-13 and with his partner Niclas Nohr, lost the boy’s doubles quarter-final match against Thailand’s Tin D. Caballes-Nipitphon Phuanhpuapet 21-18, 21-12.

Iskandar Zulkarnain brought some cheer to the home fans when he booked his place in the semi-finals after a one hour struggle against China's Li Yisheng before prevailing to a 19-21, 25-23, 21-18 win in the quarter-finals.

The Malaysian, the No 2 seed, stayed on track for an enticing match against China’s No 1, Tian Houwei who easily tamed iskandar’s teammate Misbun Ramdan Misbun 21-13.