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China took a hard-earned 2-1 triumph over the world No 1 Indonesia
in a semifinal match of the 2001 Asia Cup Badminton Championships
in Singapore Saturday.
China will takes on South Korea in the final of the current Asia
Cup in Sunday's afternoon.
In the first singles, Chen Hong put China 1-0 ahead when he contested
world No 3 Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia 2-1. Chen Hong allied from
a first game down of 9-15 and won the second and third 17-16 and
15-12, respectively.
In the doubles, Indonesia tied the scores at 1-1 when Candra Wijaya
and Sigit Budiarto beat their Chinese counterparts Zhang Jun and
Zhang Wei 4-15, 15-6 and 17-15.
In the second singles, China's 19-years-old player Chen Yu encountered
world No 11 single Hendrawan of Indonesia 15-12, 9-15 and 15-12.
(People's Daily 05/07/2001)
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