Chinese Xie Zhongbo and Zhang Yawen won the mixed doubles title
at the Indonesia Open 2006 after beating Indonesian shuttlers Nova
Widianto/Liliyana Natsir in straight sets on Sunday in Jakarta.
The fourth-seeded Chinese beat the first-seeded Indonesian
players 21-19 and 21-15 in Surabaya, the second largest city in
Indonesia.
"Defeating them (Nova/Liliyana) in this event makes us proud. We
thank the spectators here for their support," Xie Zhongbo was
quoted as saying by Antra news agency.
On the women's side, China's Zhu Lin beat her compatriot Lu Lan
21-11 and 21-16 in straight sets to win the singles title. Young
Chinese Wei Yili and Zhang Yawen erupted to upset Athens Olympic
champions Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen to win the doubles finals.
On the men's side, Hidayat Taufik of Indonesia won the singles
champion by beating China's Bao Chunlai 21-18 and 21-19 and the
doubles title went to Gunawan Tony and Wijaya Candra.
(China.org.cn and CRI English June 5, 2006)
