Gopi Chand bows out

JAKARTA, JULY 28. Second seed P. Gopi Chand crashed out of the Indonesian Open badminton following a 2-7, 6-8, 0-7 defeat to Marvele Mainaky 2-7, 6-8, 0-7 in the semifinal here on Saturday.

In Sunday's final, the fourth-seeded Indonesian will take on eighth-seeded Malaysian Lee Tsuen Seng, who upstaged top- seeded Korean Lee Hyun Il 7-5, 7-5, 7-4.

The women's final will be between favourite Chen Wang of Hong Kong and unseeded Ellena Angelina of Indonesia. Surprisingly, Angelina knocked out second seed compatriot Lidya Djaelawijaya without dropping a game on way to the final.

The results (semifinals): Men's singles: Lee Tsuen Seng (HKG) bt Lee Hyun Il (Kor) 7-5, 7-5, 7-4; Marleve Mainaky (Indonesia) bt P. Gopi Chand (Ind) 7-2, 8-6, 7-0.

Women's singles: Chen Wang (HKG) bt Cindana Hartono (Indonesia) 5-7, 7-3, 7-1, 7-2; Ellena Angelina (Indonesia) bt Lidya Djaelawijaya (Indonesia) 7-4, 7-3, 8-6.

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