Sep 15, 2008

2008 Times for Simon


SIMON Santoso, who lost in the finals of the last two tournaments he played in 2008, came up with the match he needed against Malaysia's Roslin Hashim, at the middle of September 2008. Simon has been a runner-up three times since the Super Series was inaugurated in early 2008. Two of these results came in the last two tournaments he played -in Singapore and at home in Jakarta- both in June. Yet, Santoso's only ever recorded win came in a satellite tournament way back in 2005. All of that changed today. Unfortunately for the badminton world -and for Simon, who has too often laboured in the shadows of his star compatriots- it was in the barely-televised, barely-Internet-connected obscurity of Taiwan that the Indonesian fought off a dangerous challenge from Malaysian veteran Roslin Hashim to take his first ever major title –quoted from badzine.com. Simon won two sets versus Lee Tsuen Tseng from Malaysia at the quarter final. Indonesia's top male badminton player Simon Santoso and mixed doubles team Devin Lahardi/Lita Nurlita won gold medals at the Taiwan Open on Sunday, Antara news agency reported. Top seed Simon Santoso secured the gold medal after taming the seventh seed from Malaysia, M Rosloin Hasyim, 21-18, 13-21, 21-10. Simon is like Eddy Kurniawan or Hastomo Arbi, and maybe Joko Supriyanto. They’re all runner-up specialist. Then PBSI have some therapy to the specialist by send him/ them to the ‘little’ tournament so he can became the winner in the small championship. He said on Jakarta Post "I made many mistakes in the second game because the direction of wind was difficult to predict and I played too carefully." This was Simon's first gold medal in three years. His last was when he won the Vietnamese Satellite in 2005. on the other final match Indonesia's mixed doubles team Devin Lahardi/Lita Nurlita dashed the hopes of host players Fang Chieh Min/Cheng Wen Hsing, beating them 14-21, 21-11, 21-19. the coach, Aryono Miranat say that, "They lost the first game because they weren't concentrating." In the women's doubles, Indonesians Jo Novita/Rani Mundiasti settled with silver after losing in straight sets to host players Cheng Wen Hsing/Chien Yu Chin, 16-21, 17-21. Bahasa version at http://perbulutangkisan.blogspot.com/. Yuni Andono Achmad. My friendster at http://profiles.friendster.com/9275817

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