Convincing Win for Susilo

SINGAPORE'S Ronald Susilo continued his return from a six-month injury lay-off with two convincing wins at the Thailand Open yesterday.

He eased past Hong Kong's Hung Yuk Wong 15-9, 15-3 in the opening round before crushing Hong Kong's Yohan Wiratama 15-1, 15-5 at the US$80,000 (S$130,000) event.

Kendrick Lee beat Taiwan's Liu Chin-lun 15-2, 15-10 in the first round and Thai Panuwat Pisantakanul 15-9, 15-11 in the second.

Susilo faces Dane Niels Kaldau while Lee plays Thai Boonsak Ponsana today.

In the mixed doubles, Li Yujia and Hendri Kurniawan Saputra thrashed South Korea's Lee Yong Dae and Ha Jung Eun 15-3, 15-3.

Liu Fan and Hendra Wijaya went down 10-15, 15-11, 7-15 to Koreans Lee Jae Jin and Lee Hyo Jung.

Singapore's Li Li faces Australia's Kellie Lucas in the women's singles' first round today while Xing Aiying plays Japan's Yu Hirayama. Shinta Mulya Sari meets Taiwan's Huang Chia-hsin.

from The Straits Times Interactive, March 31, 2005