INDONESIA'S MEN'S DOUBLES BEAT CHINESE OPPONENTS

Birmingham, March 5 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's men's doubles Mohammad Ahsan and Bona Septono in the first game of the All England Super Series defeated their Chinese opponents Hanbin He and Junje Sun.

In the first game, the Indonesians easily trounched their opponents 21- 15 and 16-21, 21-15 in the competition which opened on March 3 at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham.
In the previous day, Hanbin and Sun Junjie defeated Indonesia's Alvent Yulianto and Hendra Aprida Gunawan in the qualification rounds of All England.
Alvent and Hendra AG who reached the finals of the this year's first Super Series tournament, the Malaysia Open, last January, were defeated 19-21, 19-21 by the Chinese pair.
In the meantime, Indonesia's men's singles Sony Dwi Kuncoro would later play against Anand Pawar of India.
Earlier, Indonesia's men's singles Taufik Hidayat in the first game beat Yu Shin Hsien 21-9, but was left behind 15-21, but eventually came out winner in the third game 21-14.
Another Indonesian shutler playing in the first game Simon Santoso faced Denmark's fourth seeded Peter Hoeg Gade.
Indonesia's womens singles Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth played against Judith Meulendijks of Holland.
Earlier, Firdasari easily beat Linda Zechiri of Bulgaria 21-12 dan 21-15.