Sony Dwi Kuncoro Indonesia maintains hope to bring home the title of the most prestigious tournaments in the beginning of 2013, the Korea Open Superseries Premier.

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Sony Dwi Kuncoro Indonesia maintains hope to bring home the title of the most prestigious tournaments in the beginning of 2013, the Korea Open Superseries Premier.



Sony Dwi Kuncoro Indonesia maintains hope to bring home the title of the most prestigious tournaments in the beginning of 2013, the Korea Open Superseries Premier. The only remaining representative of Indonesia in tournaments with prizes of 1 million dollars is their ticket to the semifinals, after beating his opponent from Japan, Takuma Ueda.

In the match lasted 46 minutes at the Olympic Gymnasium, Seoul, Friday (11/01/2013), Sony won in straight games 21-17, 21-15 on Takuma. In the semifinals on Saturday (12/1), Sony, which is not favored in this event, will face fourth seed from China, Du Pengyu, who won 21-11, 21-8 on the Russian, Vladimir Ivanov.

If statistics gathering to be a reference, then the chances of Sony to advance to the top of the party wide open. Because of the four meetings that have been going on, Sony three times to win, she won the All England in 2010, the 2012 Singapore Open and the China Open 2012. The only defeat of Du Pengyu Sony is in Indonesia Open Superseries Premier 2012.

In the other semi-final party for the sector will bring men's singles world number one from Malaysia, Lee Chong Wei, a Hong Kong player, Wing Ki Wong. Chong Wei, who is the top seed, won 21-15, 21-17 over seventh seed from Hong Kong, Hu Yun, while Wong Wing Ki to win 21-5, 17-21, 21-15 over Malaysian players, Chong Wei Feng.

Sony became the only remaining representative of Indonesia, after two other representatives in sectors that appear in the mixed doubles quarter-finals, the Tontowi Ahmad / Liliyana Natsir and Markis Kido / Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth, eliminated.