Anggun/Devin fail to move on to main round of German Open

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - New Indonesian men`s doubles Anggun Nugroho/Devin Lahardi failed to move on to the main round of the German Open that will be started on this Wednesday.

Anggun/Devin was defeated by British David Lindley/Kristian Roebuck 10-21, 9-21 in the qualification round on Tuesday night, the official website of the tournament said on Tuesday.

However, the two still have chance in the grand prix tournament for the mix doubles where Devin will pair with Lita Nurlita while Anggun will be with Endang Nursugianti.

The seventh-seeded Devin/Lita will move on to the main round, while Anggun/Endang has passed the qualification round after beating Adam Cwalina/Malgorzata Kurdelska of Poland in a rubber set 19-21, 21-10, 21-14..

Other Indonesian shuttlers passing the qualification round are men?s singles Andreas Adityawarman and Taufik Akbar Hidayat, men`s doubles Tontowi Akhmad/Muhammad Rijal, and women?s singles Aprilia Yuswandari and Fransiska Ratnasari.

Andreas got the ticket for the main round by beating host player Sebastian Schoettler 21-14, 21-17, while Taufik moved on to the main round after beating Krasimir Yankov of Bulgaria 21-11, 21-19.

Tontowi/Rijal, meanwhile, advanced to the main round after beating Matthew Honey/Andrew Bowman of Britain and Scotland 19-21, 21-19, 21-15. They will meet the first-seeded from Korea Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae.

Aprilia and Fransiska entered to the main round after each beating host players Janet Koehler 21-11, 23-21 and Karin Schnaase 21-11, 21-9. (*) END

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