Tommy Sugiarto & Dionysius Rumbaka are on their own

Jakarta: Head of development and performance for Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) – Rexy Mainaky told Indonesian media on Friday that PBSI has no responsibility to take care of Indonesian players who are eligible to compete in Olympics but have quit the national team.Tommy Sugiarto could be better off without PBSI.

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Singapore Open: Chong Wei Feng, Arif suffer 1st round exit

Singapore: Indonesian shuttler Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka produced a sizzling display to hand Chong Wei Feng of Malaysia his opening-round defeat in the first round of Singapore Open on Wednesday. Rumbaka won the match 21-12, 21-13 in 35 minutes. Simon Santoso who won the Singapore Open last year, saw off the challenge from Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif of Malaysia 21-14, 21-14 to advance to the second round.Hope Chong Wei Feng will bounce back from his Singapore Open defeat

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Singapore Open: Chong Wei Feng, Simon Santoso in main draw

Singapore: After several last-minute withdrawals from players such as Indonesia’s world No. 8 Tommy Sugiarto, Japan’s world No. 13 Sho Sasaki, Thailand’s world No. 13 mixed doubles pair Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thoungthongkam, India’s world No. 1 women’s singles Saina Nehwal and world No. 9 P.V. Sindhu, the action-packed qualifying rounds of the 2015 OUE Singapore Open has kicked off on Tuesday and it offered the best chance for some players to shows off her badminton skills.The defending Singapore Open champion, Simon Santoso of Indonesia. (Photo: OUE Singapore Open 2015)

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Malaysian Open: Zulfadli Zulkifli saves the day for Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: The 2011 BWF world junior champion Zulfadli Zulkifli became the sole Malaysia men’s singles representative who successfully made it to the main draw at the Malaysian Open on Tuesday. Zulkifli prevented Malaysia from creating an embarrassing record where for the first time in the history of Malaysian Open, no Malaysian men’s singles player could make it to main draw.Zulfadli Zulkifli is a talented player that needs great coaching program in order to become a world class player

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Jan Jorgensen and Sung Ji Hyun lift German Open titles

Mulheim: Denmark’s top-seeded European champion Jan Jorgensen needed only 31 minutes to defeat Indonesian Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka 21-12, 21-13 in the men’s singles final on Sunday to become the first Denmark player to have ever won the German Open title.Jan Jorgensen and Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka (Photo: German Open Badminton)

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Axiata Cup: Indonesia crush Malaysia 4-0

Jakarta: Indonesia thrashed Malaysia 4-0 in their third preliminary round match of the 2014 Axiata Cup Badminton Tournament at Bratama Arena in Jakarta on Saturday.

Indonesia’s first men’s singles Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka who lost to Chong Wei Feng in the second singles tie at the Thomas Cup quarter-finals in May, didn’t let the history to repeat itself. He erased memories of his Thomas Cup straight games loss to dispatch Chong Wei Feng 21-19, 21-11.Muhammad Ahsan and Markis Kido play the first men's doubles for Indonesia at the 2014 Axiata Cup
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Daren Liew stuns Dionysius Rumbaka at Indonesian Masters

Palembang: Just when things couldn’t get any worse, they suddenly couldn’t get any better for Daren Liew. On Thursday, Daren rebounded from his recent disastrous career slump to upset top seed Indonesian Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka 22-20, 21-14, in round two of the Indonesian Masters GPG. There's still hope for Daren Liew if he continues to play well

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