Ami Afriatni
Jakarta: Badminton officials have lashed out at two of Indonesia’s best men’s shuttlers for leaving the national side, accusing them of being unable to handle the pressure and vowing never to take them back.
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Irawaty Wardany
Jakarta: The resignation of Tommy Sugiarto and Simon Santoso — the two remaining senior players on the national team — because of personal reasons has left the Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI) relying on young shuttlers for its next challenges.
Continue reading PBSI turn to young players post Tommy Sugiarto and Simon Santoso era
Jakarta: Simon Santoso made a surprise decision on Thursday by resigning from the Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI).
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Bali: Jonatan Christie held his nerve to deliver the Musica Champions’ third consecutive Djarum Superliga title after defeating Djarum Kudus’ Ihsan Maulana Mustofa in a dramatic fifth match of the Superliga men’s team final.
World No. 82 Jonatan Christie defeated Ihsan Maulana Mustofa, during a tense clash that ended 14-21, 21-11, 21-18 in Bali and lasted 64 minutes.
Continue reading Jonatan Christie the hero as Musica Champions seal Superliga glory
Bali: The Djarum Badminton Superliga defending champion Musica Champions is the only undefeated team that haven’t lost a single match all season long. They have dominated the competition by sweeping past their opponents 5-0 in all their previous three ties.
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Jakarta – The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) has named the national men’s and women’s badminton teams that were composed mostly of young players for the 2015 SEA Games in Singapore. PBSI’s has also targeted three gold medals in Singapore.
Continue reading Simon Santoso to spearhead a very young Indonesian team at 2015 SEA Games
Kuala Lumpur: On Tuesday afternoon, Klang United BC suffered another loss in the Purple League, this time to the Petaling Jaya BC despite superb performances from Simon Santoso and Derek Wong.
Continue reading Klang United at risk of missing the Purple League Champions Challenge
Kuala Lumpur: After Lin Dan, Kenichi Tago publicly pleading for Lee Chong Wei to return to the badminton court as soon as possible, Indonesian shuttler Simon Santoso and Derek Wong of Singapore said yesterday that they both missed the presence of the great badminton star.
Continue reading Simon Santoso, Derek Wong miss the presence of Lee Chong Wei
Kuala Lumpur: Despite losing the last two matches, Cheras BC managed to hang on to pull off a 12-10 victory over Nusajaya BC on Saturday.
In the first men’s singles match, former All-England champion Muhd Hafiz Hashim of Cheras BC continued his stunning revival under the 11-point scoring system when he knocked out world number 17 Boonsak Ponsana 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-9 in 47 minutes.
Continue reading Hafiz leads Cheras BC to victory over Nusajaya BC at Kopiko Purple League
Jakarta: After Indonesia’s defending mixed doubles pair, Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir, withdrew from the 2014 World Championships few weeks ago due to Ahmad’s ankle injury, Indonesia have suffered yet another major blow to its World Championships roster when they announced on Tuesday that Simon Santoso and defending men’s doubles world champion Hendra Setiawan/ Mohammad Ahsan have also pulled out from the world meet that will take place in Copenhagen, from August 25 to August 31.
Continue reading Simon Santoso and Ahsan-Setiawan to miss World Champs
