Ex-champion Hidayat survives scare
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August 26, 2010, Thursday
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EX-WORLD and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat survived a second round scare at the world championships yesterday, dropping the opening game before beating Hsieh Yu Hsin of Chinese Taipei 19-21, 21-19, 21-9.
Hidayat's victory was an important one for Indonesia, which lost out when Simon Santoso, seeded eight, had to pull out of his match with a back injury.
The blow follows the absence of sixth seeded Indonesian Sony Dwi Kuncoro who withdrew before the tournament started, also with a back injury.
Hidayat, Olympic champion in 2004, told reporters: "I felt under pressure in the first set but I was more assured in the second."
But the Indonesian had to fight hard later in the second when Hsieh came back to win five points in a row to make it 19-19.
"He scared me but I knew then I just had to win it," Hidayat said.
China's Lin Dan, bidding to win the world title for a record fourth time in succession, trailed 1-6 in the second set against unseeded Swede Henri Hurskainen before restoring order to win 21-13, 21-15.
World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei negotiated a potentially tricky clash with Malaysian compatriot Muhammad Hafiz Hashim, a former All England champion, running out a comfortable 21-16, 21-16 winner.
Lee earned his 18th straight win in 26 minutes. He will next face Rajiv Ouseph of England who converted his fourth match point to upset the 11th-seeded Jan Jorgensen of Denmark 21-12, 25-23.
There was a fright in the women's singles for India's second seed Saina Nehwal who was playing her first match in the tournament after a first-round bye.
Nehwal dropped the first set against unseeded Chinese Taipei's Hsiao Huan Chen before regaining control to win 20-22, 21-15, 21-8 in 47 minutes.
Hidayat's victory was an important one for Indonesia, which lost out when Simon Santoso, seeded eight, had to pull out of his match with a back injury.
The blow follows the absence of sixth seeded Indonesian Sony Dwi Kuncoro who withdrew before the tournament started, also with a back injury.
Hidayat, Olympic champion in 2004, told reporters: "I felt under pressure in the first set but I was more assured in the second."
But the Indonesian had to fight hard later in the second when Hsieh came back to win five points in a row to make it 19-19.
"He scared me but I knew then I just had to win it," Hidayat said.
China's Lin Dan, bidding to win the world title for a record fourth time in succession, trailed 1-6 in the second set against unseeded Swede Henri Hurskainen before restoring order to win 21-13, 21-15.
World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei negotiated a potentially tricky clash with Malaysian compatriot Muhammad Hafiz Hashim, a former All England champion, running out a comfortable 21-16, 21-16 winner.
Lee earned his 18th straight win in 26 minutes. He will next face Rajiv Ouseph of England who converted his fourth match point to upset the 11th-seeded Jan Jorgensen of Denmark 21-12, 25-23.
There was a fright in the women's singles for India's second seed Saina Nehwal who was playing her first match in the tournament after a first-round bye.
Nehwal dropped the first set against unseeded Chinese Taipei's Hsiao Huan Chen before regaining control to win 20-22, 21-15, 21-8 in 47 minutes.
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