RI storms into Uber Cup final

The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta   |  Thu, 05/15/2008 10:02 PM  |  Sports

Host Indonesia cruised into the final of the Uber Cup women team badminton championship on Thursday after trouncing Germany 3-1 in the semifinals.

Although losing the first single match, Indonesia bounced back by winning one double match and two singles matches against Germany.

Indonesia's first single player Maria Kristin bowed out 20-21, 15-21 to Xu Huaiwen, but duo Jo Novita and Greysia Polii leveled the score, outwitting Germany's pair Birgit Overzier and Kathrin
Piotrowshki 21-9, 21-13.

Indonesia took a 2-1 lead when Adriyanti Firdasari edged past Julianne Schenk 21-16, 22-20, before the last single player Pia Zebadiah ensured her country's triumph over Germany with a 21-7, 21-16 win over Karin Schnaase.

Indonesia will take on defending champion and favorite China in the final, scheduled for Saturday.

It is Indonesia's first final in ten years. The last time Indonesia won the Uber Cup was back in 1996. (***)

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