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Putting it briefly: Champs Hendra/Ahsan pack for home early
Defending champions Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan crashed out in the second round of the All England Open Badminton Championships while Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir managed to clear their hurdles in their bid for a fourth title
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efending champions Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan crashed out in the second round of the All England Open Badminton Championships while Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir managed to clear their hurdles in their bid for a fourth title.
Men's doubles champions Ahsan and Hendraw lost to arch-rivals Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan of China 21-16, 19-21, 21-18 in Birmingham, England, on Thursday, according to tournamentsoftware.com.
Tontowi and Liliyana had an easy job eliminating Sol Kyu Choi and Yoo Jung Chae of South Korea 21-12, 21-7.
In the men's singles, Simon Santoso also had to exit early in the preliminary round. So did mixed doubles Riky Widianto and Richi Puspita Dili and women's singles Linda Wenifanetri and Bellaetrix Manuputty.
'We have to appreciate their efforts, but they have been disappointing,' team manager Ricky Soebagdja said in a release.
Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka became Indonesia's only representative in the men's singles after he dispatched teammate Tommy Sugiarto.
