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The US team of Howard Bach and Tony Gunawan (ranked # 13) provided the International Badminton Federation (IBF) World Championships held recently for the first time in the U.S.A. with the most unpredictable win of the modern era when they beat legends Sigit Budiarto and Candra Wijaya (ranked # 2). Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia (ranked # 6) added the World Championship title to his list of achievements.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134045 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1285672 [AuthorName] => DROP SHOT By Michael Yu [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 292467 [Title] => Asuncions succumb to rated Chinese duo [Summary] => Kennevic and Kennie Asuncion of the Philippines saw their amazing run come to an end as they bowed to third-seeded Chen Qiqiu and Zhao Tingting of China, 15-7, 15-5, in the third round of the mixed doubles competition of the 2005 IBF World Badminton Championships yesterday at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California.
The Filipinos gave their Chinese foes a respectable fight, but Chen and Zhao were simply too good as they never trailed and finished the match in only 25 minutes.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 292376 [Title] => Asuncions nanaig sa Netherlands [Summary] => ANAHEIM, California -- Umusad ang magkapatid na sina Kennievic at Kennie Asuncion ng Philippines sa third round matapos na igupo ang tandem nina Jurgen Wou-ters at Paulien Van Doorema-len ng Netherlands, 15-13, 15-9 sa mixed doubles ng 2005 IBF World Badminton Cham-pionships kahapon sa Arrowhead Pond dito.
Hindi naging hadlang sa 28th ranked Filipinos ang kanilang mabagal na pani-mula nang maiwanan sila ng Dutch na kalaban, 0-6 sa first set ngunit nagawang maka-bangon ng Asuncion siblings at agawin ang trangko sa 12-11.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) ) )
The US team of Howard Bach and Tony Gunawan (ranked # 13) provided the International Badminton Federation (IBF) World Championships held recently for the first time in the U.S.A. with the most unpredictable win of the modern era when they beat legends Sigit Budiarto and Candra Wijaya (ranked # 2). Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia (ranked # 6) added the World Championship title to his list of achievements.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134045 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1285672 [AuthorName] => DROP SHOT By Michael Yu [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 292467 [Title] => Asuncions succumb to rated Chinese duo [Summary] => Kennevic and Kennie Asuncion of the Philippines saw their amazing run come to an end as they bowed to third-seeded Chen Qiqiu and Zhao Tingting of China, 15-7, 15-5, in the third round of the mixed doubles competition of the 2005 IBF World Badminton Championships yesterday at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California.
The Filipinos gave their Chinese foes a respectable fight, but Chen and Zhao were simply too good as they never trailed and finished the match in only 25 minutes.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 292376 [Title] => Asuncions nanaig sa Netherlands [Summary] => ANAHEIM, California -- Umusad ang magkapatid na sina Kennievic at Kennie Asuncion ng Philippines sa third round matapos na igupo ang tandem nina Jurgen Wou-ters at Paulien Van Doorema-len ng Netherlands, 15-13, 15-9 sa mixed doubles ng 2005 IBF World Badminton Cham-pionships kahapon sa Arrowhead Pond dito.
Hindi naging hadlang sa 28th ranked Filipinos ang kanilang mabagal na pani-mula nang maiwanan sila ng Dutch na kalaban, 0-6 sa first set ngunit nagawang maka-bangon ng Asuncion siblings at agawin ang trangko sa 12-11.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) ) )
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