Sporting Digest: Badminton

WORLD CUP (Ho Chi Minh City, Viet): Men: Singles semi-finals: T Stuer-Lauridsen (Den) bt J Suprianto (Indon) 9-15 15-12 15-6; H Arbi (Indon) bt A Wiranata (Indon) 15-10 15-11. Final: Arbi bt Stuer-Lauridsen 9-7 ret. Doubles semi-finals: B Suprianto and R Gunawan (Indon) bt T Lund and M Sogaar (Den) 15-2 15-10; Cheah Soon Kit and Soo Beng Kiang (Malay) bt Yap Kim Hock and Tan Kim Her (Malay) 6-15 15-11 15-8. Final: Cheah and Beng bt Suprianto and Gunawan 18-13 2-15 18-17. Women: Singles semi-finals: S Susanti (Indon) bt C Martin (Den) 12-10 11-1; Bang Soo- hyun (S Kor) bt Ye Zhaoying (Ch) 11-2 11-4. Final: Susanti bt Bang 12-9 11-6. Doubles semi- finals: Chung So-young and Gil Young-ah (S Kor) bt Wu Yuhong and Chen Ying (Ch) 15-10 15-7; L Tampi and Finarsih (Indon) bt L Stuer- Lauridsen and L Olsen (Den) 15-3 15-5. Final: Tampi and Finarsih bt Chung and Gil 15-11

15-12. Mixed doubles semi-finals: T Lund (Den) and C Bengtsson (Swe) bt J-E Antonsson and A Crabo (Swe) 18-16 15-12; Chen Xingdong and Gu Jun (Ch) bt A Miranat and R Riseu (Indon) 15-10 15-6. Final: Lund and Bengtsson bt Chen and Gu 10-15 15-10 15-2.