Rungkat and Sie exited in Q1 at Petaling Jaya futures

Two top Indonesian players, Christopher Rungkat and Elbert Sie still struggled as they crashed out in the first of singles qualifying round at "Malaysia Futures F2" in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia last week-end. Rungkat bowed out to China's Zhou Zhuo-Qing 6-7(1), 1-6, while Sie was beaten by another Chinese player, seventh seed Wu Di 3-6, 3-6.

In doubles, Rungkat partnered with Yang Tsung-Hua of Chinese Taipei and they were placed as third seed. In the first round, duo Rungkat/Yang cruised past wild card pair, Razlan Rawi/Elbert Sie (Malaysia/Indonesia) 6-3, 6-4. Eventually duo Rungkat/Yang lost to duet Chen Ti/Phillip King (Chinese Taipei/USA) 3-6, 4-6 in quarterfinal.

Singles

First Round
1-D'AGORD, Luigi (ITA) d. WC STATHAM, Mikal (NZL) 62 64
Q-CHO, Soong-Jae (KOR) d. Q-PROPOGGIA, Dane (AUS) 46 76(7) 60
VARDHAN, Vishnu (IND) d. Q-WU, Di (CHN) 76(5) 63
7-AN, Jae-Sung (KOR) d. SHARAN, Divij (IND) 75 62

3-KING-TURNER, Daniel (NZL) d. GAJJAR, Rohan (IND) 62 46 60
Q-KIM, Sun-Yong (KOR) d. Q-RICE, David (GBR) 63 57 64
PR-KING, Phillip (USA) d. PR-SHOKEEN, Vivek (IND) 64 63
Q-VIRALI-MURUGESAN, Ranjeet (IND) d. 5-LIM, Yong-Kyu (KOR) 64 46 63

8-GHAREEB, Mohammad (KUW) d. WACHIRAMANOWONG, Kittiphong (THA) 76(0) 67(6) 75
Q-WANG, Yu Jr. (CHN) d. WC-JAYA, Adam (MAS) 60 75
KANG, Sung-Kyun (KOR) d. LI, Zhe (CHN) 64 63
4-YANG, Tsung-Hua (TPE) d. WC-RAWI, Razlan (MAS) 63 61

6-MAMIIT, Cecil (PHI) d. Q-NARAYANASWAMY, Srirambalaji (IND) 67(5) 61 62
KIM, Young-Jun (KOR) d. LL-TIWARI, Abhijeet (IND) 61 61
SE-BRUGUES-DAVI, Arnau (ESP) d. SUN, Peng (CHN) 26 60 3-1 Retired
2-CHEN, Ti (TPE) d. WC-SI, Yew-Ming (MAS) 60 61

Second Round
1-D'AGORD, Luigi (ITA) d. Q-CHO, Soong-Jae (KOR) 63 46 64
VARDHAN, Vishnu (IND) d. 7-AN, Jae-Sung (KOR) 57 64 64
3-KING-TURNER, Daniel (NZL) d. Q-KIM, Sun-Yong (KOR) 63 76(4)
PR-KING, Phillip (USA) d. Q-VIRALI-MURUGESAN, Ranjeet (IND) 64 63

Q-WANG, Yu Jr. (CHN) d. 8-GHAREEB, Mohammad (KUW) 5-2 Retired
4-YANG, Tsung-Hua (TPE) d. KANG, Sung-Kyun (KOR) 64 61
6-MAMIIT, Cecil (PHI) d. KIM, Young-Jun (KOR) 61 1-1 ret.
SE-BRUGUES-DAVI, Arnau (ESP) d. 2-CHEN, Ti (TPE) 76(8) 63

Doubles

First Round
1-GAJJAR (IND) / GHAREEB (KUW) d. WC-JAYA (MAS) / SI (MAS) 63 26 12-10
BRUGUES-DAVI (ESP) / D'AGORD (ITA) d. KANG (KOR) / KIM (KOR) 61 76(4)

4-LI (CHN) / WANG (CHN) d. MALIK (IND) / RICE (GBR) 64 64
WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) / WU (CHN) d. MCCOOK (AUS) / PROPOGGIA (AUS) 75 64

CHEN (TPE) / KING (USA) d. KLEIN (AUS) / YU (CHN) 62 63
3-RUNGKAT (INA) / YANG (TPE) d. WC-RAWI (MAS) / SIE (INA) 63 64

SHOKEEN (IND) / VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) d. WC SELVARAJOO (MAS) / ZAINAL (MAS) 61 60
2-SHARAN (IND) / VARDHAN (IND) d. CHO (KOR) / KIM (KOR) 61 63

QF
BRUGUES-DAVI (ESP) / D'AGORD (ITA) d. 1-GAJJAR (IND) / GHAREEB (KUW) W/O
4-LI (CHN) / WANG (CHN) d. WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) / WU (CHN) 62 76(2)

CHEN (TPE) / KING (USA) d. 3-RUNGKAT (INA) / YANG (TPE) 63 64
2-SHARAN (IND) / VARDHAN (IND) d. SHOKEEN (IND) / VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 76(1) 36 10-5