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Gade, Taufik Meet in Quarterfinals All England

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Fourth seed Taufik Hidayat will repeat last year's meeting when he returned conference Danish Peter Gade in the quarter-finals of the All England Super Series, Friday.

In the last 16 of the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England, Thursday night WIT, according to the official page of the tournament, semi-finalist last year, Taufik, advanced to the round of eight by beating host England players Andrew Smith 21-18, 21-18.

While last year's Peter who lost to Taufik in the quarter, booked a place in round eight of the players hung Indonesia Simon Santoso 24-22, 21-18.

The meeting was also reminded again when the two met in the 1999 final which ended with the victory Gade.

In the meantime, measures only a single daughter who left Indonesia, Maria Febe Kusumastuti stopped when he failed to overcome the third seed from China's Jiang Yanjiao.

Phoebe, the day before bow Korean Super Series champion Wang Shixian, this time giving the semi-finalist last year with a 9-21 defeat, 14-21.

Other Indonesian players who appear on the last 16 of the All England which this year reached the implementation of the 100, will compete on Friday (12 / 3) morning.