Kamilla Rytter Juhl eyeing a double in Jakarta

Kamilla Rytter Juhl put in a Herculean effort on Friday to reach two semi-finals in the Djarum Indonesia Open Superseries Premier, the sixth tournament in the OSIM BWF World Superseries 2011 calendar.

A world champion in the mixed doubles with Thomas Laybourn in 2009, Juhl stands a chance of winning the mixed and women's doubles after a hard day which saw her play the second match of the afternoon and the last tie late at night at the Istora Senayan.

Juhl's day began when she and Christinna Pedersen, faced sixth seeded Indonesians Meiliana Jauhari-Greysia Polii. After an easy first game which the Danes won 21-15, the local lasses upped the gear before eventually losing 24-22. The Europeans will now meet top seeds Wang Xiaoli-Yu Yang, who survived a scare from South Korea's Ha Jung Eun-Kim Min Jung to win 13-21, 21-10, 21-11.

The other semi-final will see Mizuki Fujii-Reika Kakiiwa of Japan, who beat team mates Shizuka Matsuo-Mami Naito 15-21, 21-12, 21-15, taking on Indonesia's Vita Marissa-Nadya Melati. The Indonesians defeated former world No. 1s Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei Hui of Malaysia 21-17, 17-21, 21-17.

Juhl then partnered Laybourn to upset second seeds Sudket Prapakamol-Saralee Thoungthongkam of Thailand 21-13, 16-21, 22-20 in the mixed doubles. The Danes might find it tough to win in Jakarta as world No.1s Zhang Nan-Zhao Yunlei of China are still in the hunt after beating team mates Tao Jiaming-Tian Qing 21-11, 21-16.

There was mixed new for Denmark elsewhere in the tournament. Evergreen Peter Gade reached the men's semi-finals when he ousted third seed Taufik Hidayat, but world No.1s Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen, were knocked out of the men's doubles by Indonesia's Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan.

Tine Baun, who reached the final in last week's Li Ning Singapore Open Superseries, was eliminated from the women's singles event. Baun, who has recently recovered from injuries to her heel bone, succumbed to two-time defending champion Saina Nehwal of India, who won 21-19, 21-19.

The Commonwealth Games champion will fancy her chances of reaching her third consecutive final in Jakarta when she plays Taipei's Cheng Shao Chieh on Saturday. Shao Chieh, who upset world No. 1 Wang Shixian on Thursday, defeated another Chinese shuttler in the quarter-finals, beating Liu Xin 21-17, 21-15. The other semi-final is an all-Chinese affair between world No. 3 Wang Yihan and Jiang Yanjiao.

SOURCE : Badminton World Federation