Badminton great Indra Gunawan was laid to rest at Heroes Plaza inside the San Diego Hills Memorial Park and Funeral Homes in Karawang, West Java, on Thursday.

Indra’s wife, Dewi Mirida Japin, was joined by around 50 of the family’s close relatives and friends, some of them from the badminton community, including former national shuttlers Lilik Sudarwati and Hariyanto Arbi.

Indra passed away at Pantai Indah Kapuk Hospital on Sunday, after losing a two-year battle with cancer.

“He was not only a good coach, but he was also a responsible father,” Indra’s son, Thomas Gunawan, said in the eulogy. “He worked hard for his family. And he never complained about his illness since the first time he found out about it.”

As a national player, Indra brought pride to the country with his success in international competitions. He won a gold medal at the 1970 Asian Games and represented Indonesia in the 1970 and 1973 editions of the Thomas Cup.

As a coach, Indra guided the careers of several world-class shuttlers, such as Hariyanto Arbi, Hendrawan, Ardy B. Wiranata, Joko Supriyanto, Hermawan Susanto and Fung Permadi. He also helped Indonesia win its first Olympic gold medal, after his protege, Alan Budikusuma, won the men’s singles championship at the 1992 Games in Barcelona.

SINGAPORE: Action from the Aviva Singapore Open at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Thursday brought the biggest upset of the tournament as World No 1 Lee Chong Wei, the defending men's champion, is out of the tournament.

Defending men's champion Lee Chong Wei's lack of preparation showed. The Malaysian was defeated by Vietnam's Nguyen Tien Minh- 24-22, 20-22, 21-19 in an hour.

Singapore's young shuttlers' good run was also halted on Thursday.

The republic's top ranked women's singles player, Xing Aiying, had her work cut out for her. Xing was on court against China's Wang Yihun, the second seed at the tournament, who went on to win 21-16, 8-21, 21-7.