HIROSHIMA, Oct 9: Indonesia's allconquering bad-. mlnton queen

Susi Susanti has set her mind on retirement in two years, reports AFP.

And at this stage of her career. she says, it is difficult for her to contemplate a drastic change In her playing style some find tediously defensive.

The 23-year-old worldnumber one. a sporting icon in her country, has won practically every major badminton title.

She won the Olympic title when badminton was introduced In Barcelona in 1992, four all-England tournaments, the World Championships, the Grand Prix and the World Cup.

Susanti also played a key role in Indonesia regaining the Uber Cup. symbol of supremacy in women's team badminton. Most rival players have a sense of Inevitable defeat even before they enter the court to face her.

So awesome is her track

record that the slender Susanti is seen as a sure bet for the Asian Games singles title she needs to complete her vast collection and make amends

here for a semifinal loss in Beijing.

But the Indonesian's record. however enviable, has been built on a highly defensive style that profits from her

opponents mistakes.

She points them down at the back of the court, serving and returning- deep, pouncing on any mistake, using her cat like mobility and footwork that always has her in the right po sition to receive the shuttle.

Delicate wristwork and deceptive drop shots that enchant the connoisseur are not a part of her reportoire

Ten-time all-England cham-’ pion Judy Hashman commented recently that Susanti. despite all her talent, displayed no initiative and waited for things to happen. "Why does not she force opportunities to happen?

To the average spectator her game is dull ... to me her game is superbly constant but negative," Hashman wrote.

"This is the way I play." Susanti said in an interview here. "It is difficult to change, to improve, because I am in the peak of my condition.

"I will go on playing for two more years, until the Atlanta Olympics, and I am trying to maintain .myself." added Susanti.