Ayu meets Ayu in ITF junior finals<\/p>\n
Zakki Hakim
\nThe Jakarta Post
\nJakarta<\/p>\n
Liu Wan Ting and Ayu Fani Damayanti lived up to the billings
\nto meet in the finals of the 2003 ITF Junior Tennis Championships
\nafter defeating their lower rated opponents in the semifinals at
\nthe Bung Karno tennis courts here on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Top seed Liu of China booked her final spot with a 6-3, 6-2
\nwin in 73 minutes over non-seeded Nancy Metriya of Indonesia
\nwhile second seed Ayu defeated fellow Indonesian, sixth seed Dian
\nMayasari 6-1, 7-6 (7\/5) in 90 minutes.<\/p>\n
After a one-sided encounter in the first set, the second set
\nbecame interesting as Dian posed tough opposition to battle a 1-4
\ndeficit to lead at 6-5.<\/p>\n
However, Ayu refused to give in and forced tiebreaks, during
\nwhich Dian struggled and was beaten 5-7.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Liu opened the first set by winning the first three
\ngames. Though, it was not an easy accomplishment in the third
\ngame as Nancy was instantly persistent to force Liu to deuces six
\ntimes before surrendering the game.<\/p>\n
It seemed to provide a boost to Nancy as the Indonesian ran
\nher way to close the gap from 0-3 to 3-4 in the seventh game.
\nBut, she was broken in the eighth game and Liu was unstoppable to
\nseal the set.<\/p>\n
In the second set, Nancy could only match Liu's play in the
\nfirst four games, after which Liu showed she was too strong for
\nNancy.<\/p>\n
In the boys' singles, top seed Yi Chu Huan of Chinese Taipei
\nwill be challenged by fourth seed Roman Kelecic of Croatia in the
\nfinals.<\/p>\n
Yi, who is ranked 70th in the world's junior ITF, outplayed
\nImmanuel Prabowo of Indonesia 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinal match.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Kelecic defeated 12th seed Lee Meng Hua of Chinese
\nTaipei 6-3, 7-6 (7\/4).<\/p>\n
The Jakarta's tourney will be followed by the Widjojo Soejono
\nInternational Junior Tennis Championships in Surabaya from Nov.
\n17 to 23.<\/p>\n
Sixty-four boys and 32 girls will take part the Surabaya
\ntournament.<\/p>",
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