Febi, Yusmawan reach Futures quarterfinals<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Febi Widhiyanto and Yusmawan Fahmi remain the
\nonly national men's singles players in the quarterfinals of the
\nIndonesia Futures F6 at the Danamon tennis complex in Kemayoran,
\nCentral Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Febi, 19, reached the quarterfinals after beating Thomas
\nShimada of Japan, who retired due to heat exhaustion in the third
\nset. Down 2-6 in the first set, Febi managed to survive the
\nsecond by winning 6-3. In the deciding set, Shimada decided not
\nto continue because of his condition.<\/p>\n
\"I made many unforced errors in the first set because Shimada
\nput pressure on me. In the second set, I managed to perform more
\nconsistently and my passing got better,\" Febi said.<\/p>\n
Febi will face top seeded Satoshi Iwabuchi of Japan, who
\ndefeated Kamil Blaha of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n
\"I have never met him in a tournament. Let's wait and see
\ntomorrow. I just hope to play better than last week's tournament
\nto reach the semifinals,\" said the national team member.<\/p>\n
Yusmawan, also a member of the national team, had to work hard
\nto upset eighth seeded Juraj Hasko of Slovakia 6-4, 7-6 (7-5). He
\nwill challenge second seeded Jan Hermansson of Sweden, who beat
\nIndonesian Edy Kusdaryanto 6-2, 6-3.<\/p>\n
In another quarterfinals, third seeded Hideki Kaneko of Japan,
\nwho barely broke a sweat to beat Vaclac Duda of the Czech
\nRepublic 6-2, 6-1, will face Frantisek Babej of Slovakia, who won
\n6-4, 6-3 over Minh Le of the United States.<\/p>\n
Fourth seeded Danai Udomchoke of Thailand beat Japanese
\nHiroyasu Sato 6-3, 6-2 to meet Ryuso Tsujino, who is also from
\nJapan. Tsujino had to spend all his energy to beat compatriot
\nAkira Matsushita, who was sixth seeded here, 7-6 (7-2), 1-6, 7-5.<\/p>\n
In the men's doubles, only the national veteran partnerships
\nof Bonit Wiryawan and Sulistyo Wibowo reached the semifinals.
\nFourth seededs Bonit and Sulistyo beat Roman Kukal and Josef
\nNesticky of the Czech Republic 6-7 (6-8), 6-0, 6-2.<\/p>\n
The Indonesians will challenge second seededs Ashley Fisher of
\nAustralia and Minh Le of the United States, who won 6-3, 7-6 (7-
\n3) over Bjorn Jacob of Germany and Niko Karagiannis of Greece.<\/p>\n
Top seededs Japanese Shimada and South African Myles Wakefield
\nFrantisek Babej and Juraj Hasko of Slovakia 6-3, 6-0. They will
\nmeet Aisam Qureshi of Pakistan and Sato of Japan, who beat
\nAndrian Raturandang and Suwandi of Indonesia 6-4, 7-6 (7-2).<\/p>\n
In the Indonesia Women's Circuit 3 at the same place, only
\nIrawati Moerid Iskandar and Mimma Chernovita survived the second
\nround.<\/p>\n
Irawati beat junior Frederika Girsang 6-4, 6-1 to meet seventh
\nseeded Rushmi Chakravarthi of India, who won 7-5, 6-1 over
\nVeronika Civrtnickova of the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n
Mimma reached the quarterfinals thanks to opponent Diane
\nAsensio of Switzerland, who retired when the Indonesian was
\nleading 6-4, 3-0. (yan)<\/p>",
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