Flu knocks out Yayuk from women's final<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The flu finally got the best of Yayuk Basuki
\nyesterday, ending her six-day run and keeping her from competing
\nin the final of the US$164,250 Danamon Indonesia Women's Open
\ntennis championships.<\/p>\n
The illness may have prevented her from playing, but it
\ncouldn't erase the memories of those who saw her battle it out
\nfrom the start in her characteristic never-say-die spirit.<\/p>\n
\"It's very unfortunate that Yayuk, despite all her struggling,
\ncouldn't come and take me on in the final,\" said Linda Wild of
\nthe United States, Yayuk's partner in the doubles. Wild picked up
\n$29,000 for her walk-out victory and had to give up her doubles
\nplace to Courtois and Feber.<\/p>\n
In the women's doubles, an awkward backhand shot by Belgium's
\nLaurence Courtois, who teamed up with compatriot Nancy Feber,
\ngave Japan's Naoko Kijimuta and Rika Hiraki their deserved 7-6,
\n7-5 victory. The Japanese pair pocketed $9,000 and the Belgians
\ntook home half that sum. Theirs was an exciting two-set game
\nwhich captivated the more than 2,500 spectators packed into the
\n3000-seat Senayan stadium.<\/p>\n
\"Yayuk demonstrated an extraordinary struggle until the end,\"
\npraised Indonesian Tennis Association chairman Sarwono
\nKusumaatmadja. Sarwono said that Yayuk's dropping out last year
\nwas her own fault for eating a bowl of porridge with too much
\nchili in it.<\/p>\n
This was the second time Yayuk, currently Indonesia's number
\none, has been forced out of the open tournament due to an
\nillness. Last year she was knocked out of the open's semis by
\nacute diarrhea.<\/p>\n
The Women's Tennis Association's primary health care provider,
\nJoannie Essenmacher, examined Yayuk and announced at a press
\nconference yesterday that Yayuk was ill and could not play.<\/p>\n
\"Her temperature was 102 degrees Fahrenheit (or 39 degrees
\nCentigrade). Her heart beat was pulsing 100 times a minute,\"
\nEssenmacher said. Normally an athlete's heart rate at rest is 60
\nbeats per minute. For each temperature increase of one degree
\nCentigrade, the pulse rate increases by 10 beats.<\/p>\n
Yayuk, who was with Joannie in the three-minute media
\nbriefing, said she was sorry for not being able to appear in the
\nfinal.<\/p>\n
Dangsina Moeloek, another physician who treated Yayuk, told
\nThe Jakarta Post that Yayuk had been treated with an over-the-
\ncounter medicine to combat fever, sore throat and other flu
\nsymptoms. \"She needs to take a rest for three to five days,\"
\nDangsina said. She added that Yayuk already was also not well
\nwhen she defeated Germany's Claudia Porwik in the semifinal on
\nFriday.<\/p>\n
Dangsina said Yayuk's illness had nothing to do with the must-
\nwin burden piled on her by Indonesian fans. \"She really is ill. I
\nexamined her myself. She coughed several times.\"<\/p>\n
Dangsina said that for hard-working professional players like
\nYayuk, being overtired and getting ill is not uncommon. \"My other
\npatients were Porwik, who suffered from abdominal cramps, and
\nGail Biggs of Australia who had a toothache.\"<\/p>\n
Sarwono said he was optimistic that Yayuk would recover
\nquickly enough to defend Indonesia in the Federation Cup (April
\n27 to April 28). Sarwono added that he would ask Fed Cup players
\nto use male players as sparring partners to build up Yayuk's
\nstrength and endurance. (arf)<\/p>",
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