Guse\/Hiraki advance to Wismilak quarterfinals<\/p>\n
SURABAYA (JP): Australian Kerry-Anne Guse and Japanese partner
\nRika Hiraki cruised into the quarterfinals of the Wismilak
\nInternational women's tennis tournament at the Embong Sawo tennis
\ncomplex yesterday after beating Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn
\nand Australian Catharine Barclay 6-4, 6-2.<\/p>\n
Guse\/Hiraki will meet the winner of the match between the pair
\nof Korean Park Sung-hee and Taiwan's Wang Shi-Ting and the French
\npair of Nathalie Dechy\/Sara Pitkowski.<\/p>\n
Second seeded Guse\/Hiraki teamed well together and led from
\nthe beginning.<\/p>\n
Malaysian Chin Bee Khoo and Japanese partner Yamagishi worked
\nhard to beat the Japanese duo of Haruka Inoue\/Maika Inoue 5-7, 7-
\n5, 6-4.<\/p>\n
Khoo\/Yamagishi now meets American Erika de Lone and Australian
\nNicole Pratt, who had a walk over win against Canadians M. Drake
\nand R. Kolbovic.<\/p>\n
No Indonesian players made it through to the second round.
\nWynne Prakusya and Mimma Chernovita failed to get past the first
\nround, while others did not qualify for the main draw.<\/p>\n
First seeded Dominique van Roost went closer to the singles
\ntitle after beating Japan's Miho Saeki 7-6 (7-3), 6-3.<\/p>\n
She will play the winner of the match between Madagascar's
\nDally Randriantefy and Japan's Yuko Yoshida.<\/p>\n
Van Roost run has been made easier after second seed Henrieta
\nNagyova lost to Haruka Inoue 6-3, 5-7, 7-5.<\/p>\n
Australia's Nicole Pratt, who beat third seeded Thai Tamarine
\nTanasugarn on Wednesday, also cruised to the quarterfinals and
\nwill meet the winner of the match between Japan's Nana Miyagi and
\nseventh seeded Rachel McQuillan.<\/p>\n
In other quarterfinals, sixth seeded French woman Sara
\nPitkowski will meet the winner of the match between France's
\nNathalie Dechie and Venezuelan Maria Alejandra Vento.<\/p>\n
The winner between Czech Lenka Nemeckova and Japan's Haruka
\nInoue will go through to the semifinals.<\/p>\n
The championship is to commemorate the 100th anniversary of
\nthe Embong Sawo tennis complex.<\/p>\n
The winner of the singles event will walk away with US$31,860,
\nthe runner-up will get $15,030 and semifinalists will receive
\n$7,695.<\/p>\n
The doubles winner will receive $10,548, the runner-up will
\nget $6,192 and semifinalists will pocket $3,546. (nur\/yan)<\/p>",
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