Host Jakarta, C. Java secure tennis golds<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Host Jakarta assured itself of the men's singles
\ngold medal in the 14th National Games (PON) tennis competition
\nyesterday when its two aces set up an all-Jakartan final.<\/p>\n
Central Java also captured a gold from its women's doubles
\nteam of Wynne Prakusya and Liza Andriyani, who beat North
\nSulawesi's Irawati Moerid and Vivi Rogi in one of the two gold
\nmedal matches yesterday.<\/p>\n
Enfant terrible Benny Wijaya continued his demolition of
\nseeded players with a 6-3, 6-1 win over fourth seed Sebastian da
\nCosta of Lampung in their semifinal. Benny will now play his
\nfellow national number one Dede Suhendar, who upset second seed
\nAndrian Raturandang of West Java 6-3, 6-2.<\/p>\n
The defeats of Sebastian and Andrian puts Indonesia under
\npressure because both players will don the national colors in
\ntheir crucial Davis Cup match at Taipei next weekend.<\/p>\n
Merciless Benny, whose presence in the PON was under fire
\nbecause of his refusal to play for Indonesia's Davis Cup team
\nlast year, employed a power game on his favorite clay court to
\ntame Davis Cup debutant Sebastian.<\/p>\n
Benny, who won his crown in the last PON three years ago as an
\nEast Javanese, vowed to battle it out in the final, despite the
\nfact that he will be crossing rackets against the man with whom
\nhe joined forces to win the men's team gold on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\"A gold medal is very important for me just to show that I'm
\nstill the best in the country,\" Benny said. Top seed Suwandi of
\nWest Java was the first notable victim of the iron hands of Benny
\nwhen they met in the second round on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Wynne and Liza, both Indonesia Fed Cup debutants, made up for
\ntheir loss in the singles matches when they teamed up to tear
\ndown the defense of their North Sulawesi opponents. Wynne and
\nLiza allowed their rivals to take their only lead, 3-2, in the
\nfirst set but the rest of the match belonged to the Central
\nJavanese.<\/p>\n
\"We predicted the outcome. We played with full confidence and
\nwe did it,\" Liza said of her PON debut win. The junior team of
\nLiza and Wynne upset top seeds Yayuk and Maria Veronika
\nWidyadarma of Yogyakarta in the first round.<\/p>\n
Central Java can hope to take one more gold, by way of the
\nwomen's singles, provided that Wynne manages to match top seed
\nand world number 29 Yayuk Basuki of Yogyakarta in today's final.<\/p>\n
In the other final match of the day, East Java won its only
\ntennis gold when mixed doubles team of Bonit Wiryawan and Romana
\nTedjakusuma beat teammates Champy Halim and Natalia Sutrisno 6-2,
\n6-1.<\/p>\n
The men's doubles final today will pit top seeds Suwandi and
\nSulistyo Wibowo of West Java against their second seed opponents
\nSebastian and Surya Wijaya of Lampung.<\/p>\n
Waterskiing<\/p>\n
In the water skiing, East Java ruled the waves of Sunter lake,
\nNorth Jakarta by winning three of four gold medals on offer
\nyesterday.<\/p>\n
Nuni Nurdiyati led the East Javanese to make it a one-two-
\nthree finish in the women's slalom. Nuni scored 14.50 to beat the
\nBaiq sisters of Yolanda and Herawati who collected 13.00 and
\n12.25 respectively.<\/p>\n
Herawati avenged her loss in the trick event, finishing first
\nwith 371 ahead of Nuni who managed 286. Former skiing queen
\nInawati Setiawan, who represented Bali, took the bronze with 256.<\/p>\n
East Java struck a third through men's slalom specialist Lalu
\nHabashi who won the contest with a score of 25. Fath Daud of Bali
\ncame second, ahead of another East Javanese, Raharjo Priambodo.<\/p>\n
Andi Reza Tulong of North Sulawesi was the only East Javanese
\nwinner after scoring 349 to finish first in the men's trick.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, South Kalimantan and Jakarta shared the glory in
\nthe cycling competition held at Rawamangun velodrome. A strong
\nJakarta team featuring national best riders, Setiawan brothers of
\nHenry, Hengki Setiawan and Hery Janto, were unchallenged to win
\nthe 4,000-meter Team Pursuit in a combined time of 4:39.19
\nseconds.<\/p>\n
West Java took the silver in 4:55.26, followed by East Java
\nwhich totaled 4:47.44.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, South Kalimantan's Suwandra pedaled his
\nway to the Wind and Out gold medal. The silver went to Ronny
\nYahya of Yogyakarta, and the bronze to host rider Agus Yulianto.
\nPrerace favorite, Andry Sudrajat of West Java, managed only to
\nfinish fourth.<\/p>\n
Jakarta took its second gold of the day through Hengky, who
\nwon the 30km Point Race. Mohammad Basri of Yogyakarta finished
\nsecond for the silver, followed by Mohammad Handi of West Java.
\n(amd)<\/p>",
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