Host tennis players qualify for Future c'ships main draw<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Three national tennis players reached the main
\ndraw of the Indonesia Futures F5 tournament at the Kemayoran
\ntennis complex in Central Jakarta on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Tjahjono barely broke a sweat to eliminate Hiroshi Fukaumi of
\nJapan 6-0, 6-0. Tjahjono will face compatriot Yusmawan Fahmi, who
\nreceived a wild card for the first day of the main draw today.<\/p>\n
Ferdy Fauzi also managed to reach the main draw due to Ruben
\nde Kleijn of the Netherlands retiring when Ferdy was leading 7-5,
\n4-3. Ferdy will face Febi Widhiyanto, a member of the national
\nDavis Cup and the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games team, who also
\nreceived a wild card.<\/p>\n
Surya Wijaya also qualified for the main draw after defeating
\nteammate Peter Susanto 6-1, 6-0. Surya has a slim chance to reach
\nthe second round as he will challenge second seeded Danai
\nUdomchoke of Thailand.<\/p>\n
The top seeded of the tournament, Jan Hermansson of Sweden,
\nwill meet Minh Le of the United States today. The winner will
\nchallenge the winner of the match between qualifier Robert Krause
\nof South Africa and Niko Karagiannis of Greece.<\/p>\n
Third seeded Frantisek Babej of Slovakia will face Phoemphon
\nAtabut of Thailand. The winner will face either Sebastian da
\nCosta or Edy Kusdaryanto, who will fight in the all-Indonesian
\nmatch.<\/p>\n
Fourth seeded Akira Matsushita of Japan is to take on German
\nBjorn Jacob. The winner will also face either Tjahjono or
\nYusmawan.<\/p>\n
Suwandi, a member of the national team, will face Josef
\nNesticky of the Czech Republic. If Suwandi manages to win his
\nfirst match, he will likely meet Udomchoke in the second round.<\/p>\n
Compatriot Hendri Susilo Pramono will meet Yasutomo Nakase of
\nJapan in the first round. If Hendri wins, he is likely to face
\nBabej.<\/p>\n
In the doubles, Thomas Shimada of Japan and Myles Wakefield of
\nSouth Africa are the top seeded here followed by Hideki Kaneko
\nand Satoshi Iwabuchi of Japan.<\/p>\n
Febi and Hendri will have to meet compatriots Yusmawan and
\nAriawan Poerboadinoto in the first round. If Febi and Hendri
\nsurvive the match, they are likely to challenge third seeded Minh
\nLe of the United States and Aisam Qureshi of Pakistan. (yan)<\/p>",
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