Liza to meet Wang at Danamon Open<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Liza Andriyani of Indonesia will challenge top
\nseed Wang Shi-Ting of Chinese Taipei on Thursday in the second
\nround of the 1997 Danamon Women's Open.<\/p>\n
Liza, who has a wild card entry, beat qualifier Jane Taylor of
\nAustralia 6-4, 7-5 in the US$107,500 tournament's first round
\nyesterday.<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old Liza fought hard to beat Taylor. She led 4-3
\nin the first set before Taylor equalized 4-4. Liza then broke
\nTaylor's serve to win the set 6-4.<\/p>\n
In the second set, Liza led 4-2 before Taylor took control to
\nlead 5-4. Liza, world ranked 497, equalized at 5-5 and went on to
\nwin the set 7-5.<\/p>\n
Liza said, \"Winning today means a lot since I gained a wild
\ncard into the tournament.\"<\/p>\n
Liza said she lost her cool when the score reached 4-2 in the
\nsecond set, costing her the lead.<\/p>\n
\"I wasn't sure that I could win the second set,\" she said.<\/p>\n
Liza said she would try to learn from her match against Wang
\ntomorrow.<\/p>\n
On her defeat, Taylor said: \"I was too careful and made many
\nunforced errors. I also lost concentration.\"<\/p>\n
In another match yesterday, Wang defeated Japan's Mara Endo 6-
\n2, 6-1 in 45 minutes.<\/p>\n
\"I'm very satisfied with the results. It's much faster than I
\nthought before the match began,\" Wang said.<\/p>\n
Wang lost to Endo in a Japan satellite tournament in 1991.<\/p>\n
\"Of course I want to win again against Liza. But the people
\nwill support her as they support Yayuk. I'll just do my best,\"
\nshe said on her meeting with Liza.<\/p>\n
Wang, world ranked 38, said that, although she became the top
\nseed after Yayuk's withdrawal, she still faced many tough
\nchallengers in the tournament.<\/p>\n
Yayuk withdrew because of a multiple tendinitis injury.<\/p>\n
Wang said, \"It's still a long way to be the winner. Even if
\nYayuk didn't play, the tournament is still strong.<\/p>\n
\"I was a little bit tired because I have played in five
\ntournaments in a row and I just wanted to go home to see my
\nfamily,\" she added.<\/p>\n
Nancy Feber of Belgium, world ranked 136, upset third-seeded
\nTamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand, world ranked 53, 7-6 (10-8), 6-
\n1.<\/p>\n
\"I lost because Feber performed better. I played bad and made
\nmany unforced errors,\" Tanasugarn said.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's Mimma Chernovita, who also had a wild card, failed
\nto perform well, losing easily to Jane Chi of the USA 6-1, 6-0.<\/p>\n
Mimma said, \"My play was terrible. I think I have lost my
\nmotivation in tennis. I told myself that I would concentrate on
\nmy study if I failed to be Indonesia's second best after Yayuk.\"<\/p>\n
Mimma, world ranked 730, joined the national Fed Cup team for
\nits tie in New Zealand last month. (yan)<\/p>",
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