No Indonesians survive Women's Challenger<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's upset days at the US$50,000 Women's
\nChallenger championships here were ended as Natalia Soetrisno
\ncrashed to a 4-6, 3-6 second round defeat to South Korean fifth
\nseeded Park Sung-hee yesterday.<\/p>\n
The plucky Natalia struggled all the way, but found she was
\nnot in the same league as her powerful world number 149 opponent.
\nPark, who relied much on her long lobs and crosscourt backhand
\nslices, ended Natalia's run in less than an hour of play.<\/p>\n
Natalia, number three in national singles rankings, was the
\nlast Indonesian left at the annual tourney, following the
\nshocking defeat of second seed Romana Tedjakusuma on Tuesday.
\nRomana failed to capitalize on the slow surface of the clay
\ncourts of Senayan, going down 6-3, 2-6, 2-6 to unheralded Andrea
\nTunko of Austria.<\/p>\n
Park is now set up for a quarterfinal encounter with top seed
\nYone Kamio of Japan who eased past another Austrian Katharina
\nBueche 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 earlier yesterday. Kamio was troubled
\nagainst Bueche's tricky passing shots in the opening set. Bueche,
\nhowever, failed to maintain her form to match the agile Kamio in
\nthe second.<\/p>\n
The other two quarterfinal berths up for grabs yesterday went
\nto fourth seed Elena Wagner of Germany and Catherine Barclay of
\nAustralia. Both will lock horns in tomorrow's match.<\/p>\n
Wagner survived a nail-biting match against Tang Min of Hong
\nKong 7-5, 7-6 (9-7). Barclay also found a tough way to securing
\nher quarterfinal ticket. She dropped the first set before
\nwrapping up 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.<\/p>\n
Natalia still has a reason to smile as her hopes for a title
\nin the doubles are still alive. She teamed up with Peters Shannon
\nof Australia to send Australian fourth seeds Nicole Pratt and
\nKirrily Sharpe packing their bags early after a heart-stopping,
\nerror-ridden battle.<\/p>\n
The mixed nationality pair squandered a commanding 5-2 lead
\nand three match points in the deciding set. Shannon then served
\nfor a win, and although Pratt and Sharpe fought back to tie at 5-
\n5, they eventually lost 5-7, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (8-6)<\/p>\n
The Pratt and Sharpe loss was the biggest upset side of the
\nday. They raced to a 6-0 lead in the final tie break, but slipped
\nup in the end. The Australian pair racked up unforced errors and
\nNatalia and Shannon produced a superb comeback to clip the
\nscoreline.<\/p>\n
Natalia and Shannon will take on the Japanese duo of Hiromi
\nNagano and Yuka Tanaka, who swept Indonesian Liza Andriyani and
\nEny Sulistyowati 6-4, 6-2 in another first round match yesterday.
\n(amd)<\/p>",
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