No men's events next year: Pelti<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Disappointed by the performance of its men's
\ntennis players, the Indonesian Tennis Association (Pelti) has
\ndecided not to stage any men's tournaments next year, saying it
\nwill concentrate only on women and junior's events.<\/p>\n
\"We tried hard to secure sponsorships for our athletes but
\nstill they were easily beaten by foreign players, and the prize
\nmoney was mostly taken by the foreigners,\" Pelti's head of
\ndevelopment, promotion and international relations, Martina
\nWidjaja, said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\"Therefore, we will only concentrate on junior and women's
\nsatellite tournaments next year.\"<\/p>\n
No Indonesian player was able to grab the men's singles title
\nin the six Future tournaments held by Pelti this year. Indonesia
\nonly managed the men's doubles title in several legs of the
\ntournaments, thanks to the veteran partnership of Bonit Wiryawan
\nand Sulistyo Wibowo, and Hendri Susilo Pramono and Febi
\nWidhiyanto.<\/p>\n
For the juniors, Pelti will stage eight tournaments next year
\nin an effort to groom more youngsters.<\/p>\n
\"However, Pelti still needs the approval of the International
\nTennis Federation. We expect the young players will get more
\nplaying experience.<\/p>\n
\"To enable them to play even more, Pelti is introducing a new
\nthree-layer system for local players, where players can play in
\nlower age groups,\" Martina said.<\/p>\n
Players who fail to qualify in the 18-year-old age group or
\nwho are defeated in the first round can still compete in the
\ngroup for the 16 year olds. Those who fail in this age group will
\nbe allowed to take part in the age 14 group.<\/p>\n
\"Hopefully, using this system lots of players will play more
\nmatches even if they are beaten in their own age group.<\/p>\n
\"Pelti is also considering organizing the tournaments not only
\nin Jakarta, but also in several other cities with strong tennis
\nbackgrounds,\" Martina said.<\/p>\n
Pelti will stage two junior tournaments this month. The
\nInternational Youth Tournament will take place from Nov. 20 to
\nNov. 26 at the Senayan tennis complex. This will be followed by
\nthe Youth Star Masters from Nov. 28 to Nov. 30 at the same venue.<\/p>\n
\"There are about 30 players from Australia, Malaysia, Japan
\nand Thailand who have registered for the events. We still expect
\nmore players in the coming week,\" said Pelti official Johannes
\nSusanto.<\/p>\n
Pelti also announced it needed young people between the ages
\nof 18 and 25 and fluent in English to serve as tennis umpires.<\/p>\n
\"Being a tennis umpire will mean enough money to support
\nyourself. A starting umpire, the wide-badge ones, receive US$350
\na week, with miscellaneous fares and expenses paid by the
\ntournament committee.<\/p>\n
\"The better-qualified umpires, broad-badge ones, receive $700,
\nwhile silver badges get $1,000 a week,\" said Johannes. (nvn)<\/p>",
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