Senior stars dominate selection tournament<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The country's seasoned tennis players ended the
\nnational selection tournament as group winners yesterday and will
\nnow lock horns in the playoffs to decide the top four rankings.<\/p>\n
Davis Cup team member Andrian Raturandang finished unbeaten in
\nGroup D but dropped a set for the first time when he beat
\nTjahyono 6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 6-1 yesterday.<\/p>\n
Andrian's fellow Davis Cupper, Sebastian da Costa was also
\nforced to struggle before stopping Suhendar Dinata 7-6 (7-4), 6-
\n1. The East Timorese left-hander qualifies for the round-robin
\nmatches of group winners with an emphatic 3-0 record in Group C.<\/p>\n
Former Davis Cup player Bonit Wiryawan, who played in Group A,
\nhad little trouble overcoming Samsudin Pare 6-1, 6-3 to finish
\nunbeaten. In Group B, Sulistyo Wibowo hardly broke sweat in
\ndemolishing Djanuar Radjab 6-0, 6-1 for a place in the top-four
\nplayoffs.<\/p>\n
Bonit will play Andrian and Sulistyo meets Sebastian in the
\nopening clashes today.<\/p>\n
Junior player Feby Widhiyanto finally managed to reach the
\nconsolation playoffs pitting group runners-up with a comfortable
\n6-1, 6-4 win over former Asian Games champion Yustedjo Tarik, at
\n40, the oldest player in the week-long tournament.<\/p>\n
Despite losses, Samsudin, Djanuar and Suhendar joined Feby in
\nthe playoffs to decide the fifth to eighth places. Feby will take
\non Djanuar and Samsudin faces Suhendar in today's matches.<\/p>\n
Group winners and runners-up will join a centralized training
\nprogram set by the Indonesian Tennis Association in preparation
\nfor international events, such as Davis Cup matches.<\/p>\n
The country's top players Suwandi, Donny Susetyo, Edy
\nKusdaryanto and Benny Wijaya skipped the tournament for various
\nreasons.<\/p>\n
Suwandi and Donny are participating in a tournament in Taiwan,
\nEdy is still recovering from hepatitis A and Benny refused the
\nassociation's invitation to play in the tournament due to his
\nclub commitments.<\/p>\n
The tournament will resume six months from now, when members
\nof the national team will play outsiders. (yan)<\/p>",
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