Septi aiming for Thamrin Cup double title<\/p>\n
Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Septi Nindya Yutami is aiming for a double victory at the
\nInternational Junior Thamrin Cup tennis championships after she
\nadvanced to the finals, in both the girls' singles and doubles
\nevents here on Friday.<\/p>\n
Although she is still a step away from the championships,
\nSepti, 16 years old, looked relieved to have reached the finals.<\/p>\n
\"I'm glad that I have gone that far given the strong field in
\nthis tournament. I will try to win in the finals,\" she said after
\nher doubles match.<\/p>\n
The third seed in the tournament outplayed fellow Indonesian
\nLavinia Tananta 6-4, 6-3 in the semifinals early Friday.<\/p>\n
She then paired with Maya Rosa in the doubles to stop Ayu Fani
\nDamayanti and Nancy Metrya 6-3, 6-3 and will face Chin Yeul-ki
\nand Shin Jun-yoon in the final on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The South Korean pair beat Sarah Andrews and Julianne Welford
\nof Australia 6-1, 6-2.<\/p>\n
Septi's opponent in the singles final will be Chan Yung Jan of
\nChinese Taipei. Chan denied the home side an all-Indonesian date
\nwith her 6-1, 7-6 victory over Maya Rosa.<\/p>\n
The defeat meant that Maya could not repeat her winning run
\nagainst the same opponent at the Siliwangi Cup in Bandung, West
\nJava, last week.<\/p>\n
\"She proved to be more consistent this time around, while I
\nmade too many unforced errors,\" Maya said. She beat Chan 3-6, 6-
\n2, 7-5 in Bandung.<\/p>\n
After ending up in a crushing defeat in the opening set, Maya,
\nseeded number two, again appeared to be an easy beat, trailing 2-
\n5 in the second set.<\/p>\n
She came back to tie at 5-5, but again folded in the remaining
\ngames.<\/p>\n
Maya looked bewildered at her opponent's tactics. \"She changed
\nher play style. Compared with the preceding stages, she seemed to
\nbe playing a different way today,\" she said.<\/p>\n
The boys' field paints a grim picture for the home side which
\nhas no players left following the exit of Al Imron at the
\nquarterfinals.<\/p>\n
Second seed Imron surrendered to Kim Sun-yong, who is only
\nseeded 12th, 6-3, 6-4. In the semifinals, Kim will play fellow
\nSouth Korean Jun Wong-sun, a 6-4, 6-1 winner over Choi Jun, also
\nfrom South Korea.<\/p>\n
The other semifinal match will pit top seed Hsieh Wang Cheng
\nof Chinese Taipei against fifth seed Australian Christopher
\nLetcher.<\/p>\n
Hsieh was unchallenged by Uzbek Dimitry Ivanov, who retired at
\n6-0, 4-0 due to dehydration, while Letcher dumped Korean Suk
\nHyung-jun 6-3, 6-3.<\/p>",
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