Sunu fights back to beat Weerapat<\/p>\n
Zakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Defending champion Sunu Wahyu Trijati of Indonesia moved a
\nstep closer to defending his title at the Salonpas International
\nJunior Tennis Championship, beating top seed Weerapat Doakmaiklee
\nin a quarterfinal match at the Kemayoran Tennis Center here on
\nThursday.<\/p>\n
Sunu recovered after dropping the first set to put on a
\nconvincing performance in defeating the young Thai star 5-7, 6-1,
\n6-2.<\/p>\n
In Friday's semifinal, Sunu will meet compatriot Elbert Sie,
\nwho was also extended to three sets in his 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 win over
\nRichard Ruckelhause of Austria.<\/p>\n
Two other Indonesian quarterfinalists, Christ Mayanto and
\nSandy Purnomo, failed to take advantage of the home support in
\ncrashing out of the tournament.<\/p>\n
In the lower half of the draw, second seed Luka Ocvirk of
\nSlovenia outplayed Christ Mayanto 6-1, 6-2 to book a spot in the
\nsemifinals against seventh seed Takanobu Fujii of Japan, who
\nearlier upset Indonesian Sandy Purnomo 6-3, 6-7 (4\/7), 6-1.<\/p>\n
Young Indonesian star Sunu defeated Weerapat in one hour 55
\nminutes to improve his head-to-record with the Thai to a perfect
\nthree wins in three meetings.<\/p>\n
The first set was very tight as both players held serve until
\nWeerapat broke Sunu's serve in the 11th game to take a 6-5 lead
\nin the set. He then served out to win the first set 7-5.<\/p>\n
The rest of the match was dominated by Sunu, who dominated the
\nsecond set in winning it 6-1.<\/p>\n
However, Weerapat seemed to have found his game in the third
\nand decisive set, jumping out to an early 0-2 lead.<\/p>\n
But Weerapat was unable to build on this momentum, and Sunu
\npromptly won the next six games to win the set 6-2 and the
\nmatch.<\/p>\n
The girl's singles quarterfinals were a grim affair for the
\nhost players, with both Maya Rosa and Septi Mende falling to
\ntheir opponents.<\/p>\n
Seventh seed Rosa put up a valiant fight but still was unable
\nto overcome top seed Hsu Wen Hsin of Chinese Taipei, losing 7-6
\n(7\/6), 6-2. Eighth seed Mende was ousted from the tournament by
\nthird seed Tatjana Malek of Germany 6-3, 6-3.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Hsu will meet fourth seed Nicole Thijssen of the
\nNetherlands, while Malek will take on second seed Tongdach
\nPichitra of Thailand.<\/p>",
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