Suwandi, Hendri into quarterfinals<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian men's tennis players Suwandi and
\nHendri Susilo Pramono reached the men's singles quarterfinals of
\nthe Extra Joss Future-4 at Kemayoran Tennis Center here.<\/p>\n
Suwandi had to work hard before overcoming Frenchman Gabriel
\nLedru 7-5, 6-3 in more than one hour in the tournament's second
\nround Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Suwandi, the gold medalist in the men's singles event in the
\n2000 National Games in Surabaya last month, will face Lee Seung-
\nhun of South Korea on Thursday. Lee defeated Daniel Willman of
\nNew Zealand 4-6, 6-0, 6-3.<\/p>\n
Hendri managed to eliminate South Korean Chung Hee-seok in a
\nrubber set 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 and will challenge Marian Leysek of
\nSlovakia, who overcame seeded eight Yasufumi Yamamoto of Japan 6-
\n3, 1-6, 6-4.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, old hand Dede Suhendar Dinata had to bow out to
\nseventh seeded Leigh Holland of Australia 1-6, 6-7 (3-7).<\/p>\n
Top seed Danai Udomchoke of Thailand, last week's champion of
\nFuture-3, was too powerful for Tetsuya Chaen. Udomchoke barely
\nsweated it out to beat the Japanese 6-3, 6-0.<\/p>\n
Udomchoke will meet Holland for a semifinal berth.<\/p>\n
In another quarterfinals match, Rik De Voest of South Africa
\nwill play South Korean Park Seung-kyu. De Voest outclassed
\nanother South Korean Kim Dong-hyun 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 while Park
\novercame seeded three Luben Pampoulov of Austria 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n
Indonesia, however, booked one berth in the men's doubles
\nfinal after two Indonesian pairs managed to make their way to the
\nsemifinals. Another pair will be decided on the second-day of the
\nquarterfinals Thursday.<\/p>\n
Indonesian old partnership of Bonit Wiryawan and Sulistyo
\nWibowo, winners of the Future-3, will meet last series' finalist
\nFebi Widhiyanto and Hendri on Friday.<\/p>\n
Bonit and Sulistyo had no difficulty eliminating Japanese duo
\nChaen and Akira Matsushita 6-4, 6-3 while Febi and Hendri had to
\nwork hard to defeat Udomchoke and Ekkarin Pisuth Arnont of
\nThailand 7-6 (7-4), 7-5.<\/p>\n
In the quarterfinals on Thursday, Indonesian Yusmawan Fahmi
\nand Edo Bawono will play Marcel Du Coudray of Mauritius and
\nWillem Peter Meyer of South Africa. Another match will see seeded
\nfive Alan Mackin of England and Pampoulov will face Mustafa
\nGhouse and Manoj Mahadevan of India. (ivy)<\/p>",
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