Taipei's Wang to meet
\nYayuk in Indonesia Open<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Top seed Wang Shi-ting of Chinese Taipei rallied
\nto win the first set over Linda Niemansverdriet of the
\nNetherlands yesterday, which proved to be enough to give the
\nTaiwanese a third round berth at the Indonesia Open.<\/p>\n
Niemansverdriet lost the opening set 6-7 (0-7) and trailed 1-3
\nin the second when she resigned because of a hamstring injury.
\nShe fell to the same opponent in the 1991 junior French Open.<\/p>\n
Wang is now only one match away from a third meeting in the
\nbudding rivalry with home favorite Yayuk Basuki. Wang is 2-0
\nagainst Yayuk. They are highly expected to meet in Saturday's
\nsemifinals.<\/p>\n
The baseliner Wang was in trouble against her Dutch opponent,
\nwho used a hard serve and strong volley to upset Yayuk in the
\nfirst round of the Japan Open early this month. Niemansverdriet
\nearned a service break in the third game, following a successful
\napproach to the net for an unbeatable volley.<\/p>\n
The Dutch girl defied the gap in world rankings between her
\nand the world number 34 when she blasted an ace to take a 3-1
\nlead and set the pace.<\/p>\n
The eighth game saw Wang force a catalog of rallies which was
\nthe proper remedy for Niemansverdriet's serve and volley.
\nNiemansverdriet produced two successful approaches but double
\nfaulted twice to allow a break point. A widely floating forehand
\ncost the lanky Dutch player her first service break and helped
\nWang level the tie at 4-4.<\/p>\n
Niemansverdriet maintained her heroic performance to save her
\nown serve, before the battle went into a tie-break. The world
\nnumber 185, however, could not match Wang's grit in the deciding
\nrallies. The Taiwanese hit all corners to blank her opponent, who
\ncommitted two double faults during the tie-break.<\/p>\n
The Dutch lucky loser, who entered the second set with a
\nbandaged thigh, dropped another game to trail 0-2 before she
\nfought tooth and nail to save her serve. Wang kept up the
\npressure to end Niemansverdriet's 65-minute struggle.<\/p>\n
\"Today I played better than in my first round match,\" Wang
\nsaid. Wang will play either lucky loser Nana Miyagi of Japan or
\nRennae Stubbs of Australia tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Arendt advances<\/p>\n
Eighth seed Nicole Arendt of the United States moved closer to
\nanother encounter in the quarters with Yayuk as she outplayed
\nSouth Africa's Tessa Price 6-4, 6-2 yesterday.<\/p>\n
Arendt, 114 in the world, registered two breaks and struck one
\nin the first set. She added two more breaks to go 5-1 up in the
\nsecond before wrapping up the match in one hour and 10 minutes.<\/p>\n
Arendt tamed Yayuk in the rubber-set in their first round
\nmatch at the Pattaya Open in Thailand two weeks ago.<\/p>\n
South Korean Park Sung-hee's hopes of running farther were
\ndashed at the hands of another South African, Dinky van Rensburg.
\nPark dominated the early battle with a 3-0 lead, only to crash to
\na 6-7 (3-7), 2-6 defeat.<\/p>\n
Van Rensburg made up for her numerous unforced errors in the
\nfirst set to sail unchallenged throughout the second. She
\nsnatched the last three games, including a break, to secure a
\nquarterfinals slot. The South African now meets Argentinean
\nsecond seed Florencia Labat who beat Nancy Feber of Belgium 6-3,
\n6-4. (amd)<\/p>",
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