Three Indonesian tennis players ousted<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Three Indonesian tennis players yesterday were
\neliminated in the qualifying round of the US$100,000 Wismilak
\nOpen Championships in Surabaya, East Java, the third stop of the
\nWorld Tennis Association (WTA) tour in Asia.<\/p>\n
Lisa Andriyani fell 1-6, 3-6 to Ludmila Varmuzona from San
\nMarino. Agustine Limanto lost 2-6, 4-6 to Australia's Kerry Anne
\nGuse. Wurikasih Sawondari, despite all her toughness, succumbed
\nto a 5-7, 6-7 defeat to Czech Pavlina Rajelova.<\/p>\n
Sawondari and Rajelova were deeply involved in an exciting
\nhard-fought battle. Each strived to outdo the other point for
\npoint, resulting in three tie breaks in the second set.<\/p>\n
The other players who took part in yesterday's qualifying
\nround were all foreign players: Japan's Rika Hiraki, Canada's
\nRene Simpson, Austria's Melanie Schnell and Kristine Godridge
\nfrom Australia.<\/p>\n
Those who succeeded to position themselves among the top four
\nqualify for the main draw which is slated for Nov. 9-13 on the
\nhard court surface of the Embong Sawo stadium in Surabaya.<\/p>\n
Indonesian number one Yayuk Basuki, ranked 25th by the WTA,
\nand number two Romana Tedjakusuma (125th) will enter the main
\ndraw along with number three and four, Natalia Soetrisno and
\nMimma Chernovita, who will both get wild-card entries.<\/p>\n
Taiwan's number one, Wang Shi-ting and China's number one Fang
\nLi, whose WTA rankings are 49th and 69th respectively, as well as
\nJapan's Nana Miyagi (65th) and Australia's Kristine Radford
\n(55th) have confirmed their entry along with 44 other
\nparticipants in the championships. (arf)<\/p>",
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