Three locals qualify for Danamon Open<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Mimma Chernovita completed Indonesia's trouncing
\nin the qualifying rounds of the US$164,000 Danamon Indonesia Open
\nwomen's tennis championships yesterday, leaving only three home
\nplayers in the main draw.<\/p>\n
Former Federation Cup member Mimma staged a late fightback on
\nher way to a 1-6, 6-7 (1-7) defeat by Claudia Porwik of Germany
\nin yesterday's second round match.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Porwik, top seed in the qualifiers, disposed of
\nIndonesia's junior player Wynne Prakusya 6-3, 6-4. The other home
\nfavorites, Liza Andriyani and Wukirasih Sawondari, also crashed
\nout on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The home crowd's hopes for the title lie with Yayuk Basuki,
\nseeded third this year, and two teenagers Enny Sulistyowati and
\nAgustine Limanto, who received wild card berths in the main draw.<\/p>\n
Mimma, who reached the second round after beating Caroline
\nBodart of the Netherlands, broke Porwik to go 5-3 up in the
\nsecond set. However serving for the set, the Indonesian spoiled
\neverything with a catalog of unforced errors.<\/p>\n
Porwik regained control of the match, breaking Mimma's serve
\non her way to a crucial equalizer.<\/p>\n
A confident Mimma held her own serve to go 6-5 up, but the
\nGerman woman stayed cool to level the set. Porwik kept up her
\nattacking game as Mimma ran out of the steam in the tiebreak.<\/p>\n
The organizers announced yesterday that American Jennifer
\nCapriati would not play here after she failed to reply.<\/p>\n
Sabine Appelmans, who leads her Belgian team in a Fed Cup
\nGroup One first-round match against Indonesia here on April 27,
\ntops the seeding list. The world number 21 will play Beate
\nReinstadler of Austria in today's first-round match.<\/p>\n
Second seed Wang Shi-ting of Chinese Taipei also begins her
\ncampaign today, playing Kyoko Nagatsuka of Japan.<\/p>\n
Yayuk will play her first-round match tomorrow against a
\nqualifier. The 25-year-old Indonesian, three-times a winner here
\nbut without a title in the past two years, is drawn to meet Wang
\nin the semifinals before an awaited final clash against
\nAppelmans.<\/p>\n
\"Without top 20 players coming here, I have a great chance to
\nwin the tournament,\" said world number 42 Yayuk.<\/p>\n
Today, Augustine will face another Belgian Fed Cupper Nancy
\nFeber, while compatriot Enny Sulistyowati takes on American Erika
\nde Lone.<\/p>\n
The organizers have decided that entry to the week-long
\ntournament, being played at the Senayan tennis complex, is free
\nof charge. (05)<\/p>",
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