Tintus counts himself out as Davis Cup coach<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): National tennis coach Tintus Ariwibowo said on
\nTuesday he did not want to be named to coach Indonesia's Davis
\nCup team next year.<\/p>\n
Tintus cited his age, time commitments and family.<\/p>\n
\"I'm too old to follow Davis Cup team members to compete in
\ntournaments. Besides, it's difficult for me to leave my family
\nfor a long time,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Tintus' wife Suzana Anggarkusuma is accompanying national
\nwomen's singles player Wynne Prakusya on satellite tournaments in
\nthe Philippines and India.<\/p>\n
\"I think it's better for younger coaches to follow the team
\nfor tournaments because they don't have to think of family
\nmatter. Besides, it will be good to prepare them to replace older
\ncoaches,\" he said during training at the Jakarta Hilton
\nInternational Hotel.<\/p>\n
\"It's difficult to divide my time as I have to coach in
\nRagunan on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from early morning.\"<\/p>\n
\"I personally don't want to leave my family for a long time
\nbecause my son is 11 years old and as a parent I'm a bit worried
\nto see his growing up amid today's bad influences.\"<\/p>\n
Indonesia's team of Dede Suhendar Dinata, Sebastian Da Costa,
\nSuwandi, Febi Widhiyanto, Hendri Susilo Pramono and Edy
\nKusdaryanto is scheduled to compete in several tournaments in
\nIndia before its Davis Cup tie against the Philippines at the
\nRizal Memorial Tennis Complex in Manila on Feb. 4 to Feb. 6.<\/p>\n
They are now training with coach Dedy Prasetyo.<\/p>\n
Tintus said his presence at the training was only to observe
\nhis player Suwandi.<\/p>\n
\"If they are training in Ragunan, I will personally train
\nthem. But they are training here with Dedy,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Tintus and Suzana are training Suwandi and Wynne at Martina
\nWidjaja's house in Ragunan, South Jakarta. Martina is an official
\nof the Indonesian Tennis Association (Pelti).<\/p>\n
Despite his reservations, Tintus said he would agree to coach
\nthe team if it was at Martina's urging.<\/p>\n
\"She's my boss. If she told me to coach the team, I'll do it.\"<\/p>\n
On Monday, Dede and Sebastian said they preferred Dedy as the
\ncoach because of his good training methods and he was
\napproachable.<\/p>\n
Indonesia leads 5-1 in Davis Cup ties with the Philippines.
\nIts only loss was the Davis Cup match in April at the Senayan
\nTennis Indoor Stadium, but the team avenged the defeat at the
\n19th Southeast Asian Games in Brunei Darussalam in August. (yan)<\/p>",
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