Top seeds clear first hurdles at Thamrin Cup<\/p>\n
Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Top seeds in the boys' category at the Thamrin Cup International
\nJunior Championships here advanced to the second round
\nunchallenged on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Top seed Hsieh Wang Cheng of Chinese Taipei did not drop a
\nsingle game in his 6-0, 6-0 drubbing of Indonesian Andri Cubung.
\nLocal hopefuls Al-Imron and Eko Kurniawan, who are seeded second
\nand third respectively, faced few hurdles from their opponents.<\/p>\n
Al-Imron was made to run only in the second set in his 6-3, 7-
\n5 victory over Neils Koesoemahadi. Eko had it equally as easy
\nwith his 6-1, 7-5 win over Takanobu Fujii of Japan.<\/p>\n
The annual tournament is under way at the Hilton Hardcourts in
\nCentral Jakarta.<\/p>\n
In the girls field, the opening round proved to be too much
\nfor top seed Heesun Lyoo-suh of South Korea, fifth seed Julianne
\nWelford and eighth seed Johanna Morrison, both from Australia.<\/p>\n
Heesun was unlucky in her match against Joanne Cheung of Hong
\nKong. The Korean won the first set 6-4 but had to retire due a
\nstomach problem.<\/p>\n
Welford lost to host player Ayu Fani Damayanti 6-3, 6-2, while
\ncompatriot Morrison went down to Korean Kim Hae-sung 6-3, 6-1.<\/p>\n
The other five seeds, including Indonesians Septi Nindya
\nYutami and Maya Rosa, went through.<\/p>\n
Septi, who was a member of the Indonesian side that lost in
\nthe Junior Fed Cup last month, needed two hours to overcome
\ncompatriot Eliza Rustandar. After an easy 6-0 win in the opening
\nseed, the third seed had to fight back from 3-5 down to seal the
\nsecond set 7-6.<\/p>\n
In another all-Indonesian match, second seed Maya brushed
\naside Monica Sales 6-1, 6-1.<\/p>\n
A total of 380 players from 16 countries are taking part in
\nthe event, which is split into U-12, U-14, U-16 and U-18 age
\ngroup divisions. All foreign players are competing in the U-18
\ncategory.<\/p>",
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