Two seeded girl players tumble in junior c'ships<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Two girls' U-18 singles seeds crashed out in the
\n2000 Nabisco International Junior Championships at the Senayan
\ntennis complex on Wednesday while all of the Indonesian boy's
\nsingles cruised into the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
Second seed Pichaya Laosirichon of Thailand had to make an
\nearly exit after being upset by Indonesian hopeful Linda Arumsari
\n6-4, 0-6, 1-6.<\/p>\n
Linda will meet compatriot Stella Sondang, who also caused a
\nsurprise by thrashing fifth seed Dian Anggraini 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.<\/p>\n
Top seed Hsieh Su-wei of Chinese Taipei went through to the
\nnext round after a comfortable victory over Yella Megasari 6-0,
\n6-2.<\/p>\n
Hsieh will face seventh seed Diana Julianto of Indonesia, who
\nbeat teammate Septi Nindya Yutami 6-0, 6-4.<\/p>\n
Fourth seed Sasha Abraham of Indonesia barely flexed her
\nmuscles to beat Wang Nai-yu of Chinese Taipei 6-0, 6-1. Sasha
\nwill meet compatriot Sandy Gumulya, who outclassed sixth seed
\nMaya Rosa 6-2, 6-3.<\/p>\n
Third seed Tiffany Welford of Australia also advanced to the
\nlast eight after an easy 6-0, 6-1 win over Indonesian Lisa
\nMariana. Welford will face eighth seed Novianti Warsono of
\nIndonesia, who had no difficulty in eliminating Yang Cheng-I of
\nChinese Taipei 6-0, 6-1.<\/p>\n
In the boy's singles event, top seed Eko Kurniawan overwhelmed
\nChristian Adinata 6-0, 6-0 and will now meet sixth seed Clint
\nLetcher of Australia. Letcher beat Indonesian Anthony Tan 6-1, 6-
\n0.<\/p>\n
Second seed Eko Putra also moved forward after outplaying
\nImanuel Prabowo 6-3, 6-0. On Thursday, Eko will meet fifth seed
\nAl Imron, who beat Hsieh Yu-da of Taipei 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.<\/p>\n
Rahul Rajkhewa of India, seeded third in the event, will face
\nMalaysian Dannio Yahya in the top eight on Thursday. Rajkhewa
\nbeat Indonesian Claudio Bramanta 6-1, 6-2 and Yahya outclassed
\nFerdinand Leon of Indonesia 6-0, 6-4.<\/p>\n
Eighth seed Aravindha K. Prakash beat Yopi Hadikusuma 6-3, 4-
\n6, 6-4 to meet Indonesian Henry Davin Teja on Thursday. Henry,
\nseeded fourth in this event, beat Sunu Wahyu Trijati 6-1, 6-1.<\/p>\n
In the Under-16 boy's singles event, Christian, who is seeded
\nno. 1, made his way to the semifinals after beating Neils
\nKusumahadi 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 on Wednesday. He will meet fifth seed A.
\nJonathan Amdanu, who defeated fourth seed Tio Lana Putra 6-4, 6-
\n2.<\/p>\n
Another semifinals match will pit third seed Fachry Syahputra
\nand second seed Imanuel Prakoso. Fachry beat Tan 6-2, 7-5 while
\nPrakoso beat Ichwan Rizaldi 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. There were no foreign
\nparticipants in this event.<\/p>\n
In the girl's singles event, top seed Lisa will meet Devina
\nSaedi in Thursday's semis. Lisa beat Chintha Karrie 6-1, 6-2
\nwhile Devina defeated Sonya Kumar of Singapore 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n
The other match will pit Monica Aryani with second seed Yella.
\nMonica beat third seed Meritus Fitria Gani 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 while
\nMegasari outshone Mega Margaretha 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n
The second round and the quarterfinals of the U-16 and U-14
\ngroups were held simultaneously on Wednesday as the Indonesian
\nTennis Association (Pelti) wished to end the competition on
\nFriday. (ivy)<\/p>",
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