Wynne vies for Jakarta Open double<\/p>\n
Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Wynne Prakusya outclassed Montinee Tangphong 6-0, 6-4 in the
\nsemifinals of the US$25,000 Jakarta ITF Women's Open at the Hotel
\nHilton tennis courts here on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The win, which came after Wynne's 7-5, 3-6, 1-6 defeat to her
\nThai rival in Phuket, Thailand, earlier this year, gave
\nIndonesia's fifth seed a finals date against seventh seed Chuang
\nChia-jung of Chinese Taipei on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Chuang brushed aside fourth seed Kristina Czafikova of
\nSlovakia 6-3, 6-0 in the other semifinal match.<\/p>\n
Wynne has a chance of making it a double as she also features
\nin the doubles final along with Japanese partner Ryoko Fuda.<\/p>\n
The second seeds, who notched up a 6-3, 0-6, 6-1 victory over
\nthird seeds Remy Tezuka of Japan and Kristina Czafikova of
\nSlovakia in the semifinals, will face top seeds Chan Yung-Jan and
\nChuang Chia-Jung of Chinese Taipei, who defeated the Thai pairing
\nof Wilawan Choptang and Montinee Tangphong 7-5, 6-2.<\/p>\n
While the doubles match forced a comeback performance, Wynne
\nhad an easy task against Tangphong.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old Wynne started off perfectly with a break.<\/p>\n
Combining top spins, slices and net shots, she forced
\nTangphong to make a string of unforced errors, handing the
\nIndonesian a crushing first set win.<\/p>\n
Blanked in the first set, Tangphong switched to forcing long
\nrallies before she thought she had the right moment to finish
\nthem off with dangerous top spins.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old Thai looked to be beginning to find her pace,
\nmaking the contest tougher than ever. At 4-4 Wynne took the upper
\nhand once again to break Tangphong in the ninth game before
\nfinishing her off.<\/p>\n
Disappointed, Tangphong rushed back to her hotel immediately
\nafter shaking Wynne's hand.<\/p>\n
By contrast, Wynne made herself available to talk to
\njournalists.<\/p>\n
"Thank God I won the match after Tangphong had defeated me
\nbefore," Wynne said.<\/p>\n
"She made a lot of mistakes in the first set when she forced
\nherself to go on the offense, while I tried to be more
\nrestrained," she explained.<\/p>\n
Wynne said she recalled wise words from a local imam when she
\ncame up against the seemingly resurgent Tangphong in the second
\nset.<\/p>\n
"I remember Aa' Gym saying that we need to stay calm during
\nplay. I followed this advice out on court and kept focused on the
\nmatch. It worked," she said.<\/p>",
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