Yayuk and Irawati go to circuit final<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's former number one player Yayuk
\nBasuki demonstrated her world-class quality in her comeback to
\nprofessional tennis after a one-year maternity leave in 1999.<\/p>\n
Partnered with Irawati Moerid Iskandar, who is also a national
\nold hand, they both cruised to the women's doubles final of the
\nUS$10,000 Indonesia Women's Circuit-1 after an easy 6-1, 6-2 win
\nover Satoko Kurioka and Remi Tezuka of Japan on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Indonesians, who received wild cards to compete, will
\nchallenge the South Korean pair of Choi Young-ja and Kim Eun-sook
\non Sunday's final at the Kemayoran Tennis Center in Central
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
Second seeds Choi and Kim outclassed their fellow countrywomen
\nChung Yang-jin and Lee Eun-jeong 6-3, 6-1 in Saturday's
\nsemifinals.<\/p>\n
As of Saturday, Yayuk and Irawati had not lost a set since the
\nfirst round. In the Women's Circuit-2 next week, Yayuk has
\nplanned to play in both the singles and doubles events.<\/p>\n
In the singles event, top seed Lara Van Rooyen of South Africa
\nhad to sweat it out to defeat Jeon Mi-ra of South Korea 6-7, 6-3,
\n6-4 in the semifinal.<\/p>\n
Van Rooyen will fight number seven seed Chung Yang-jin of
\nSouth Korea, who beat teammate Choi 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday to
\nclinch the final berth.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's singles players had earlier crashed out of the
\ntournament. (ivy)<\/p>",
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