Sun, 12 Mar 2000

Angelique wins junior c'ship

JAKARTA (JP): Girl's tennis player Angelique Widjaja outclassed teammate Dea Sumantri 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the an all- Indonesian final of the Indonesia Gas Negara International junior championship here on Saturday.

Angelique took the number one spot from Thai's Suchanan Viratprasert, who won the championship last year after upsetting Indonesian Frederika Girsang. Suchanan and Frederika are now competing in the senior event.

In the boys event, Wang Yeu-tzu of Chinese Taipei beat Lukasz Kubot of Poland 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. The 1999 champion Brandon Weir Smith of South Africa did not compete in the event, which offered no prize money. (ivy)