Angelique/Fernandez notch up first round's win in Canberra
Angelique/Fernandez notch up first round's win in Canberra
Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Angelique Widjaja was well warmed up ahead of her singles match
at the Canberra Classic women's tennis tournament when she teamed
up with Argentinean Clarisa Fernandez to beat Virginie Razzano
and Silvija Talaja in the first round of their doubles clash on
Sunday.
Angelique/Fernandez defeated the French/Croat pair 7-6 (7-1),
6-7 (6-8), 6-3 in two and a half hours in a match that was the
only doubles encounter featured on that day, according to
Angelique's manager Virginia Rusli.
"Their opponents in the next round are not known yet because
other doubles start their matches tomorrow (Monday)," Virginia
said.
The match was tight with Razzano/Talaja fighting back during a
tiebreaker in the second round after losing in the opening set.
"It was tight scoring in the second set. Each of us served
away to take points," Angelique said on her website.
"During the tiebreaker, we were leading 5-2 when concentration
deserted us and we lost. What a miss," she said.
Tension between the two pairs continued to mount in the third
set. Angelique/Fernandez trailed 2-3 in the first five games but
they caught up and did not look back during the final cruise to
victory.
"We were down 1-3. They could have gone four games to one, but
fortunately we could hold on. We came back to scrape through,"
she said.
Angie, as she is more popularly known, will take on Deja
Bedanova, seeded fourth at the tournament, in the opening round
of her singles contention on Monday.
"I will face Bedanova in the fourth game of the day tomorrow.
My game will not start before 4:30 (local time). I have met her
before in a junior match and I was completely outscored," Angie
said.
"It's OK. I'll try my best this time around," she said.
In Sunday's singles matches, Stephanie Foretz of France and
Francesca Schiavone of Italy advanced to the second round after
winning their respective matches.
Foretz trounced Jelena Kostanic of Croatia 6-1, 6-1 and
Schiavone beat Fabiola Zuluaga of Colombia 6-4, 6-4, according to
reports from AFP.
Other players winning their opening matches were Tatiana
Garbin of Italy, Laura Granville of the United States and Anca
Barna of Germany.