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Angie adds feather to her crown

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Angie adds feather to her crown

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Indonesia's Angelique Widjaya added another Grand Slam title to
her Wimbledon achievements of last year with an Australian Open
junior women's doubles victory in Melbourne on Sunday.

The 17 year old teamed up with Argentinean Gisella Dulko --
the pair seeded third at the tournament -- to beat top seeds
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia)/Matea Mezak (Croatia) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
in 106 minutes.

Coach Deddy Tedjamukti said that, after winning the first set
in 22 minutes, the second set was much tenser for Angie and
Dulko, with the Argentinean feeling the pressure.

"She (Dulko) was stuck in the defense. She did not dare move
forward," Deddy said in Melbourne as quoted by Antara.

Deddy said that Angie and Dulko seemed preoccupied with the
opening set's victory, with the goal of sealing the second set
quickly.

Instead the pair lost the set. "But Angie's good playing
helped them recoup in the third set. Angie's serves produced many
points and they ended up winning the match," he said.

Sunday's victory was Angie's second title in Grand Slam junior
tournaments following her singles' triumph at Wimbledon last
year.

The win must have been some consolation to Angie, after
failing in the second round in her singles campaign and falling
early in the qualifying stage in the senior category, in which
American Jennifer Capriati was the eventual champion.

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