Angie flops again in second round

Angie flops again in second round

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Angelique 'Angie' Widjaja has again experienced the frustration
of being either a first-round or second-round performer as the
Indonesian 19-year-old failed to defend the Volvo Open title.

Angie, who was the eighth seed in the US$110,000 tournament,
lost to Lubomira Kurhajcova of Slovakia 5-7, 1-6 in the second
round in Pattaya, Thailand, on Thursday.

The first-set match was tightly battled with the two players
taking the lead alternately before Kurhajcova -- who is ranked
101 in the world compared to Angie's 74 -- wrapped up the win,
according to Antara.

Angie seemed to run out of steam, losing five games on the
trot. She pulled one back, which proved to be the only game she
could win in the second-set drubbing.

Top seeds were through to the next round with Tamarine
Tanasugarn of Thailand edging out Sandra Kleinova of the Czech
Republic 6-2, 6-1 and Saori Obata of Japan dominating Ivana
Abramovic 6-0, 6-3.

Other advancing players included Anca Barna of Germany, Jelena
Kostanic of Croatia and Elena Tatarkova of Ukraine.

The Volvo exit rounded off Angie's dismal run throughout the
year, during which, with the exception of the Wismilak
tournament, she has ended either in the first round or second
round.

She reached the quarterfinals at the 2003 Wismilak tournament
in Bali, the tournament in which she won her first WTA title in
2001.

With yet another disappointment in Thailand Angie will
certainly drop back further in the rankings at the end of the
year.

However, she was still hopeful of a consolation prize from her
Thai trip as she marched to the semifinals in the doubles pairing
with fellow Indonesian Wynne Prakusya.

Top seeds Angie/Wynne beat Jelena Kostanic (Croatia) /
Anastassia Rodionova (Russia) 6-2, 6-4.