Angie marches to Wismilak quarters
Angie marches to Wismilak quarters
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
A 7-5, 6-3 win over Tathiana Garbin in the rain-interrupted
second round match on Thursday earned Angelique Widjaja a place
in the quarterfinals of the US$225,000 Wismilak International WTA
tennis tournament in Nusa Dua, Bali.
Angie, as the 19-year-old Indonesian is more popularly known,
also kept her doubles hopes alive by breaking into the
semifinals. She partnered Maria Vento-Kabchi to beat Cho Yoon-
jeong and Jeon Mi-ra of South Korea 6-3, 7-6 (7-0) later on the
day.
Top seeds Angie and Vento-Kabchi will fight for a place in the
finals against Trudi Musgrave (Australia) and Abigail Spears
(U.S.). The other semifinals match will pit Wynne Adiati Prakusya
(Indonesia) and Tamarine Tanasugarn against second seeds Emilie
Loit (France) and Nicole Pratt (Australia).
The Angie-Garbin match at the Hotel Hilton tennis courts was
twice halted by rain, according to the organizers.
The hometown hopeful led her Italian opponent 3-2 in the
second set when the rain fell, forcing a 30-minute delay. At 4-3,
the rain revisited, causing a 15-minute delay this time before
the two players saw out the match.
Both players once teamed up to win the doubles trophy at the
2002 Women's Open in Bol, Croatia.
World's No. 71 Angie, who won the 2001 tournament, will now
take on Saori Obata in the quarterfinals. The No. 75 player from
Japan booked her ticket with a 6-1, 6-1 drubbing of Barbara
Schett on Wednesday.
"I will try to play like I did during the Asian Games," said
Angie, who beat Obata 7-5, 7-5 in Indonesia-Japan women's team
competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.
"I will not play a too aggressive game against her. Japanese
and Koreans typically like to have aggressive players," she said
in a release.
In other singles matches, Tamarine Tanasugarn stopped Chinese
qualifier Jie Zheng's march 6-4, 6-3. Emmanuelle Gagliardi of
Switzerland dispatched the last qualifier, Ivana Abramovic of
Croatia, 6-1, 7-5.
Venezuelan Vento-Kabchi sprang the day's upset with a 6-1, 6-3
win over Conchita Martinez of Spain, the tournament's third seed
and the world No. 13.
Friday's quarterfinals are Vento-Kabchi vs Gagliardi, Tamarine
vs second seed Elena Dementieva, Anca Barna vs top seed Chanda
Rubin and Angie vs Obata.