Angie ousts Camerin to reach third round in Indian Open
Angie ousts Camerin to reach third round in Indian Open
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Angelique "Angie" Widjaja of Indonesia beat Maria Elena
Camerin of Italy 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the third round of the
US$140,000 WTA Indian Open tennis tournament in Hyderabad on
Wednesday.
Angie, who brushed aside Barbara Schwart of Austria in the
opening round, took the initiative early when she pulled to a 5-1
lead in the first round, coach Deddy Tedjamukti said.
After giving two games to her opponent, Angie sealed the set.
"Angie hit fast shots but in the second round she somehow lost
pace before she steadied," Deddy told The Jakarta Post.
Angie fell behind in the second set before wresting back the
lead at 3-1. Then she slumped again, trailing 3-4. With a final
exertion of will she upped her intensity in the final games to
take the set and the match.
Angie will play Maria Kirilenko of Russia, who defeated
Japanese Yuka Yoshida 6-2, 6-3.
Meanwhile, in Antwerp, Belgium, Elke Clijsters failed in her
bid to set up a match with her elder sister, Belgian world number
two Kim, in the Diamond Games after losing 6-3, 6-2 to Spain's
Arantxa Parra in the first round on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
Kim was scheduled to meet the winner in the second round on
Wednesday. The tournament number two seed was relieved, saying on
Monday she would not be happy if she beat her sister.
She said the situation made her realize what Serena and Venus
Williams must experience when they had to play each other in
tournaments.
The Clijsters sisters played together on Wednesday in a first-
round doubles match against Tunisia's Selima Sfar and Caroline
Vis of the Netherlands, trouncing their opponents 6-1 6-0.
In Memphis, Tennessee, Jan-Michael Gambill dumped defending
champion Taylor Dent 7-6 (8/6), 6-3 at the US$880,000 ATP and WTA
tennis tournament here Tuesday, avenging a second-round defeat in
this event last year.
Gambill broke the third-seeded Dent's serve three times during
the match before wrapping up the victory over is fellow American
in 1 hour, 17 minutes.
"It's always great to beat somebody you've had trouble with in
the past," said Gambill. "I lost to him at Wimbledon in a not-so-
close match, and here in two tie-breaks, so today, going into
another tie-break, I pushed a forehand volley early on, and he
did the same thing on set point. But I'm playing better tennis,
I'm getting better with every match I play, I'm a lot more
relaxed, which is something I've been working on."
In the second set, Gambill broke to lead 4-2 and, after three
consecutive love service games of his own, held for the win.
Gambill, who is in the top half of the draw, will now meet
either Milan winner Antony Dupuis of France or American wild card
Brian Baker for a place in the quarterfinals.
Seventh-seeded German Nicolas Kiefer defeated U.S. qualifier
Eric Taino 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, advancing to a clash with Austrian
Jurgen Melzer, who downed American Brian Vahaly in straight sets.
Dmitry Tursunov, the 21-year-old U.S.-based Russian reached
the second round with a 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 victory over Belgian
Christophe Rochus. He now meets South African veteran Wayne
Ferreira, who defeated American wild card Bob Bryan 7-6 (10/8),
6-3.
In women's action, top seed Vera Zvonareva booked a
quarterfinal berth with a 6-1, 7-5 second-round victory over
Italy's Tathiana Garbin.
Sixth-seeded American Amy Frazier also reached the quarters
with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Russian Alina Jidkova in the day's other
second-round match.
Third seed Maria Sharapova reached the second round with a 6-
2, 6-2 victory over Spain's Conchita Martinez Granados.