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.