Angie teams up with Dulko for Australian Open win

The Jakarta Post Jakarta

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

The 17-year-old teamed up with Argentiean 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 after winning the first set in 22 minutes, Angie and Dulko found that the second set became a tighter encounter with the Argentinean enduring tense pressure.

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

Deddy said the opening set's victory had seemed to preoccupy Angie and Dulko with self-obligation of having to seal the second set quickly.

The pair lost the set instead. "But Angie's good play help them recoup in the third set. Angie's serves produced many points and they came to winning the match in the end," he said.

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

The win must have consoled her after she failed in the second round in her singles campaign and fell early in the qualifying stage in the senior category, in which American Jennifer Capriati was the eventual champion.