Angie/Liggan to face Bovina/Henin in Aussie Open

Angie/Liggan to face Bovina/Henin in Aussie Open

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Indonesian Angelique 'Angie' Widjaja, whose singles' hopes at the
Australian Open crumbled in an opening round defeat, will team up
with Kelly Liggan of Ireland against Elena Bovina/Justine Henin-
Hardenne in her doubles campaign at the tennis tournament.

The Russian-Belgian pairing of Bovina and Henin are seeded
14th at the tournament.

Liggan, whose doubles ranking is at 130 compared to Angie's
82, is the Indonesian's second partner in a week after Clarisa
Fernandez, whom she teamed with during their elimination in the
second round of the Canberra Classic.

"With Clarisa, Angie would not be allowed to the main draw
because of their doubles rankings, which, combined together, were
still beyond the cut-off," Virginia Rusli, Angie's manager, said.

Angie, who lost early to Japan's Ai Sugiyama in three sets in
her singles match, and Liggan, according to Virginia, appear to
be able to break into the main draw.

It is not yet clear when the match will be played.

"I haven't got news from Sydney when they play. It may be
Thursday," Virginia said when contacted by phone here on Tuesday.

Indonesia's other contender Wynne Adiati Prakusya, who also
lost in the first round of the singles competition, has opted to
stick with her long-standing partner Janet Lee of Chinese Taipei.
According to the draw, they will face 11th seeds Magdalena
Maleeva (Bulgaria)/Iva Majoli (Croatia).

Angie could have turned to Wynne, who also had to abandon her
singles dream when she fell to 12 seed Patty Schnyder of
Switzerland, for the doubles. But, Wynne is committed to her
partner Lee.

"Angie and Wynne have agreed to play together at the Hyderabad
tournament in India early next month," Virginia said.