Bonit and Sulistyo join Davis Cup team

Bonit and Sulistyo join Davis Cup team

JAKARTA (JP): The long-standing partnership of Bonit Wiryawan
and Sulistyo Wibowo has been invited to join the Davis Cup team
after impressive performances in recent national tournaments, the
Indonesian Tennis Association (Pelti) official in charge of
athletes development, Sudjiono Timan, said on Tuesday.

Bonit and Sulistyo will join their juniors, Suwandi, Febi
Widhiyanto, Hendri Susilo Pramono and Edy Kusdaryato, to compete
in the second match of the Asia Oceania Zone Group II against
Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur from April 7 to April 9.

Sudjiono said that Pelti had earlier insisted to limit the
number of team members to four after beating the Philippines 4-1
in the first match in Manila on Feb. 4.

"Bonit and Sulistyo had performed very well so we decided to
increase the number to six and include them in the team," he was
quoted by Antara as saying.

The decision was reached after a meeting on Tuesday.

He said that Deddy Prasetyo would still coach the team while
Tintus Arianto Wibowo would be the non-playing captain.

Bonit and Sulistyo won the national 2000 Niaga Cigna Open in
February, outclassing junior teammate Andrian Raturandang and
Suwandi in the final.

Following this victory they also won the Futures-1 men's
double event, defeating Edy and Hendri in the final at Kemayoran
Tennis Center earlier this month. They lost, however, to
Frantisek Cermak of the Czech Republic and Roman Kukal of
Slovakia in the final match of the Futures-2.

Sudjiono said that Pelti would announce the core team members
next Monday when the association registers their players' names
to the organizer in Kuala Lumpur.

Meanwhile, Deddy said that he would select the core team
through agreement.

"It's very difficult to reach any decision because Bonit and
Sulistyo are still the best men's doubles players and time is
running out. We will decide the team lineup together, so it will
be a joint agreement," he said.(ivy)