Bonit/Sulistyo to meet S. African pair in final

Bonit/Sulistyo to meet S. African pair in final

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's veterans Bonit Wiryawan and Sulistyo
Wibowo saved face for the country in the Men's Indonesian
Fertilizer Future 3 at Kemayoran Tennis Center after they reached
the men's doubles final.

Bonit and Sulityo, former members of the Davis Cup and Asian
Games teams, defeated second seed Timur Ganiev and Vadim Kutsenko
of Uzbekistan 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-4 in the US$15,000 tournament on
Saturday.

They will face the South African double of Rik De Voest and
Marcel Du Courdray in Sunday's final. De Voest and Du Courdray
overcame Indonesia's second best duo of Febi Widhiyanto and
Hendri Susilo Pramono 6-4, 6-3.

In the men's singles, Indonesia's sole player, Suhendra
Dinata, finally bowed out of the tournament after losing to South
African Willem Peter Meyer 6-3, 6-3.

Third seed Meyer will challenge second seed Vadim Kutsenko of
Uzbekistan, who upset top seed Hideki Kaneko of Japan 6-1, 6-0.

At the same venue, Romana Tedjakusuma, Liza Andriyani and
Wukirasih Sawondari ensured their tickets to the 20th Southeast
Asian (SEA) Games in Brunei next month after qualifying in the
four-day national selections.

Romana was unbeatable in seven matches, trailed by Liza, who
won six matches, and Sawondari, who won five matches.

The three players will join world ranked, in the 190s, Wynne
Prakusya, who automatically gets a place in the team due to her
high ranking.(yan)