China disqualified for fielding wrong players
China disqualified for fielding wrong players
JAKARTA (JP): The Chinese boys' and girls' teams were
disqualified from the first Asian Schools Tennis Championships at
the Senayan tennis complex on Tuesday.
Referee Akhyar Matra of Indonesia said the Chinese teams
fielded the incorrect players for the first singles match in both
events.
"During the technical meeting on Monday, the Chinese team
listed the correct names for today's matches as stated in the
regulation book. But during the match, it fielded different
players," he said.
Chinese second singles Liu Yidan should have faced Chong A Mee
of Malaysia in the first match. However, China fielded Fan Na,
who told the umpire she was Liu.
After the first match ended in a 6-1, 6-0 victory for China,
the Chinese should have then fielded first singles Fan, but
instead sent Liu to the court.
The same thing occurred in the Chinese boys' match against
Indonesia.
Indonesian second singles Irwan Radjab was scheduled to face
China's An Da Peng, but Chinese first singles Yang Tao told the
umpire he was An. The referee stopped the match with Yang leading
1-6, 6-4, 2-1 to question the Chinese player, who insisted he was
An. But a Chinese official who spoke English told the referee An
was actually Yang.
The referee then disqualified China from both events.
"The problem was not only a lack of communication. China has
an official who can speak English and he attended the technical
meeting. It is impossible the accident happened due to a lack of
English ability. I don't know what was going on inside their
minds, but we have disqualified them from the team events,"
Akhyar said.
In the girls' team semifinals, Malaysia will face Indonesia,
which received a bye in the quarterfinals; and India, which beat
Sri Lanka 3-0 in the previous round, will face Thailand, which
defeated Brunei Darussalam 3-0 in the quarters.
In the boys' team semifinals, Indonesia will face India, which
defeated Sri Lanka 3-0 in the quarterfinals. In the other semis,
Malaysia, which topped Brunei 3-0 in the last round, will face
Thailand, which received a bye into the semifinals. (yan)