Febi, Hendri flop in final

Febi Widhiyanto and Hendri Susilo Pramono lost in the final hurdle of the doubles event here on Saturday, to sum up Indonesia's woeful performance in the US$6,250 Men's Satellite Tennis Circuit.

Febi and Hendri, who were seeded third in the tournament, went down 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 to the Chinese Taipei-Malaysian pairing of unseeded Liu Tai-Wei and Si Yew-Ming in the final match at the Hilton Tennis Courts, according to Antara.

Their failure rounded off the hosts' dismal run in the singles event, in which no Indonesian made it to the quarterfinals.

The tournament is the first of a series of four. Jakarta will stage the second series also; Surabaya, the third; and Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, the fourth.

The singles final on Sunday will feature top seed Alan Mackin of Britain and unseeded Tristan Meniane of France.

Mackin defeated countryman Michael Ouvarov 6-4, 6-2, while Meniane edged out Suk Hyun-joon of South Korea 6-4, 6-3 in the semifinals on Saturday. --JP