Febi and Ayu give Detec double victory at Hemaviton Challenge
Febi and Ayu give Detec double victory at Hemaviton Challenge
Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Detec tennis club players dominated the Hemaviton Challenge
2005 here on Sunday with Febi Widhiyanto and Ayu Fani Damayanti
winning the men's singles and women's singles respectively.
Entering the final match on the backdrop of his three-set win
over Prima Simpatiaji in the semifinals on Saturday, third seed
Febi was blanked in the opening set before coming back to defeat
second seed Suwandi of West Java 0-6, 6-2, 6-3 at the Senayan
tennis courts in Central Jakarta.
The Jakarta-based player's success was followed by Ayu, his
female junior in Detec, who won the title with a 6-4, 6-3 victory
over Maya Rosa.
"I hurried in the first set, and Suwandi just had control over
me," Febi said after the match.
"But I tried to play with more restraint in the second and
third set, while at the other end Suwandi's shots did not look
accurate anymore," added Febi, who brought home the winners prize
of Rp 18 million.
Suwandi came on strong early in the match, giving Febi no
chance to develop his game, with the former Indonesian No. 1
ending the first set without conceding a single game.
Having been totally dominated in the opener, Febi regrouped.
He played with more determination to break Suwandi's serve in
game one and seven, while Suwandi's forehands and backhands began
to misfire.
Suwandi tried to come back in the third set but Febi refused
to sit back, taking a 3-1 lead, with his neatly placed shots at
Suwandi's left courtside producing most winners.
Febi lost another two games before wrapping the set and the
match when Suwandi's backhand, again, hit the net.
In the women's division, Ayu and Maya did not seem to be in
their best form with both alternately making unforced errors.
Ayu admitted to suffering a twist in her eye vision during the
first set. She said her vision suddenly blurred and she was
unable to see the ball clearly when she was leading at 3-1.
"My right eye could not see and suddenly I had terrible
headache," she said. "Since then I played with one eye, so ...as
you see ... my shots were very bad."
Luckily for Ayu, Maya was playing far below her best form.
Maya said she rushed the play resulting in her making a flurry
of unforced errors.
"I just did not play like the way I did in the semifinal
against Liza Andriyani," she said.
Ayu collected the top cash prize of Rp 14 million.
Suwandi made amends for his disappointing singles match by
winning the doubles with Bonit Wiryawan. They beat Febi/Hendri
Susilo Pramono 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-2, while Ayu made it double
victory.
Pairing with Septi Mende, she took her second win in the
doubles with 6-3, 6-0 drubbing of Maya/Denise Harijanto 6-3, 6-0.