Febi, Hendri flop in final

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