Four RI women reach Circuit 2nd round

Four RI women reach Circuit 2nd round

JAKARTA (JP): Four national players passed their first test in
the US$10,000 Indonesia Women's Circuit 4 at the Danamon tennis
complex in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday.

Old hand Irawati Moerid Iskandar defeated Susanne Filipp of
Austria 6-3, 6-3 to meet the junior, Mudarwati. Mudarwati
overcame Lan Lan Tai of Chinese Taipei 6-1, 6-4.

Rookie Angelique Widjaja, who qualified with a wild card,
caused an upset beating senior Wukirasih Sawondari 6-4, 6-4 to
reach the second round. The 14-year-old Indonesian will challenge
fourth seeded Diane Asencio of Switzerland, who had to work hard
to beat qualifier Mimma Chernovita of Indonesia 4-6, 6-1, 7-5.

Liza Andriyani, a member of the national team, knocked out
Lucia Tallo of Switzerland 6-1, 3-6, 6-1. Liza will meet Olga
Kaliojnaja of Russia, who had to sweat to beat fifth seed Orawan
Wongkamalasai of Thailand 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-5).

Top seeded Benjamas Sangaram of Thailand, last week's circuit
champion, gave a free tennis lesson to Indonesian Frederika
Girsang winning 6-1, 6-1. Sangaram will face Saemi Kim of South
Korea, who beat Australia's Michelle Grobby 6-1, 6-3.

Second seed Jayaramsai Jayalakshmy of India, who reached the
semifinals last week, comfortably beat Indonesian newcomer Suci
Bungaran 6-2, 6-2 to meet Montika Anuchan of Thailand. Anuchan
beat Dea Sumantri 6-2, 6-1.

Third seed Satomi Kinjo of Japan, last week's circuit runner-
up, bowed out to unseeded Suchanan Viratprasert of Thailand 6-2,
4-6, 3-6. Viratprasert will challenge Nina Janzekovic of
Slovenia, who beat Veronika Ctvrtnickova of the Czech Republic 7-
5, 6-1.

In the doubles, top seeds Liza Andriyani of Indonesia and
Benjamas Sangaram of Thailand will face their first test on
Thursday when they meet Frederika Girsang of Indonesia and Olga
Kaliojnana of Russia.

Second seeds Rushmi Chakravarthi and Jayaramsai Jayalakshmy of
India will have to meet teammates Archana Venkataraman and Arthi
Venkataraman in the first round. (yan)