Guess What? Yayuk Basuki

Guess What? Yayuk Basuki

Indonesia's tennis queen Yayuk Basuki is three weeks pregnant
and will quit the national team after the Federation Cup Group II
Zone Asia Oceania in Bangkok scheduled for Feb. 22 to Feb. 27.

"I had planned to retire after the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok
in December. Now, I have clinched all my ambitions. What else
should I do?" she said with a smile when making the surprise
announcement on Friday.

She married former player Suharyadi, then her coach, in 1994.
Her biggest success was to win a gold in the women's singles in
the December Asiad by beating home sweetheart Tamarine
Tanasugarn.

Yayuk, who announced her pregnancy in a national Fed Cup team
news conference, received applause from Indonesian Tennis
Association officials, including chairman Tanri Abeng, secretary-
general Sugeng Sarjadi and deputy of competitions Subronto Laras.

But being pregnant will not force her to quit tennis. She will
become Indonesia's nonplaying captain in the Fed Cup matches next
month and start writing her biography. (yan)