Hemaviton Challenge enters final stage

JAKARTA: The Junior Hemaviton Challenge tennis championship will enter the grand final stage or master series next week with a package of free overseas outings worth US$10,000 up for grabs.

The master series, which will run from Sept. 28 to Oct. 3 at the Senayan tennis courts, will round off the preceding two regular series: the first series in Jakarta in March and the second series in Yogyakarta in June.

The players will be split into two age categories: under-14 and under-18 both, for boys and girls.

The winners of the championship, which is organized by PT Yarynara and PT Tempo Scan Pacific Tbk, will be awarded a trip to an international tournament in 2005.

"This is a good chance for junior players to show their potential and get some rewards," Yayuk Basuki, the event organizer, said in a press conference here on Thursday. --JP