Hendri loses in the singles, wins doubles title at Future-4 tourney

Hendri loses in the singles, wins doubles title at Future-4 tourney

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Hendri Susilo Pramono failed to
fulfill his ambition to make a clean sweep at the Extra Joss
Future-4 tournament at Kemayoran Tennis Center on Saturday as he
only won the doubles event.

Hendri, who qualified for the tournament with a wild card
entry, struggled hard but was outclassed by Park Seung-kyu of
South Korea 7-6 (7-3), 1-6, 7-6 (7-1) in the singles final.

With only 30 minutes rest, the Indonesian, partnering Febi
Widhiyanto, earned the doubles title after comfortably beating
Alan Mackin of England and Luben Pampoulov of Austria in the
doubles final.

Park bagged US$1,950 as the tournament's champion while Hendri
received $1,350. Hendri and Febi shared $945 as doubles champions
while runner-ups Mackin and Pampoulov earned $495.

Hendri said after the match that he and Febi had made a solid
teamwork to defeat Mackin and Pampoulov.

"The failure in the singles event even inspired me to win the
doubles," he was quoted by satusports.com as saying.

It was the first win for Febi and Hendri during their
participation in a Future tournament. In last week's series final
here, the country's young hopes were eliminated by an old
partnerships of Bonit Wiryawan and Sulistyo Wibowo.

"I'm happy with this result. We managed to save the doubles
title so this is not an individual success," Febi added.

Hendri admitted he was used up after fighting Park for more
than two hours in the singles final.

Park's coach Kyung San-kyu praised Hendri's performance.

"Hendri has a good volleying skill, but Park is more
experienced. He got accustomed to competing in the Future series
and he has reached the semifinals many times. He even won a
series in South Korea," he said.

It was Park's second title after he won a Future tournament in
Seoul in May. (ivy)