Host tennis players qualify for Future c'ships main draw
Host tennis players qualify for Future c'ships main draw
JAKARTA (JP): Three national tennis players reached the main
draw of the Indonesia Futures F5 tournament at the Kemayoran
tennis complex in Central Jakarta on Tuesday.
Tjahjono barely broke a sweat to eliminate Hiroshi Fukaumi of
Japan 6-0, 6-0. Tjahjono will face compatriot Yusmawan Fahmi, who
received a wild card for the first day of the main draw today.
Ferdy Fauzi also managed to reach the main draw due to Ruben
de Kleijn of the Netherlands retiring when Ferdy was leading 7-5,
4-3. Ferdy will face Febi Widhiyanto, a member of the national
Davis Cup and the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games team, who also
received a wild card.
Surya Wijaya also qualified for the main draw after defeating
teammate Peter Susanto 6-1, 6-0. Surya has a slim chance to reach
the second round as he will challenge second seeded Danai
Udomchoke of Thailand.
The top seeded of the tournament, Jan Hermansson of Sweden,
will meet Minh Le of the United States today. The winner will
challenge the winner of the match between qualifier Robert Krause
of South Africa and Niko Karagiannis of Greece.
Third seeded Frantisek Babej of Slovakia will face Phoemphon
Atabut of Thailand. The winner will face either Sebastian da
Costa or Edy Kusdaryanto, who will fight in the all-Indonesian
match.
Fourth seeded Akira Matsushita of Japan is to take on German
Bjorn Jacob. The winner will also face either Tjahjono or
Yusmawan.
Suwandi, a member of the national team, will face Josef
Nesticky of the Czech Republic. If Suwandi manages to win his
first match, he will likely meet Udomchoke in the second round.
Compatriot Hendri Susilo Pramono will meet Yasutomo Nakase of
Japan in the first round. If Hendri wins, he is likely to face
Babej.
In the doubles, Thomas Shimada of Japan and Myles Wakefield of
South Africa are the top seeded here followed by Hideki Kaneko
and Satoshi Iwabuchi of Japan.
Febi and Hendri will have to meet compatriots Yusmawan and
Ariawan Poerboadinoto in the first round. If Febi and Hendri
survive the match, they are likely to challenge third seeded Minh
Le of the United States and Aisam Qureshi of Pakistan. (yan)