Indonesia hosts school tennis c'ship

Indonesia hosts school tennis c'ship

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will host the 1999 Asian School Tennis
Championship from Sept. 21 to Sept. 26 at the Senayan tennis
complex.

Six countries -- Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, China
and Bangladesh -- have registered to compete in the championship,
to be played on clay courts.

Indonesia is sending eight junior players in its bid to retain
the overall title it won in a previous event in 1993. They are
Ferza Gautama, Irwan Rajab, Prima Simpatiaji and Naharuddin on
the boy's team and Angelique Wijaya, Dea Sumantri, Frederika
Girsang and Mudarwati on the girl's squad.

The championship is organized by the Directorate General for
Extracurricular Education, Youth and Sport of the education and
culture ministry and the Indonesian Tennis Association (Pelti).
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