Indonesian girls tennis team gains top seeding

Indonesian girls tennis team gains top seeding

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian girls tennis team is at the top
of the seeding list while the boys are at the bottom in the
qualifying round of the Asia Oceania zone of the NEC World Youth
Cup 2000.

Besides Indonesia, the participants of the championships,
which start on Tuesday and will continue until May 14, are
Chinese Taipei, Australia, China, New Zealand, Hong Kong, India,
Malaysia, South Korea and Thailand.

The girls team, comprising Indonesia's top player Angelique
Widjaja, Novianti and Diana Nur Fatimah, are the favorites of
this event which is being staged at Senayan tennis court here.

The Chinese Taipei girls team is the second seeded, followed
by Australia, China, South Korea, Thailand, New Zealand and
India.

The boys team of Eko Kurniawan, Naharudin and Harris Ernanda
Tedjokusumo, are in eighth position, while the top post belongs
to Chinese Taipei.

The Australian boys team is seeded second, trailed by China,
New Zealand, Hong Kong, India and Malaysia.

On Tuesday, the Indonesia boys team will play South Korea,
while the girls team has a day off. On Wednesday, the Indonesia
boys team will fight Chinese Taipei.

The girls team will meet Malaysia and India on Tuesday and
Wednesday respectively.

Eko said on Monday that he had enough preparation prior to his
match in the championships. "I'm ready to fight," he said, adding
that he and the other players had attended two weeks of training
preparation which was coached by Deddy Prasetyo.

Eko, 15, said that his team aimed at entering the
quarterfinals of the event. "I don't want to be showy. We can
easily fall if we're arrogant," he said.

He said that Chinese Taipei, comprising Wang Yeu-tzuoo, Shieh
Wang-cheng and Wu Yi-cheng, and Australian team of Todd Reid,
Raphael Durek and Ryan Henry, would be the tough rivals. (ivy)