Indonesia's Davis Cup team

Indonesia's Davis Cup team

From Media Indonesia

The Davis Cup tennis match between Indonesia and Taiwan, the
host, is drawing near. The skills of our players are soon to be
tested at the PON XIV sports week, on courts which meet the
requirements set for the Davis Cup tournament.

It appears that our Davis Cup team this time will meet our
expectations -- it is the best team we have had so far and it
seems more solid than previous teams. This can be seen from the
thoroughness of their efforts in the limited time they spent in
the training center before final selection.

Polemics aside, the defeat that was suffered by Suwandi, Donny
Sesetyo and the others during the last Davis Cup tournament could
serve as a useful lesson for Bonit Wiryawan, Sulistiwo and their
colleagues so they may compensate for our defeat by South Korea
and China during the last tournament.

The strength displayed by our doubles pair of Bonit Wiryawan
and Sulistiwo Wibowo, besides their official PELTI (Indonesian
Lawn Tennis Association) rankings, has been among the main
considerations in the selection process. These two players are
indeed strong.

In the men's singles, Andrian Raturandang and Sabastian da
Costa rank about equally. Other possibilities are a doubles
combination of Bonit Wiryawan/Sabastian da Costa or Sulistiwo
Wibowo/Sabastian da Costa, while in the men's singles we could
have Andrian and either Sulistiwo Wibowo or Bonit Wiryawan.

Without wishing to influence the official decision, it would
seem that veteran players Atet Wiyono and Paulus Pasuray could
help our team's solidity and thus help us get closer to victory.

RAFA ADI GALUH AGUNG

Jakarta