Indonesia's Dede Suhendar advances in Future-3

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian tennis player Dede Suhendar Dinata cruised to the men's singles second round of the Extra Joss men's Future-3 on Tuesday after outclassing fellow countryman Andrian Raturandang 6-2, 6-2 in a second-day first round match at the Kemayoran Tennis Center, Central Jakarta.

Indonesian young hopeful Febi Widhiyanto bowed out to Marcel Du Coudray of Mauritius 4-6, 4-6. Junior Eko Kurniawan also lost to Japanese Akira Matsushita 0-6, 2-6.

On Wednesday Dede will meet second seed Donavan September of South Africa, who defeated qualifier Sonchat Ratiwatana of Thailand 6-1, 6-3.

Du Coudray will play Willem Petr Meyer of South Africa, who surprisingly overcame teammate and no. 5 seed Rik De Voest 7-6 (7-4), 7-5. Austrian Luben Pampoulov comprehensively beat Japanese Ryuso Tsujino 6-0, 6-4.

Seventh seeded Robert Kendrick of the United States beat Vinod Sridhar of India 6-2, 6-2 and will face Japanese Tetsuya Chaen. Chaen went into the second round after a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Yasufumi Yamamoto of Japan.

In the men's doubles event, Indonesia's top pair of Bonit Wiryawan and Sulistyo Wibowo proved too powerful for Alan Mackin of Great Britain and Pampoulov.

Bonit and Sulistyo won 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) and will play Leigh Holland of Australia and Per Thorwadtsson of Sweden in the second round on Wednesday. Holland and Thorwadtsson beat third seeds Tasuku Iwami and Tsujino of Japan 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday.

Eko, who was paired with Edy Kusdaryanto, surprisingly beat the Japanese pair of Chaen and Matsushita 4-6, 6-4, 7-5. Eko and Edy will meet No.4 seeds Hendri Susilo Pramono and Febi, who barely sweated beating Edo Bawono and Surya Wijaya 6-3, 6-1.

Andrian and Suwandi outplayed teammates Yusmawan Fahmi and Ariawan Poerboadinoto 6-3, 6-4. They will meet second seeds De Voest and Johan Du Randt of South Africa, who beat Ekkarin Pisuth-Arnont and Danai Udomchoke of Thailand 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6- 4.

Top seed Mustaf Ghouse of India and Le Minh of the United States beat Du Coudray and Meyer 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) to challenge South Korean pair of Lee Seung-hun and Oh Seung-hoon, who beat Nesa Artha and Ferdi Fauzi of Indonesia 6-3, 6-4. (ivy)