Irawati to meet Liza in Circuit semifinals

Irawati to meet Liza in Circuit semifinals

JAKARTA (JP): The semifinal of the US$10,000 Indonesia Women's
Circuit 4 will be an all-Indonesian affair after the victories on
Friday of Liza Andriyani and Irawati Moerid Iskandar at the
Danamon Tennis Complex in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta.

Liza, 19, defeated qualifier Montika Anuchan of Thailand 6-3,
6-4, while Irawati defeated junior Angelique Widjaja 7-5, 6-1.

Liza's superior technical skills and superior physical
condition count in her favor against senior player Irawati, a
mother of two. But Irawati will be drawing on her long experience
in the match.

The winner will meet either Wang I-Ting of Chinese Taipei or
Suchanan Viratprasert of Thailand.

Wang took the semifinal berth after she easily upset top
seeded Benjamas Sangaram, last week's Circuit winner, 6-1, 6-0.
Viratprasert salvaged Thailand's hopes after beating India's
Rushmi Chakravarthi 6-3, 6-2.

The Circuit result was better than last week's result in which
all national players tumbled in the quarterfinals.

In the doubles, top seeded pair Liza and Sangaram eliminated
Indonesia's new duo Novianti Warsono and Agustina Wibisono 6-3,
6-3. They will face Indonesian duo Wukirasih Sawondari and Eny
Sulistyowati, who had a touch match against Natalie Ko of
Australia and Lan-Lan Tai of Chinese Taipei 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.

In another semifinals, new partners Mudarwati and Dea Sumantri
had an easy win over Diane Asencio of Switzerland and Susanne
Filipp of Austria 6-0, 6-1.

The Indonesians will challenge second seeded pair Chakravarthi
and Jayaramsai Jayalakshmy of India. The Indian pair eventually
won over Indonesia's Irawati and Angelique 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Mudarwati and Dea reached last week's final but lost to
seniors Irawati and Wukirasih. (yan)