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JP/10/tennis
Yayuk wards off
a shocker at
Indonesia Open
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian third seed Yayuk Basuki frightened
the home crowd but managed to overcome in a more than three hour
thriller against Kristin Godridge of Australia 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-
0), 6-4 and secure a quarterfinal berth at the US$100,000
Indonesia Women's Open yesterday.
Yayuk will now look for revenge against American Nicole
Arendt, who beat her in the first round of the Volvo Open in
Pattaya, Thailand.
Godridge, rated 170 in the world, was not very menacing to her
world number 34 opponent at the outset as she produced four
double faults and quickly trailed 2-5.
With her own serve at set point, however, Yayuk coughed up a
slew of errors to concede a break. Yayuk squandered another break
point as her backhand slice hit the net.
Godridge looked more confident and began taking to the net to
take advantage of a struggling Yayuk. The Australian took the
lead at 6-5, but Yayuk managed to force a tie-break, following
successful forays to the net.
Yayuk fired a powerful forehand to take a commanding 4-1 lead
in the tie-break. Another string of unforced errors cost her the
early tiebreak advantage, and ultimately the set as Godridge took
the last point with a passing shot.
Yayuk maintained her error ridden play in the second set
despite producing six aces. She almost allowed a defeat as
Godridge broke her serve in the 11th game. Godridge gifted the
Indonesian a double fault to make amends for her service break
and leading to another tie-break.
In other action, Japan's Nana Miyagi, Yayuk's doubles partner,
used both hands to overcome Australian Rennae Stubbs' powerful
serve and volley with a 7-5, 7-5 second round win. Miyagi hopes
to prove a hurdle to top seed Wang Shi-ting of Chinese Taipei in
their quarterfinals encounter today.
Miyagi, who entered the main draw after sixth seed Sandrine
Testud of France pulled out of the annual event due to a lower
back strain, drilled shots to the left of her Australian rival
while waiting for her to make errors.
There was nothing special about Miyagi's two-handed backhands
and forehands, but her accurate ball placement and patience. A
tiny crowd who threw their supports to the Japanese world number
239 played havoc with Stubbs. The Australian asked the umpire to
silence the annoying spectators.
Australian fourth seed Kristin Radford bounced back from a
first set defeat to earn a 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-3 victory over
Andrea Strnadova of the Czech Republic. Radford now meets Rachell
McQuillan in an Australian affair in today's quarterfinals. (amd)
Yayuk wards off
a shocker at
Indonesia Open
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian third seed Yayuk Basuki frightened
the home crowd but managed to overcome in a more than three hour
thriller against Kristin Godridge of Australia 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-
0), 6-4 and secure a quarterfinal berth at the US$100,000
Indonesia Women's Open yesterday.
Yayuk will now look for revenge against American Nicole
Arendt, who beat her in the first round of the Volvo Open in
Pattaya, Thailand.
Godridge, rated 170 in the world, was not very menacing to her
world number 34 opponent at the outset as she produced four
double faults and quickly trailed 2-5.
With her own serve at set point, however, Yayuk coughed up a
slew of errors to concede a break. Yayuk squandered another break
point as her backhand slice hit the net.
Godridge looked more confident and began taking to the net to
take advantage of a struggling Yayuk. The Australian took the
lead at 6-5, but Yayuk managed to force a tie-break, following
successful forays to the net.
Yayuk fired a powerful forehand to take a commanding 4-1 lead
in the tie-break. Another string of unforced errors cost her the
early tiebreak advantage, and ultimately the set as Godridge took
the last point with a passing shot.
Yayuk maintained her error ridden play in the second set
despite producing six aces. She almost allowed a defeat as
Godridge broke her serve in the 11th game. Godridge gifted the
Indonesian a double fault to make amends for her service break
and leading to another tie-break.
In other action, Japan's Nana Miyagi, Yayuk's doubles partner,
used both hands to overcome Australian Rennae Stubbs' powerful
serve and volley with a 7-5, 7-5 second round win. Miyagi hopes
to prove a hurdle to top seed Wang Shi-ting of Chinese Taipei in
their quarterfinals encounter today.
Miyagi, who entered the main draw after sixth seed Sandrine
Testud of France pulled out of the annual event due to a lower
back strain, drilled shots to the left of her Australian rival
while waiting for her to make errors.
There was nothing special about Miyagi's two-handed backhands
and forehands, but her accurate ball placement and patience. A
tiny crowd who threw their supports to the Japanese world number
239 played havoc with Stubbs. The Australian asked the umpire to
silence the annoying spectators.
Australian fourth seed Kristin Radford bounced back from a
first set defeat to earn a 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-3 victory over
Andrea Strnadova of the Czech Republic. Radford now meets Rachell
McQuillan in an Australian affair in today's quarterfinals. (amd)