Junior men's team cruises to c'ship

Junior men's team cruises to c'ship

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian junior men's team clinched world
junior tennis championship final berths after they defeated the
Japanese 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the Asia Oceania qualifying
tournament here on Friday.

Antara reported that Al Imron/Harris Ernanda sealed the
national's team victory after they beat Japanese Yusuke
Iwahashi/Hiroya Kumada 6-0, 0-6, 6-4 in the final round.

Harris, the first single, lost to Yusuke 2-6, 3-6 but Imron
managed to retaliate in the second round by defeating Hiroya 6-4,
6-2.

With this result, Indonesia will meet South Korea in the
semifinals, but any result will not affect Indonesia in the final
round in the Czech Republic in August.

South Korea entered the semifinals after defeating Hong Kong
2-1. Australia and Taiwan also entered the semifinals by
overwhelming Thailand 3-0 and India 2-1 respectively.

The Indonesian junior women's team, however, failed to secure
a place among the 11 rankings after it lost to Japan 1-2. (ivy)