Local boys bounced out of tennis tournament

Local boys bounced out of tennis tournament

JAKARTA (JP): Local boys failed to advance to the
quarterfinals of the Indonesia Gas Negara International Junior
Championship at Kemayoran Tennis Center in Central Jakarta, but
three girls made it through to the last eight.

Indonesian Ferza Gauthama lost to Jason Pieters of South
Africa 0-6, 4-6 in the second round on Wednesday. Another
Indonesian, Henry Davinteja, lost to qualifier Gunter Austerhuber
of Austria 2-6, 6-7.

Pieters will face Wang Yeu-tzuoo of Chinese Taipei who beat
Markus Egger of Austria 6-1, 6-2. Austerhuber will meet Lukasz
Kubot of Poland, who defeated Christopher Westerhof of South
Africa 7-5, 6-2.

In another quarterfinal match, Thailand's Sonchai Ratiwatana
will play Izak Van der Merwe of South Africa. Ratiwatana upset
South African Robert Blair 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 and Van der Merwe beat
Austrian Viktor Libal 6-4, 6-4.

In another match, Marco Mirnegg of Austria plays Clinton
Jacobs of South Africa. Mirnegg outclassed compatriot Ernst Khyo
6-4, 6-4 and Jacobs overcame Thailand's Sonchat Ratiwatana 6-3,
6-2.

The Indonesian girls fared better, with Angelique Widjaja, Dea
Sumantri and Novianti Warsono coming through with little trouble.

Angelique overpowered Japan's Tomoko Yonemura 6-1, 6-1 and Dea
trounced compatriot Rosa Maya without losing a game. Angelique
will meet Novianti, who beat Nida Waseem of Pakistan 6-4, 6-2.

Dea will meet Maretha Van Niekerk of the Netherlands, who beat
another Indonesian Sandy Gumulya 6-3, 6-2.

Masayo Hosokawa of Japan brushed aside Indonesian Ida Sutedja
6-4, 6-1 to set up her quarterfinal with Constanze Steiner of
Austria. Steiner survived two close sets against Indonesian Dian
Anggraini 6-4, 6-4.

Top seeded Kumiko Iijima of Japan was untroubled against
Mudarwati 6-3, 6-0. Iijima will square off against Wilawan
Choptang, who recouped from the loss of the first set to win
against Inge Weirich of South Africa, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Angelique, paired with Dea, reached the semifinals of the
girls' doubles by beating Japan's Akiko Yonemura and Mari Inoue
6-2, 6-0. The Indonesian will face Thailand's Pichaya Laosirichon
and Choptang, who proved too tough for Indonesians Anggraini and
Linda Arumsari 6-1, 6-0.

In the boys' doubles, Indonesians Al Imron and Eko Putra made
the last four by eking out a third-set win over Robert Kotroczo
of Rumania and Rishan Kuruppu of Canada 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5).

Imron and Putra will play Prakash Amritraj of the United
States and Wang, who upset Frederik Aarum of Norway and Morten
Schultz of Denmark 6-4, 6-2. (ivy)