'Post' players fail to advance

'Post' players fail to advance

JAKARTA: The Jakarta Post suffered early defeats in individual
events at the Garudafood-SIWO PWI Jaya Inter Media Tennis
Tournament at the Bung Karno Sports Complex on Thursday.

Bruce Emond provided the biggest upset after defeating second
seed John Lembong of Suara Pembaruan in a close men's singles
match.

During their first round match, John took the lead several
times but Emond managed to catch up and turned the tide just in
time to win 9-7.

Playing out of form, John was leading 3-1 before extending his
lead 4-2 and 6-4. Emond, who played inconsistently, equalized the
game 6-6 but let John take a 7-6 lead.

But that was all John could do as Emond finished it 9-7.

Emond, however, was not able to continue his winning streak
after falling to Achmed K.S. of Pilar later in the day. Achmed
did not find it difficult to beat Emond 8-1 in their second round
match.

The Post suffered another defeat in the men's doubles when
Emond faced Achmed for the second time. This time, Emond teamed
up with Veramala Anjaiah to challenge Achmed and Adi R.M. of
Tempo.

Achmed and Adi won the match 8-2 quite easily despite the fact
that Achmed suffered cramp in his left leg. -- JP