RI girls tennis team beats Malaysia 3-0

RI girls tennis team beats Malaysia 3-0

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian girls' team of Angelique Widjaja,
Novianti and Diana Nur Fatimah outclassed Malaysian team 3-0 in
the group one match of the qualifying round in the Asia/Oceania
zone of the NEC World Youth Cup on Wednesday.

In the first singles match, Novianti beat Sze Pheh Yeap 6-0,
6-3. Angelique, or Angie as she is better known, hardly gave a
chance to Chen Yee Liaw in the second singles match, defeating
her 6-2, 6-1.

The doubles partnering of Angie and Diana barely broke into a
sweat to beat Logeswari Khrisna and Sze 6-0, 6-1.

Indonesia will fight India on Thursday to decide the group's
champion and the runner-up. India beat Malaysia 3-0 on Tuesday.

The girls' team coach, Meiske Handayani Wiguna, said she was
satisfied with her players' performance. She also hoped that her
players could win 3-0 against India, who will likely field Megha
Vakharia and Isha Lakhani in the singles and doubles event.

"Our players should be aware of their rivals. Both Megha and
Isha are left-handed, and our players will have difficulty
guessing the direction of their forehand stroke," she said.

She said she would field Angie and Novi in the singles and
doubles matches.

Indonesian boys' team had a day off on Wednesday and will
resume their competition against powerful Chinese Taipei on
Thursday. Indonesia lost 1-2 to South Korea on Tuesday.

In another girls' event, Australia beat Hong Kong 3-0 and
South Korea defeated the Philippines 3-0 in group two matches,
China beat Singapore 3-0 and Thailand overcome Sri Lanka 3-0 in
group three matches. In group four, Chinese Taipei beat
Uzbekistan 3-0.

In the boys' event, Chinese Taipei beat South Korea 3-0 in
group one, China beat Uzbekistan 3-0 and Hong Kong outclassed Sri
Lanka 3-0 in group two matches. New Zealand beat Pakistan 3-0 and
India won 3-0 against the Philippines in group three matches and
Australia beat Thailand 3-0 in group four. (ivy)