RI has slight chance in Davis Cup

SEMARANG (JP): Indonesia has a slight chance to win the Davis Cup Group I tie against Uzbekistan on Feb. 9 to Feb. 11 in Jakarta.

Uzbekistan will send its tough players of world ranked 229 Oleg Ogorodov, ranked 201 Vadim Kutsenko, ranked 367 Dmitri Tomashevich and ranked 492 Dmitry Mazur.

While Indonesia will field world ranked 420 Suwandi, ranked 704 Hendri Susilo Pramono, ranked 1025 Bonit Wiryawan and Sulistyo Wibowo.

Tennis observer Benny Mailili said here on Friday that Uzbekistan would arrive on Jan. 30 and commence early training for a week.

"It will be difficult for our players to face them. Whatever the court surface or the weather, we won't have a big chance against them," he said. (har)