RI players dominate Astra Tennis C'ships
RI players dominate Astra Tennis C'ships
JAKARTA (JP): Four local boys and seven girls cruised to the
second round of the 1997 Indonesia Astra International Junior
Tennis Championships at the Hilton tennis courts yesterday.
Defending champion Peter Handoyo, whose ITF ranking is 60,
beat compatriot Ferry Chandra 6-1, 6-2. Peter, who trained at the
Van der Meer Tennis University in South Carolina, USA, arrived
here yesterday to defend his title.
The 17-year-old player, who is also top seeded in the
tournament, will meet another compatriot Mario Ronaldo today.
Mario beat fellow countryman Novi Hendri 6-2, 6-2.
Two members of the Indonesia Tennis Association's National
Team Board, Febi Widhiyanto and Hendri Susilo Pramono, also
cruised to the second round.
Tenth seed Febi, whose ITF ranking is 282, overcame Indian
Abhijeet Nazumdar 6-2, 6-1.
Febi will challenge Attapol Rittiwattanapong of Thailand, who
beat Nicolas Osterbrink of Germany 6-4, 6-4.
Hendri, seeded 14, defeated 18 seeded Markus Polessnig of
Austria 6-4, 6-1.
He will face 17 seeded Peter Joubert of South Africa, who won
against six seeded Luben Pampulov of Austria.
In the girls' singles, first seeded Wynne Prakusya defeated
compatriot Lianasari Batubara 6-0, 6-3.
Wynne, the country's heroine in the Asia Oceania Fed Cup
Qualifying Round Group I, will have to overcome Caroline Tidemand
of Norway today.
Tidemand beat Indonesian Listya Sungkono 6-1, 6-3.
Nina Aigner of Austria and Abigail Tordoff of England
canceled their participation in the tournament.
Another Fed Cup player Eny Sulistyowati also reached the
second round after defeating teammate Mudarwati 6-3, 6-1.
Eny will challenge Tong Ka Po of Hong Kong. Tang had to
stretch her muscles to overcome Tina Tagwercher of Austria 4-6,
7-5, 6-3.
Frederika Girsang beat compatriot Evi Mulyana Saputra 6-1, 6-
1 to challenge Marisu Jacutin of the Philippines. Jacutin
defeated Thailand's Ponsarin Tovisichai 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.
Wukirasih Sawondari beat teammate Vinca Rampen 3-6, 6-4, 6-0
to meet Pirada Witoonpanich of Thailand, who defeated Maria
Znidar of Slovakia 6-3, 6-3.
Laura Mangunsong beat compatriot Cynthia Dewi 7-5, 6-2 to meet
Veronika Koksova of the Czech Republic, who won 6-2, 6-2 against
Audra Bernadette of Indonesia.
Nuraeni Batubara of Indonesia also went to the second round
after winning over compatriot Mirna Bawono 6-2, 6-2. Nuraeni will
meet Bianca Kamper of Austria, who defeated Japanese Yuki Arai 6-
2, 6-2.
The annual tournament, rated among the best in the ASEAN
region for junior tennis players, is under the sponsorship of
Astra and was inaugurated in 1977. (yan)