RI ready for Davis Cup tie

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Davis Cup team arrived in Yan Ji, China, on Monday morning for its Group I Asia Oceania zone second playoff against the host country.

The national team will field Adrian Raturandang and Febi Widhiyanto in the singles and a pairing of Sulistyo Wibowo and Bonit Wiryawan in the doubles for the crucial tie, to be played from Friday to Sunday.

China have selected Zhang Yu, Wang Yu Wei, Zheng Yu Li and Li Si.

The draw will take place on Thursday.

"The players are ready to fight it out in order to avoid relegation," non-playing captain Deddy Prasetyo said as quoted by Antara. He added that since none of the players had ever faced each other, both teams had an equal chance of victory in the match.

Indonesia and China meet in the second playoff after both losing their previous matches. The loser of this week's duel will be relegated to a minor Davis Cup league. (yan)