RI wins team gold, Wynne loses in singles

RI wins team gold, Wynne loses in singles

TEHRAN: National tennis players won the team competition of
the Women's Islamic Games on Wednesday to give Indonesia its
sixth and final gold of the event.

Ayu Fani Damayanti drubbed Iran's Shahrzab Shahnazari 6-1, 6-1
in the first of the three-match final played on claycourts, but
Wynne Prakusya lost to Arghavan Rezai 6-2, 7-6.

Wynne and Ayu were merciless in a 6-0, 6-0 walloping of
Arghavan/Shadi Tabatabai for the gold.

The tie, particularly the match between Wynne-Arghavan, was
marked by disputed line calls, with the Indonesians protesting
the lineswomen and umpire were biased for the host team, Antara
news service reported.

In the earlier women's singles final, Wynne also lost to
Arghavan 2-6, 6-4, 2-6. Although the women's games was closed to
men, the Iranian's father entered the stadium, leading to another
protest from the Indonesian contingent.

Indonesia's other golds came in archery, with three top
finishes, and karate and tae kwon do with one gold each. -- JP