RI women's doubles to Circuit's final

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian women's pair of Irawati Moerid Iskandar and Wukirasih Sawondari outclassed the Japanese duo of Sachie Umehara and Etsuko Yamada 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday to go the final of the US$10,000 Extra Joss Women's Circuit 3 tennis championships.

Veteran Irawati and junior Wukirasih will meet the South Korean pair of Chae Kyung-yee and Jeon Mi-ra, who beat the Japanese double's team of Akiko Gunji and Keiko Taguchi 6-1, 6-3 at the Kemayoran tennis center, Central Jakarta.

Irawati, however, was not so lucky in the singles event. She was outclassed by qualifier Choi Jin-young of South Korea 0-6, 4- 6 in Saturday's semis.

Choi will meet teammate Chae, who cruised to Sunday's final with less effort after her rival, Wang I-ting of China Taipei, retired when Chae was leading 4-0. (ivy)