Romana, Liza clinch SE Asian Games berths
Romana, Liza clinch SE Asian Games berths
JAKARTA (JP): Romana Tedjakusuma and Liza Andriyani secured on
Thursday their tickets to the 20th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games,
after wins on the second day of the national selection session at
the Kemayoran Tennis Center.
Romana, a former Fed Cup team member, who recently returned
from studying in Louisiana in the U.S., overcame Mudarwati 6-2,
6-0 and Dea Sumantri 6-1, 6-1.
Liza -- a previous squad member of the Fed Cup, SEA Games and
Asian Games teams -- had to work hard to defeat the 1997 SEA
Games gold medalist Wukirasih Sawondari 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 and Irawati
Moerid Iskandar 6-2, 6-3.
Both players won four of their seven matches during the
selection. They join Wynne Prakusya, who has a world ranking of
190, and was automatically named in the team.
With one more victory needed, Irawati is still in with a
chance to join her colleagues, after defeating Mudarwati 6-1, 6-
3. Wukirasih, who has won three of her four matches, is also
another contender for the team.
Eight players -- Irawati, Wukirasih, Liza, Dea, Frederika
Girsang, Angelique Widjaja, Mudarwati and Romana -- are competing
in the four-day round-robin selection
In the Indonesian Men's Fertilizer Future 3 tournament at the
same venue, Indonesia's top singles player Suwandi bowed out
after losing to compatriot Yusmawan Fahmi 6-3, 6-2. Yusmawan, who
was scheduled on Thursday to fly to Mallorca, Spain, for the
Universiade, will face Suhendar Dinata, who beat Rick De Voest of
South Africa 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Another Indonesian into the third round, Sebastian Da Costa,
defeated qualifier Matthew Hanlin of England 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
Top seeded players Hideki Kaneko of Japan and Vadim Kutsenko
of Uzbekistan also reached the third round. Kaneko beat Marcel Du
Coudray of Mauritius 2-6, 6-1, 6-1, while Kutsenko eliminated
Glen Bertram of Australia 6-0, 6-2.
In the doubles, Febi Widhiyanto and Hendri Susilo Pramono
reached the second round after overcoming Edo Bawono of Indonesia
and Anand Radhakrishna of India 6-3, 6-1. Veterans Bonit Wiryawan
and Sulistyo Wibowo, the 1997 SEA Games gold medalists, defeated
Britons Matthew Hanlin and Neil Watts.(yan)
JAKARTA (JP): Romana Tedjakusuma and Liza Andriyani secured on
Thursday their tickets to the 20th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games,
after wins on the second day of the national selection session at
the Kemayoran Tennis Center.
Romana, a former Fed Cup team member, who recently returned
from studying in Louisiana in the U.S., overcame Mudarwati 6-2,
6-0 and Dea Sumantri 6-1, 6-1.
Liza -- a previous squad member of the Fed Cup, SEA Games and
Asian Games teams -- had to work hard to defeat the 1997 SEA
Games gold medalist Wukirasih Sawondari 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 and Irawati
Moerid Iskandar 6-2, 6-3.
Both players won four of their seven matches during the
selection. They join Wynne Prakusya, who has a world ranking of
190, and was automatically named in the team.
With one more victory needed, Irawati is still in with a
chance to join her colleagues, after defeating Mudarwati 6-1, 6-
3. Wukirasih, who has won three of her four matches, is also
another contender for the team.
Eight players -- Irawati, Wukirasih, Liza, Dea, Frederika
Girsang, Angelique Widjaja, Mudarwati and Romana -- are competing
in the four-day round-robin selection
In the Indonesian Men's Fertilizer Future 3 tournament at the
same venue, Indonesia's top singles player Suwandi bowed out
after losing to compatriot Yusmawan Fahmi 6-3, 6-2. Yusmawan, who
was scheduled on Thursday to fly to Mallorca, Spain, for the
Universiade, will face Suhendar Dinata, who beat Rick De Voest of
South Africa 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Another Indonesian into the third round, Sebastian Da Costa,
defeated qualifier Matthew Hanlin of England 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
Top seeded players Hideki Kaneko of Japan and Vadim Kutsenko
of Uzbekistan also reached the third round. Kaneko beat Marcel Du
Coudray of Mauritius 2-6, 6-1, 6-1, while Kutsenko eliminated
Glen Bertram of Australia 6-0, 6-2.
In the doubles, Febi Widhiyanto and Hendri Susilo Pramono
reached the second round after overcoming Edo Bawono of Indonesia
and Anand Radhakrishna of India 6-3, 6-1. Veterans Bonit Wiryawan
and Sulistyo Wibowo, the 1997 SEA Games gold medalists, defeated
Britons Matthew Hanlin and Neil Watts.(yan)