Seeded players dominate junior tennis c'ships

Seeded players dominate junior tennis c'ships

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Seeded players dominated the 2003 ITF Indonesia Junior Tennis
Championships, with nine marching into the third round of the
boys' singles and six advancing to the quarterfinals of the girls
singles at the Bung Karno tennis courts here on Wednesday.

Top seed Yi Chu-Huan of Chinese Taipei moved to the third
round after defeating Japanese Takeuchi Kento 2-6, 6-0, 6-1,
followed by Indonesian favorite and second seed Sunu Wahyu
Trijati, who crushed Laurence Magaway of the Philippines 6-1, 6-
1.

Other seeded players who also advanced to the third round were
Immanuel Prakoso, Sandy Purnomo, both from Indonesia, Roman
Kelecic of Croatia, Durand Botha of South Africa, Jeevan
Nedumchezhiyan of India, Hsu Yi-Che and Lee Meng-Hua of Chinese
Taipei.

Meanwhile in the girls singles, top seed Liu Wan Ting of China
walked through to the quarterfinals after outplaying wild card
Gira Schofield of the United States 6-1, 6-1.

Second seed Indonesian Ayu Fani Damayanti came back from a set
down to thump compatriot Lavinia Tananta 4-6, 6-0, 6-0.

Other seeded players advancing to the next round included
Denis Harijanto, Dian Mayasari and Febri Joana of Indonesia,
Ashmitha Easwaramurthi of India, and Gangothri Sandri of India.

Sixty-four boys and 32 girls are taking part in the
tournament, which will run until Nov. 16.