Six Indonesian Futures qualifiers move on

JAKARTA (JP): Six Indonesian players survived matches on Monday in the second round of the qualifiers for the Indonesia Futures F5 at the Kemayoran tennis complex in Central Jakarta.

Tjahjono of Indonesia beat first seeded qualifier Attapol Rithiwatanapong of Thailand 6-2, 6-3, and will challenge Hiroshi Fukaumi of Japan in Tuesday's third round. Fukaumi defeated Prima Simpatiaji, who won the men's doubles at the Asian School Championships late last month, 6-0, 6-1.

Samsudin Pare also managed to reach the next round after eliminating compatriot Hartono Simaji 7-5, 6-3. Samsudin will face Steven Bijl of the Netherlands, who did not break into a sweat in his match against Imanuel Prakoso of Indonesia, 6-0, 6- 0.

Ferdy Fauzi was forced to use all his reserves against teammate Agung Nugraha before sealing the match 6-2, 7-6 (7-5). He will challenge the Netherland's Ruben De Kleijn, who won 6-4, 6-4 over third seeded Roman Kukal of Slovakia.

Prihatin followed suit by dispatching teammate Jefry Trihandiansyah 6-2, 6-1. He will meet Ekkarin Pisuth-Arnonth of Thailand, who reached the third round after beating Ferly Montolalu of Indonesia 6-0, 6-3.

In another match, fifth seeded Surya Wijaya will face compatriot Peter Susanto. Surya managed to reach the next round after eliminating Irwan Radjab -- who also competed in last month's Asian School Championships -- 6-1, 6-2. Peter defeated teammate Posla 6-0, 6-3.

Second seeded Hiroyasu Sato of Japan defeated Henry Davin of Indonesia 6-4, 6-2 to meet teammate Tai Tsuchiya, who beat Invasi Afghan of Indonesia 6-3, 6-1.

Fourth seeded Kamil Blaha of the Czech Republic sent home Suprarat Chukwan of Thailand 6-2, 6-2. He will now face South African Robert Krause. Earlier on Monday, Krause tamed old hand Yustedjo Tarik 6-2, 6-4.

Only eight of 16 players competing in the qualifying final rounds will play in the Future's main draw, scheduled to start on Wednesday. (yan)