Suhendar lone local left in Future tourney
Suhendar lone local left in Future tourney
JAKARTA (JP): Nonseeded Suhendar Dinata is the lone surviving
Indonesian in the men's singles quarterfinals of the Men's
Indonesian Fertilizer Future 4 here after four of his compatriots
lost in the third round on Thursday.
World ranked 894 Suhendar, a wild card entry who is nicknamed
Dede, did not have any difficulty in beating seventh seed and
world ranked 735 Ashley Ford of Australia 6-4, 6-4 at the
Kemayoran Tennis Center.
Dede will face second seed Hideki Kaneko of Japan in Friday's
quarterfinals. Kaneko, world ranked 300, defeated Indonesian
qualifier Febi Widhiyanto 6-4, 6-2.
Febi is a member of the 20th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games squad
with Hendri Susilo Pramono, Suwandi and Yusmawan Fahmi. Yusmawan
was forced to default in the Future 3 tournament last week
because of his commitment to compete in the Universiade in
Mallorca, Spain, this week.
Hendri was thrashed 1-6, 2-6 by Ryusu Tsujino of Japan. On
Friday, Tsujino will meet South African Ric De Voest, who beat
top seed Paradorn Srichaphan in the second round.
Indonesia's young hope Surya Wijaya, who upset senior Suwandi
on Wednesday, lost to lucky loser Glen Bertram of Australia 7-5,
6-0. Bertram will challenge fourth seed Danai Udomchoke of
Thailand.
Future 3 champion Vadim Kutsenko of Uzbekistan, world ranked
378, reached the quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over
Indonesia's Sebastian Da Costa. Kutsenko will face the 1998 Asian
Games champion Yoon Yong-il of South Korea.
Tennis commentator Benny Mailili said that Dede would be
forced to fight hard against Kaneko to earn a place in the
semifinals.
"Dede was lucky to reach the quarterfinals because he had a
very easy draw. Ford could not develop his playing strategy and
was totally controlled by Dede," he said.
"Dede only has a slight chance to win a place in the
semifinals as Kaneko has accurate strokes and good passing shots.
Dede should not try to rally with Kaneko from the baseline if he
wants to win."
Benny said that Febi and Hendri were outclassed by the
Japanese players. "Febi could keep up with him during the first
set but he was shut out of the second set. Kaneko is much more
experienced."
In the men's doubles, Indonesia's Andrian Raturandang and Yoon
Yong-il cruised to the quarterfinals after beating South Africans
Willem Peti Meyer and Jaco Van Der West 6-3, 6-1.
The second seeds will play fourth seeded Kaneko and Tsujino, who
beat the local duo of Edo Bawono and Da Costa 6-3, 6-3.
Thai brothers Narathorn and Paradorn Srichaphan also reached
the semifinals after upsetting top-seeded Ford and Niko
Karagiannis of Greece 7-6, 6-2. They will meet third-seeded
Kutsenko and Timur Ganiev of Uzbekistan. Kutsenko and Ganiev
defeated home favorites Hendri and Febi 7-6 (7-3), 6-4. (ivy)