Sunu captures ITF junior tennis crown
Sunu captures ITF junior tennis crown
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Sunu Wahyu Trijati of Indonesia won the boys' singles crown of the ITF (International Tennis Federation) Junior Tennis Championship here on Sunday, after beating Luke Campbell of Britain in the final match, which was interrupted by rain.
Fourth-seeded Sunu overcame Campbell 6-3, 7-5, at the Kemayoran Tennis Court in Central Jakarta to chalk up his second title following his victory in Surabaya, East Jakarta, last November.
"I was relaxed, not letting pressure overwhelm me. I just tried hard to play as best as I could. It worked well," said Sunu after his match, as quoted by Antara.
Sunu, a 15-year-old Jakartan and member of the Deddy Prasetyo Tennis Club, praised his opponent's well-hit returns. However, he said that the Briton looked inconsistent throughout.
"He displayed powerful shots with speed. His returns troubled me, but consistency deserted him," said Sunu.
After tight games in the first set, Sunu again endured a difficult encounter in the second set. The score was 3-3 when the rain began, and the referee called for a half-hour delay.
The two players took up where they left off in their battle upon resuming play, before the local hopeful broke his opponent's serve to lead at 6-5.
When he held the serve, he did not squander the advantage to close the set for his win, to the home fans' cheering delight.
Sunu rounded out his triumphant day with a victory in the doubles, teaming up with Kirati Siributwong of Thailand.
Sunu/Siributwong were stretched to a three-set final match before defeating the Indonesian twin pair of Imanuel Prakoso and Imanuel Prabowo 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 6-2.
However, the Indonesian team's hopes for another victory in the girls' singles division did not materialize, as Maya Rosa failed to hold onto her lead against top seed Chan Yung-Jan of Chinese Taipei.
Maya, who was seeded fifth at the tournament, grabbed the opening set only to fall in the remaining sets in the match, which was also halted by rain.
After being crushed 0-6 in the second set, Maya tried to raise her game. She caught up with Chan at 3-3, but the latter proved to be the mightier, sealing the deciding set at 6-3.
"What a miss. After winning the opening set, I rushed into the second set and lost," said 16-year-old Maya.
Maya compensated for the loss by taking the doubles title with Septi Mende. Maya/Septi struggled bravely to upset the Korean- Chinese Taipei top-seeded pair of Heesun Lyoo-suh and Chan Yung- Jan 7-6 (7/1), 7-6 (7/5).