Suwandi and Hendri out of men's Futures-1

Suwandi and Hendri out of men's Futures-1

JAKARTA (JP): Davis Cup team members, Suwandi and Hendri
Susilo Pramono, had to make an early exit from the first round of
the Indonesia Futures-1 on Wednesday.

Suwandi bowed out to top seeded Artem Derepasko of Russia 6-3,
5-7, 3-6 and Hendri was humiliated by unseeded Chung Seong-Yoon
of South Korea 3-6, 5-7.

Other Davis Cup team members, who got wild cards to compete in
the US$15,000 event held at the Kemayoran Tennis Center in
Central Jakarta, proceeded to the second round.

Febi Widhiyanto outclassed fellow countryman Yusmawan Fahmi 6-
0, 6-2 while Edy Kusdaryanto defeated fifth seeded Vladimir
Plantenik of Slovakia 6-3, 6-4.

Febi will fight Derepasko on Thursday and Edy will challenge
Kwon Oh-hee of South Korea, who beat Marc Merry of the
Netherlands 6-0, 7-5.

Veteran player and double specialist Bonit Wiryawan overcame
fellow countryman Dede Suhendar Dinata 6-2, 7-5. Lucky loser
Bonit, replacing eighth seeded Willem P. Meyer who failed to show
up on Wednesday, will play Chung on Thursday.

Indonesian qualifier Andrian Raturandang, who won the men's
singles of Niaga Cigna Open 2000 two weeks ago, barely broke a
sweat to beat another qualifier, Lars Zimmermann of Germany 6-1,
6-2.

Andrian will face Austrian Zbynek Mlynarik, who beat lucky
loser Abdul Hamid Makhkamov of Uzbekistan 6-1, 6-4.

In the Indonesia Women's Circuit-2, only two host singles of
Irawati Moerid Iskandar and Wukirasih Sawondari continued to the
second round.

Veteran Irawati beat fifth seeded Ayami Takase of Japan 6-4,
3-6, 6-3 to meet qualifier Anouk Sterk of the Netherlands, who
beat Japanese Satoko Kurioka 6-3, 7-5.

Wukirasih, winner of the women's singles of the Niaga Cigna
Open 2000, advanced to the second round after an easy 6-1, 6-0
win over junior Angelique Widjaja. Wukirasih will play eighth
seeded Chung Yang-jin from South Korea, who beat another
Indonesian hopeful, Dea Sumantri 2-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Indonesian Frederika Girsang lost to the 1999 Southeast Asian
(SEA) Games women singles gold medalist, second seed Maricris
Fernandez 4-6, 1-6. Fernandez will challenge South Korean Jeon
Mi-ra, who won the women's Circuit-1 last week.

Jeon beat Natalie Grandin of South Africa 6-3, 7-5.(ivy)