Suwandi, Hendri into quarterfinals
Suwandi, Hendri into quarterfinals
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian men's tennis players Suwandi and
Hendri Susilo Pramono reached the men's singles quarterfinals of
the Extra Joss Future-4 at Kemayoran Tennis Center here.
Suwandi had to work hard before overcoming Frenchman Gabriel
Ledru 7-5, 6-3 in more than one hour in the tournament's second
round Wednesday.
Suwandi, the gold medalist in the men's singles event in the
2000 National Games in Surabaya last month, will face Lee Seung-
hun of South Korea on Thursday. Lee defeated Daniel Willman of
New Zealand 4-6, 6-0, 6-3.
Hendri managed to eliminate South Korean Chung Hee-seok in a
rubber set 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 and will challenge Marian Leysek of
Slovakia, who overcame seeded eight Yasufumi Yamamoto of Japan 6-
3, 1-6, 6-4.
Unfortunately, old hand Dede Suhendar Dinata had to bow out to
seventh seeded Leigh Holland of Australia 1-6, 6-7 (3-7).
Top seed Danai Udomchoke of Thailand, last week's champion of
Future-3, was too powerful for Tetsuya Chaen. Udomchoke barely
sweated it out to beat the Japanese 6-3, 6-0.
Udomchoke will meet Holland for a semifinal berth.
In another quarterfinals match, Rik De Voest of South Africa
will play South Korean Park Seung-kyu. De Voest outclassed
another South Korean Kim Dong-hyun 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 while Park
overcame seeded three Luben Pampoulov of Austria 6-4, 6-3.
Indonesia, however, booked one berth in the men's doubles
final after two Indonesian pairs managed to make their way to the
semifinals. Another pair will be decided on the second-day of the
quarterfinals Thursday.
Indonesian old partnership of Bonit Wiryawan and Sulistyo
Wibowo, winners of the Future-3, will meet last series' finalist
Febi Widhiyanto and Hendri on Friday.
Bonit and Sulistyo had no difficulty eliminating Japanese duo
Chaen and Akira Matsushita 6-4, 6-3 while Febi and Hendri had to
work hard to defeat Udomchoke and Ekkarin Pisuth Arnont of
Thailand 7-6 (7-4), 7-5.
In the quarterfinals on Thursday, Indonesian Yusmawan Fahmi
and Edo Bawono will play Marcel Du Coudray of Mauritius and
Willem Peter Meyer of South Africa. Another match will see seeded
five Alan Mackin of England and Pampoulov will face Mustafa
Ghouse and Manoj Mahadevan of India. (ivy)