Tamarine leads world tennis stars to Bali

Tamarine leads world tennis stars to Bali

SURABAYA (JP): Tamarine Tanasugarn will head a pack of tennis
players ranked in the world's top 100 to Bali as the Wismilak
International women's tournament returns to Indonesia after a
lapse of three years.

Event organizers announced here on Wednesday that apart from
the Thai world number 31, Iroda Tulyaganova of Uzbekistan, Anne
Kremer of Luxemburg and Shinobu Asagoe of Japan have confirmed
their participation in the tournament, which is scheduled to take
place from Sept. 22 to Sept. 30 and offers a total of US$170,000
in cash prizes

Also in the entry list are three Australian stars: Nicole
Pratt, Rachel McQuillan and Alicia Molik.

Indonesia's 2001 Wimbledon junior champion Angelique Widjaya
will lead the home side's team along with Wynne Prakusya (117),
Romana Tedjakusuma (288), Dea Sumantri (558) and Wukirasih
Sawondari (710).

Angelique, whose Wimbledon triumph has made her the third
Asian player to score such an achievement in the prestigious
British championships, has been granted a wildcard in the main
draw, with the other likely given to Wynne.

Like Tamarine, Wynne, the country's number one player, is
currently playing at the Canadian WTA Tour in Toronto. The two
Asian players reached the second round at the $1.3 million
tournament.

After Bali, the Wismilak tennis event will move to Surabaya.
Organizers have yet to confirm the list of participants in the
$110,000 tournament, which will be held from Oct. 27 to Nov. 4.

The Wismilak International Tournament was first held in 1994
and had been a yearly event on the WTA calendar in Surabaya. The
organizers canceled the 1998 edition and moved the event to Kuala
Lumpur in 1999 and 2000 due to political and security concerns.
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