Three Indonesian players remain alive in Futures
Three Indonesian players remain alive in Futures
JAKARTA (JP): Three national squad players survived into the
quarterfinals of the Indonesia Futures F5 tournament at the
Danamon tennis complex in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, on
Thursday.
Hendri Susilo Pramono upset third seeded Frantisek Babej of
Slovakia 6-4, 6-0. Hendri, who will compete in the German tennis
league (Bundesliga) next year, will challenge fifth seeded Aisam
Qureshi of Pakistan. Qureshi reached the quarterfinals after
eliminating Kamil Blaha of the Czech Republic 6-1, 7-5.
Febi Widhiyanto made the quarterfinals after Juraj Hasko of
Slovakia retired in the second set due to the heat. Febi fought
hard to take the first set 7-5 and was leading 3-0 when seventh
seeded Hasko quit.
Febi, who will also compete in the Bundesliga, will meet
second seeded Danai Udomchoke of Thailand, who was forced to
scramble to overcome Suwandi of Indonesia 6-0, 4-6, 6-3.
Nineteen-year-old Febi will be trying to avenge his two
defeats to Udomchoke during the 20th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games
in Brunei Darussalam in August.
Sebastian Da Costa, a native of East Timor playing for
Indonesia, also reached the last 16 by beating Tetsuya Chaen of
Japan 7-5, 6-2.
Da Costa will have his work cut out for him on Friday when he
meets top seeded Jan Hermansson of Sweden, who defeated Robert
Krause of South Africa 6-4, 7-6 (7-5).
Fourth seeded Akira Matsushita of Japan eliminated Indonesian
qualifier Tjahjono 6-3, 6-1 to meet Dutch Steven Byl. Byl upset
sixth seeded Kotaro Miyachi of Japan 6-4, 4-6, 6-0.
In the doubles, Febi and Hendri defeated compatriots Yusmawan
Fahmi and Ariawan Poerboadinoto 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to become the last
host pair in the tournament.
They will meet third seeded Qureshi and Minh Le of the United
States, who defeated Vaclav Duda and Josef Nesticky of the Czech
Republic 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-1.
Top seeded Thomas Shimada of Japan and Myles Wakefield of
South Africa won 6-1, 6-1 over Blaha and Roman Kukal to meet Byl
and Ruben de Kleijn of the Netherlands, who beat Nesa Artha and
Eko Kurniawan of Indonesia 6-3, 6-4. (yan)