Three national players reach quarterfinals in Circuit meet
Three national players reach quarterfinals in Circuit meet
JAKARTA (JP): Three national players reached the quarterfinals
of the Indonesia Women's Circuit 4 after winning their matches on
Thursday at the Danamon tennis complex in Kemayoran, Central
Jakarta.
Old hand Irawati Moerid Iskandar survived her match after
winning 6-3, 6-3 over teammate Mudarwati. Irawati, a mother of
one, will face junior Angelique Widjaja. Angelique unexpectedly
upset fourth seeded Diane Asencio of Switzerland 6-3, 6-3.
In another quarterfinals match, Liza Andriyani defeated Olga
Kaliojnaja of Russia 6-3, 6-0, and will next challenge second
seeded Montika Anuchan of Thailand.
In a shock defeat, Anuchan upset second seeded Jayaramsai
Jayalakshmy of India in a tough rubber set to win 6-2, 5-7, 7-6
(8-6).
Tennis observer Benny Mailili said Liza must be able to prove
her mettle against the Thai girl.
"Liza is much more experienced than Anuchan. Besides, she has
an advantage of competing on a court which she has been used to,"
said Benny, who is also deputy secretary-general of the
Indonesian Tennis Association (Pelti).
Speaking on the Irawati and Angelique match, Benny said
Irawati should be able to take advantage of her experience to
eliminate her junior, but that 14-year-old Angelique was much
younger and was in better physical condition.
Top seeded Benjamas Sangaram will take on Wang I-Ting of
Chinese Taipei on Friday. After losing the first set Sangaram
made a comeback to defeat Saemi Lim of South Korea 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
While Wang gave a free lesson to eighth seeded Archana
Venkataraman 6-0, 6-0.
In another quarterfinals match, Suchanan Viratprasert of
Thailand defeated Nina Janzekovic of Slovenia 6-1, 6-0. She will
next meet Indian Rushmi Chakravarthi, who won 6-1, 6-2 over
Antonia Matic of Croatia.
In the doubles, top seeded Liza and Sangaram defeated
Frederika Girsang of Indonesia and Kaliojnaja 7-5, 6-1. They will
next play Novianti Warsono and Agustina Wibisono of Indonesia,
who defeated Matic and Christine Silaghi of Germany 6-2, 6-0.
Second seeded Jayalakshmy and Chakravarthi will be challenged
by Irawati and Angelique. The Indians beat compatriot sisters
Archana and Arthi Venkataraman 6-0, 6-1. The Indonesians had an
easy win when their opponents Veronika Ctvrtnickova of the Czech
Republic and Lucia Tallo of Switzerland retired when the
Indonesians led 5-0.
Benny also said that Pelti had applied to stage six future and
six circuit tournaments in February, April and September next
year.
Pelti's competition committee official Mansyur Djabir said
Pelti would provide US$150,000 in prize money for the six
tournaments.
Next year Indonesia will host the boys and girls junior
championships, as well as the Asia Oceania qualification for the
World Youth Cup. (yan)