Top seeds advance to Thamrin Cup 2nd round
Top seeds advance to Thamrin Cup 2nd round
Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta
The Thamrin Cup international junior tennis tournament kicked
off on Tuesday with top seeds Albert Sie and fellow Indonesian
Maya Rosa breezing through to the second round at the Senayan
tennis courts.
Albert defeated Malaysian Razian Rawi 6-2, 6-3, while Maya
trounced Mio Tsukada of Japan 6-0, 6-3.
Most of the boys' seeds went through, except for third seeded
Indonesian Sandy Purnomo, sixth seed Shuhei Uzawa of Japan and
14th seed Lopburi Nathasiri of Thailand.
Sandi lost to Australian Nick Lindahl 6-4, 7-5, Uzawa was
ousted by Tung-Han Lee of Chinese Taipei 6-3, 6-4, and Nathasiri
lost 6-2, 6-2 to Ting-Lung Chang Chen also of Chinese Taipei.
Second seed Kento Takeuchi of Japan got off to a convincing
start with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Canadian Jenner Stevenson,
signaling that he will be a strong contender for the boys' title.
Benny Mailili, the tournament director, said Albert and
Takeuchi had the best chances of winning the tournament.
"Hopefully, our player can take advantage of playing on his
home turf to win the tournament," he said.
Fourth seed Ryo Sekiguchi also had little difficulty in
dispatching Kim Sang-qyun Kim of South Korea 6-1, 6-3.
Other seeded players advancing to the next round included
fifth seed Peerachat Chaiyapan of Thailand, seventh seed Stefan
Rosani of Australia and eighth seed Jonathan Amdanu of Indonesia.
Chaiyapan fought back from a set down to beat Takero Akaba of
Japan 1-6, 6-2, 6-1. Rosani and Jonathan sprinted past their
opponents in straight sets.
In the girls' division, Dian Mayasari was the first seeded
player to crash out of the tournament, as the eighth seed was
beaten 7-5, 6-3 by fellow Indonesian Lutfiana Budiharto.
Third seed Denise Harijanto of Indonesia eased past Chikako
Shimura of Japan 6-0, 6-2, while compatriot Lavinia Tananta was
extended to a tiebreaker before stopping Japan's Naoko Ueshima 7-
6(3), 6-2.
Wild card Fiona Gracia Tjipto came close to upsetting seventh
seed Chie Moriuchi. The Indonesian won the first set but failed
to carrying the momentum forward into the next two sets,
eventually losing 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
The tournament, which will run until Sunday, features about
130 junior players from 13 countries.