Top seeds cruise into Cigna quarterfinals
Top seeds cruise into Cigna quarterfinals
Zakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
On the third day of the US$11,800 Cigna Open tennis
tournament, all but one of the seeded contenders breezed through
to the quarterfinals.
Top seed Hendri Susilo Pramono continued his winning run to
advance to the last eight with a crushing 6-1, 6-0 defeat of
Sandy Purnomo at the Jakarta Hilton International's Executive
Club here on Thursday.
Second seed Suwandi followed the Indonesian No. 2 into the
next round with an equally emphatic win, 6-1, 6-0 over Jonathan
Amdanu.
A big win with exactly the same score was also chalked up by
third seed Sebastian Dacosta in his game with Ferza Gautama,
while fifth seed Bonit Wiryawan cruised by veteran Tjahjono for a
6-3, 6-2 victory.
Sixth seed Eko Kurniawan, a 6-1, 6-4 winner over Ariawan
Poerbo, and seventh seed Sulistyo Wibowo, a 6-3, 6-1 winner over
Andery Setyawanto, also joined the top players through to the
quarters.
The only upset of the day was suffered by Edy Kusdaryanto. The
fourth seed had to abandon his tournament hopes after he lost 7-6
(7/4), 6-4 to Surya Wijaya, number 21 in the national rankings.
Surya will meet Sulistyo in Friday's matches, which will also
pit Hendri against Eko, Sebastian against Bonit and Suwandi
against Suhendar Dinata.
Suhendar booked his ticket with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Elbert
Sie.
Seeded players also fared well in the women's singles.
Top seed Wukirasih Sawondari defeated Mudarwati 6-2, 6-0, to
meet eighth seed Novianti Warsono, who dispatched Rani Lestari 6-
3, 7-5 on Thursday.
Third seed Sulistyowati trampled Nancy Metriya 6-1, 6-0, a win
which means a meeting with sixth seed Lavinia Tananta, who was
extended to three sets before overcoming Denise Harijanto 4-6, 6-
4, 6-3.
Second seed Ayu Fani Damayanti and fifth seed Mimma Chernovita
also advanced to the next round.
Meanwhile, the men's doubles players are also in the
quarterfinal phase with Davis Cup pair Hendri/Suwandi to meet
Armendio/Sunu Wahyu Trijati.
Hendri/Suwandi hardly broke a sweat in their 6-1, 6-1 victory
over Rendy Reo Rampen/Tungky Arianto while Armendio/Sunu defeated
the team of Seno Hartono/Sulistyo Wibowo 7-6 (7/4), 6-1.