Two seeded girl players tumble in junior c'ships
Two seeded girl players tumble in junior c'ships
JAKARTA (JP): Two girls' U-18 singles seeds crashed out in the
2000 Nabisco International Junior Championships at the Senayan
tennis complex on Wednesday while all of the Indonesian boy's
singles cruised into the quarterfinals.
Second seed Pichaya Laosirichon of Thailand had to make an
early exit after being upset by Indonesian hopeful Linda Arumsari
6-4, 0-6, 1-6.
Linda will meet compatriot Stella Sondang, who also caused a
surprise by thrashing fifth seed Dian Anggraini 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Top seed Hsieh Su-wei of Chinese Taipei went through to the
next round after a comfortable victory over Yella Megasari 6-0,
6-2.
Hsieh will face seventh seed Diana Julianto of Indonesia, who
beat teammate Septi Nindya Yutami 6-0, 6-4.
Fourth seed Sasha Abraham of Indonesia barely flexed her
muscles to beat Wang Nai-yu of Chinese Taipei 6-0, 6-1. Sasha
will meet compatriot Sandy Gumulya, who outclassed sixth seed
Maya Rosa 6-2, 6-3.
Third seed Tiffany Welford of Australia also advanced to the
last eight after an easy 6-0, 6-1 win over Indonesian Lisa
Mariana. Welford will face eighth seed Novianti Warsono of
Indonesia, who had no difficulty in eliminating Yang Cheng-I of
Chinese Taipei 6-0, 6-1.
In the boy's singles event, top seed Eko Kurniawan overwhelmed
Christian Adinata 6-0, 6-0 and will now meet sixth seed Clint
Letcher of Australia. Letcher beat Indonesian Anthony Tan 6-1, 6-
0.
Second seed Eko Putra also moved forward after outplaying
Imanuel Prabowo 6-3, 6-0. On Thursday, Eko will meet fifth seed
Al Imron, who beat Hsieh Yu-da of Taipei 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Rahul Rajkhewa of India, seeded third in the event, will face
Malaysian Dannio Yahya in the top eight on Thursday. Rajkhewa
beat Indonesian Claudio Bramanta 6-1, 6-2 and Yahya outclassed
Ferdinand Leon of Indonesia 6-0, 6-4.
Eighth seed Aravindha K. Prakash beat Yopi Hadikusuma 6-3, 4-
6, 6-4 to meet Indonesian Henry Davin Teja on Thursday. Henry,
seeded fourth in this event, beat Sunu Wahyu Trijati 6-1, 6-1.
In the Under-16 boy's singles event, Christian, who is seeded
no. 1, made his way to the semifinals after beating Neils
Kusumahadi 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 on Wednesday. He will meet fifth seed A.
Jonathan Amdanu, who defeated fourth seed Tio Lana Putra 6-4, 6-
2.
Another semifinals match will pit third seed Fachry Syahputra
and second seed Imanuel Prakoso. Fachry beat Tan 6-2, 7-5 while
Prakoso beat Ichwan Rizaldi 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. There were no foreign
participants in this event.
In the girl's singles event, top seed Lisa will meet Devina
Saedi in Thursday's semis. Lisa beat Chintha Karrie 6-1, 6-2
while Devina defeated Sonya Kumar of Singapore 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.
The other match will pit Monica Aryani with second seed Yella.
Monica beat third seed Meritus Fitria Gani 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 while
Megasari outshone Mega Margaretha 6-4, 6-3.
The second round and the quarterfinals of the U-16 and U-14
groups were held simultaneously on Wednesday as the Indonesian
Tennis Association (Pelti) wished to end the competition on
Friday. (ivy)