Veteran players continue winning ways at Cigna Open
Veteran players continue winning ways at Cigna Open
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's veteran tennis players continued to
dominate at the 2001 Cigna Open Colors of Life tournament at the
Bung Karno tennis complex.
Second seed Febi Widhiyanto defeated junior Prima Simpatiaji
6-3, 6-3 on Thursday, and will face Yusmawan Fahmi in Friday's
semifinals. Yusmawan ousted fellow veteran Sebastian Da Costa 6-
1, 6-4 to advance.
"I don't have any special strategy for my next match against
Yusmawan," Febi said after the match.
Veteran Suhendar Dinata scored the biggest upset of the day by
toppling top seed Andrian Raturandang 6-3, 6-1. Suhendar set up a
semifinals clash with Surya Wijaya, who outclassed Edy
Kusdaryanto 6-3, 6-4.
In the women's singles, youngster Angelique Widjaja will
challenge veteran player Liza Andriyani on Friday.
Angelique, or Angie, showed her talent in defeating teammate
and rival Dea Sumantri 7-5, 6-4.
While Liza found no trouble overcoming qualifier Dian
Anggraini 6-3, 6-3.
Top seed Wukirasih Sawondari barely broke a sweat in
eliminating junior Novianti Warsono 6-1, 6-1. Wukirasih will next
face veteran Eny Sulistyowati, who overpowered young player Dewi
Monica Siregar 6-3, 6-0.
Angie and doubles partner Dea will face Eny and Liza in the
women's doubles final on Friday.
Angie and Dea beat veteran Irawati Moerid Iskandar and Luky
Tedjamukti 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday evening in a match that was
delayed by heavy rain.
In the other quarterfinals, Eny and Liza had an easy 6-0, 3-1
win over Dewi and Ida Sutedja. Dewi retired in the second set
with an injury.
In the men's doubles, Febi and Andrian beat qualifier Andery
Setyawanto and Fandi Suyadi 6-3, 6-3 to set up a semifinal match
against Surya and Yusmawan. Surya and Yusmawan beat Cuk
Prihatmanto and Danang Tri Hermawan 6-1, 6-3.
The other semifinals match will pit Sebastian and Suhendar
against Edy and Ferdi Fauzi.
Sebastian and Suhendar lost one set before ousting Ariawan
Poebo and Djanuar Radjab 6-2, 4-6, 6-1. While Edy and Ferdi had
to work hard to defeat Eko Kurniawan and Nesa Artha 6-4, 6-7, 6-
2. (ivy)