Wynne survives into last four at Jakarta Open
Wynne survives into last four at Jakarta Open
Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta
Local hopeful Wynne Prakusya rallied to oust top seeded Ryoko
Fuda of Japan in the quarterfinals of the US$25,000 Jakarta ITF
Women's Open here on Friday.
The fifth seed Wynne, who is ranked 277th in WTA Tour,
defeated the world no. 175 Fuda 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2, to avenge her
defeat in the Thailand Open last month.
Wynne is the only Indonesian left in contention in the
tournament at the Hilton tennis courts in central Jakarta and
will face Thai rival Montinee Tangphong in the semifinals on
Saturday.
It was an even play in the first game until offensive-minded
Fuda sped up her pace to seal the first set. Fuda continued the
attack to quickly take a 2-0 lead in the second set.
Under heavy pressure from Fuda, Wynne refused to lay down. She
tried hard to make the best of her serves while opting to slow
down the rhythm of play.
She made up for her disappointing unforced errors with several
aces and a rash of unchallenged short balls over the net. On the
other side, Fuda started making mistakes as her offensive
performance took its toll.
"My opponent was so stubborn, it was difficult for me to get a
point," the 24-year-old Wynne said.
"I forced myself to attack Fuda in the first set but she was
always able to return the ball, which caused more difficulties
for me."
She said her change in tactics, which saw her develop her
slices and improve her serves worked in her favor.
"Those helped me find my rhythm, although in the beginning of
the second set, Fuda still looked very strong," she said.
"After I won the second set, I think Fuda was tired in the
final set as her shots were no longer accurate."
Sixth seed Tangphong, whom Wynne is likely to come across
again at the next Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines later
this month, booked her semifinal place after easing past local
wild card holder Lavinia Tananta 6-1, 6-1.
The last Indonesian to exit was Ayu Fani Damayanti, who lost
to seventh seeded Chuang Chia-Jung of Chinese Taipei 6-7 (4), 0-
6.
Fourth seeded Kristina Czafikova of Slovakia secured the last
spot in the semifinals after she sent home eight seeded Karoline
Borgersen of Norway 6-2, 3-6, 7-5.