Wynne vies for Jakarta Open double

Wynne vies for Jakarta Open double

Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Wynne Prakusya outclassed Montinee Tangphong 6-0, 6-4 in the
semifinals of the US$25,000 Jakarta ITF Women's Open at the Hotel
Hilton tennis courts here on Saturday.

The win, which came after Wynne's 7-5, 3-6, 1-6 defeat to her
Thai rival in Phuket, Thailand, earlier this year, gave
Indonesia's fifth seed a finals date against seventh seed Chuang
Chia-jung of Chinese Taipei on Sunday.

Chuang brushed aside fourth seed Kristina Czafikova of
Slovakia 6-3, 6-0 in the other semifinal match.

Wynne has a chance of making it a double as she also features
in the doubles final along with Japanese partner Ryoko Fuda.

The second seeds, who notched up a 6-3, 0-6, 6-1 victory over
third seeds Remy Tezuka of Japan and Kristina Czafikova of
Slovakia in the semifinals, will face top seeds Chan Yung-Jan and
Chuang Chia-Jung of Chinese Taipei, who defeated the Thai pairing
of Wilawan Choptang and Montinee Tangphong 7-5, 6-2.

While the doubles match forced a comeback performance, Wynne
had an easy task against Tangphong.

The 24-year-old Wynne started off perfectly with a break.

Combining top spins, slices and net shots, she forced
Tangphong to make a string of unforced errors, handing the
Indonesian a crushing first set win.

Blanked in the first set, Tangphong switched to forcing long
rallies before she thought she had the right moment to finish
them off with dangerous top spins.

The 20-year-old Thai looked to be beginning to find her pace,
making the contest tougher than ever. At 4-4 Wynne took the upper
hand once again to break Tangphong in the ninth game before
finishing her off.

Disappointed, Tangphong rushed back to her hotel immediately
after shaking Wynne's hand.

By contrast, Wynne made herself available to talk to
journalists.

"Thank God I won the match after Tangphong had defeated me
before," Wynne said.

"She made a lot of mistakes in the first set when she forced
herself to go on the offense, while I tried to be more
restrained," she explained.

Wynne said she recalled wise words from a local imam when she
came up against the seemingly resurgent Tangphong in the second
set.

"I remember Aa' Gym saying that we need to stay calm during
play. I followed this advice out on court and kept focused on the
match. It worked," she said.