Yayuk seeded first in Beijing

Tue, 26 Sep 1995, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Yayuk Basuki is favored to retain
her title in the US$100,000 Nokia Open women's tennis
championships, which begin in Beijing this week.

Organizers announced on Sunday that world number 25 Yayuk
topped the seeding list in the 32-field tournament, the only
professional tennis tournament held in China.

Yayuk is expected to meet Belgian Dominique Monami, whose
ranking is 37 places below the Indonesian, in the final on
Sunday. If she wins, Yayuk will claim her first title of the
year.

Taiwanese Wang Shi-ting, Karin KschwendtIf of Germany, Lea
Ghirardi of France and Petra Kamstra of the Czech Republic are
also making a trip to Beijing. (amd)

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