Yayuk to get cartoonist award

JAKARTA (JP): National tennis queen Yayuk Basuki will have her portrait drawn by renowned cartoonist GM Sudarta in exchange for her participation in the upcoming Indonesia Junior Master championships organized by the Jakarta-based Sports Journalists Association.

Yayuk will play an exhibition battle of the sexes against Ivan Taufik tomorrow, the second day of the year-end tournament.

The championships will pit 16 of the nation's best male and female junior players in round-robin matches. Each division will have two groups, with the top two players advancing to the cross-over semifinals.

Top seed Ivan will take on Windrawan in today's opener. Champion of the Indonesia Master women's singles Eny Sulistyowati and her runner-up Wukirasih Sawondari are favored to renew their rivalry in Saturday's final. (amd)