Yi, Sunu lead seeds' charge in junior ITF tennis tourney
Yi, Sunu lead seeds' charge in junior ITF tennis tourney
Zakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Yi Chu Huan of Chinese Taipei and Sunu Wahyu Trijati of Indonesia
faced few problems in their second-round matches as the seeded
players continued their charge in the 2003 ITF Indonesia Junior
Tennis Championships here on Thursday.
Top seed Yi advanced to the quarterfinal round after defeating
Derek Drabble of South Africa 6-3, 6-2, while second seed Sunu,
who was later in the day assured of sponsorship to take part in
the Junior Australian Open next year, crushed compatriot Tio Lana
Putra 6-1, 6-2.
Other seeded players who sealed their quarterfinal berths were
seventh seed Elbert Sie and eighth seed Claudio Halim, fourth
seed Roman Kelecic of Croatia and 12th seed Lee Meng-Hua of
Chinese Taipei.
Meanwhile, third seed Immanuel Prakoso, one of the Indonesian
favorites, had to leave the competition early after he suffered
an upset 6-3, 6-4 defeat by twin brother Immanuel Prabowo.
His win on Thursday saw his continued determination at the
tournament after outplaying 16th seed Igor Markota of Croatia 2-
6, 6-3, 6-2 in the second round.
Prabowo will meet compatriot Agung Bagus Dewantoro in the
quarterfinals on Friday.
The quarterfinal matches in the girls singles category will
also be held on Friday, with top seed Liu Wan Ting of China to
meet seventh seed Indian Gangothri Sandri, and second seed Ayu
Fani Damayanti of Indonesia to play wild carder Tori Kinard of
the United States.
The other pairings will be all-Indonesian dates. Third seed
Denise Harijanto is up against Nancy Metriya, and fourth seed
Febri Joana against sixth seed Dian Mayasari.
Sixty-four boys and 32 girls are taking part in the
tournament, which will run until Nov. 16.
Meanwhile, Sunu Wahyu Trijati, Lavinia Tananta, Agung Bagus
Dewantoro and Lutfiana Aris Budiharto have been awarded the
tournament scholarship following their victories at the recent
Masters Series of the Hemaviton Challenge 2003 junior tennis
championships.
The sponsorship is worth a total of US$10,000.
Sunu and Lavinia won the under-18 in the boys' and girls'
category respectively and are being given the chance to take part
in the 2004 Junior Australia Open.
Agung and Lutfiana, the winners in the boy's and girls' under-
14, will be heading to the ITF India Junior Circuit in December.