Notable Indonesians at the recent Lion tourney

A number of Indonesians competed at the inaugural Racket Sports Asia Tennis Championships and it was quite a mixture of very young and old players for sure. Some notable players were sixth seed Andrian Raturandang, eighth seed Sulistyo Wibowo, older brother of Liza Andriyani, then tenth seed Marco Sitepu, 32nd seed Ivan Regan Krijanto and also Imanuel Prabowo. Raturandang, father of a little boy, finished as quarter-finalist as he gave such fight to the eventual runner-up and third seed, Cho Soong-Jae of South Korea, 3-6, 6-4, 4-6. Meanwhile 39 years old Wibowo also made all the way into quarter-final when he eventually lost to top seed and the eventual winner Kim Dylan 2-6, 1-6. Sitepu, who is running a tennis school in Kuala Lumpur and is 40 years old, gave walk over to Japanese Shoki Kasahara in the second round. Krijanto ended-up in third round (round 16) as he bowed out to 4th seed Malaysian Yew Ming Si 2-6, 2-6. Last but not least, unseeded Prabowo, recent graduate of Chicago State University, had to be content with his second round result as he defeated by 22nd seed Lee Doo Hyen of South Korea, 3-6, 7-5, 3-6.

In men's doubles beside Raturandang who captured the title with Thai Peerakiat "Nack" Siriluethaiwattana, third seed Wibowo partnered with Sugiharta and they ended in the semi-final when they bowed out top seed pair Kim/Cho of South Korea 1-6, 3-6.

Montinee "Ploy" Tangphong of Thailand placed as top seed but she lost to her compatriot Varanya "Kaew" Vijuksanaboon 1-6, 1-6 in the semi-final. En route to the final, third seed Liza Andriyani breezed past 13 years younger, Trivena Monika Putri of Medan, North Sumatra, 1-6, 2-6 in quarter-final. In the semi-final, Andriyani ousted second seed Wynne Prakusya 6-4, 7-5.

Top seed pair Tangphong/Vijuksanaboon lost walk over to Eunice Chew/Hannah Chew of Singapore in the second round. Second seed duo Wynne Prakusya/Ivana Prakusya bowed out to the eventual champion, unseeded pair of North Sumatra Trivena Monika Putri/Dede Tari Kusrini 2-6, 2-6 in the quarter-final.

Prize money allocation (all in Singapore $, prize money only for quarter-finalists up in singles, while in doubles only for semi-finalists up)

Men’s Singles:
Winner S$ 3,500.00
Runner-Up S$ 1,700.00
Semi-Finalists S$ 850.00
Quarter-Finalists S$ 400.00

Men’s Doubles:
Winners (per team) S$ 2,000.00
Runner-Up (per team) S$ 1,000.00
Semi-Finalists (per team) S$ 500.00

Women’s Singles:
Winner S$ 3,500.00
Runner-Up S$ 1,700.00
Semi-Finalists S$ 850.00
Quarter-Finalists S$ 400.00

Women’s Doubles:
Winners (per team) S$ 2,000.00
Runner-Up (per team) S$ 1,000.00
Semi-Finalists (per team) S$ 500.00

Full results at http://www.rsatc.org/index.html