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| 07 Oct 2003 | |
| Top seeds untroubled |
Top seed Marcos Baghdatis, from Cyprus, wasted little time
in joining his big rival, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga,, in the second round of the Osaka
Super Junior 2003 as he easily dismissed his opponent, Dai-Chiao Lin, from
Chinese Taipei, 60 61. With the two boys currently separated by just 100
ranking points, every victory could be crucial in the battle to be Junior World
Champion.
Home hopes in the boys’ singles were dealt a blow, when the
highest-ranked Japanese player, Kosuke Naruse, seeded eight, was upset 63 62 by
Portugal’s Vasco Antunes. This proved to be the only upset of the first round
as all the other seeded players easily advanced to the last 32; third seed Tai-Wei Liu, of Chinese Taipei,
fresh from victory in Brunei last week, overwhelmed Japanese qualifier Tatsuma
Ito 61 60 while fourth seed, Karan Rastogi, of India, defeated Ireland’s
Tristan Farron-Mahon 61 64.
In the girls’ singles, top seed Emma Laine, of Finland,
coasted through with a comfortable defeat of Japan’s Kaori Onishi 61 62 but
there was a setback for Julia Cohen in her quest to secure a year-end top 10
ranking. The American, seeded three, was eliminated by Hee-Sun Lyoo-Suh, of
Korea, 64 62. Seventh seed, Agnes Szatmari, of Romania also suffered a surprise
defeat as she went out to Nudnida Luangnam,of Thailand, 62 63
Visit itfjuniors.com for daily reports and photos as the event unfolds.
Photos by Hiromasa Mano
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