Lavinia blames diarrhea for loss

Posted : 19 Nov 2011 12:39:51

 Palembang (UR): Indonesian tennis player Lavinia Tananta blamed diarrhea for her loss to the Philippines' Anna Clarice Patrimonio in a quarterfinal at the Jakabaring Sports Center in Palembang on Friday.

She said the illness rendered her weak and led to the defeat in a match that was carried over from a day earlier due to rain stoppage.

On Thursday, rain halted play as the match, in its first set, was tied 1-1. When the match resumed on Friday, it was the Indonesian who seemed to be suffering the effects of the delay, eventually losing 6-4, 6-1.

“My body is very weak, I’ve had for four days and I cannot play properly. If my condition was good, I could have won the game,” Lavinia said.

“Since the beginning I knew that my strokes were powerless,” she said.

In the first set, Lavinia pulled back to even the score at 4-4 before a double fault in the ninth game sealed the set for her opponent.

Her performance got worse in the second set.
Another resumed match saw Thailand’s Noppawan Lertcheewakarn beat Huynh Phuong Dai Trang from Vietnam 6-0, 6-3. Noppawan will face Patrimonio in the semifinal. (UR-4)

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