SEA Games 2019 News 008: Indonesia Targets 2 Gold Medals from Tennis

Indonesia is targeting two gold medals from tennis at the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) to be held later this year in the Philippines.

Indonesia can get two gold medals in women's doubles and mixed doubles events and will have an intensive training that would commence in August.

Team Indonesia has shortlisted five female and five male tennis players to join the program.

The red and white flag may rely on Christopher Rungkat and Aldila Sutjiadi who won gold medal after disposing Thailand's Sonchat Ratiwatana and Luksika Kumkhum in mixed doubles at the 2018 Asian Games.

Indonesia's main opponents in the SEA Games tennis are likely to be from Thailand and host country the Philippines.


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Vietnam may give a good fight in tennis at the Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines after tennis player Thái Sơn Kwiatkowski, ATP world rank 275, becomes a naturalised Vietnamese citizen.
Kwiatkowski has a Vietnamese mother and a Polish-American father. The 1.88m American athlete is 23 years old and expected to take part at the 30th edition of the biennial meet to be held from November 30 to December 11.



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