Special Report:  2008 Olympic Games

    JAKARTA, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- An Indonesian disabled-bodied tennis player said Friday that she would give best performance in the Beijing Paralympic Games for her country.

    "For the last three months' regular exercises, my coach prepared me to improve strength," Indonesian woman wheelchair tennis player Ida Yani told Xinhua.

    Yani earned gold medal in a national games for disabled-bodied athletes in East Kalimantan in Indonesia, which was like a warm-up for her to prepare for the Beijing Paralympics.

    Yani has started to concentrate on multievents games, such as ASEAN Para Games IV in Nakhonratchasima, Thailand 2008, since 2003.

    Yani, like other disabled-bodied people, lives in a dorm named Cheshire in south Jakarta.

    "My friends at the dorm always give best wishes to win the games at Beijing Paralympics," said the 36-year-old tennis player.