Sabtu, 20 September 2008

Sandy Gumulya faces big challenge ahead

Number one player of Indonesia, Sandy Gumulya is currently ranked WTA 257 and is about to compete again after WTA Bali. She is listed in the qualifying round at "Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital Tennis Classic" with total prize money of US $ 50,000. The tourney is taking place in Ashland, Kentucky and the venue is at Ashland Tennis Center.

In July 2007, Gumulya had best result of her career by reaching semi-final at Boston 50K. She is now facing tough task ahead to defend her good results in October and November 2007. During this period of time, she reached semi-final of Rockhampton, quarter-final of Gympie and as runner-up at Traralgon, all were 25Ks in Australia. She clinched her first ever title of 25K in Pune, India last November. I bet she has in mind that she wants to improve her ranking to qualify for Australian Open 2009. Her highest ranking was at WTA 228 in May 2008.

This year she has changed her serve style and seemed to make slight improvement in this department. Backhand is notoriously known as her liability. She has also returned to Wilson after she had used Prince racquet which caused her tennis elbow in early part of this season. It is certainly up to Gumulya in terms of setting her short-term target. Home fans are anxious to hear how far she goes in the US tour.

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