Recent "junior graduate" Jessy Rompies shocked 27 years old Tomoko Dokei of Japan in the opening round of "PLDT-SMART ITF Women's Circuit" at Rizal Memorial Tennis Center in Manila, Philippines today. Rompies for the second time outclassed sixth seeded Dokei with better scoreline this time, 7-6(5), 6-2. Last year at Jakarta 10K, 18 years old and still number one junior player in Indonesia defeated the experienced Japanese in three sets. After finishing in 10K's quarter-final back to back at Southlake, Texas and Saint Louis, Missouri in USA last October, certainly this early exit for Dokei was not expected. While for Rompies, a late bloomer in her junior career, by cruising into the second round she has the chance to improve last year's result here in Manila when she was ousted in the second round. Only participating in her fourth tournament of the year, until recently she was entrusted to focus on her junior tour and barely clinched the target of being top 10 in the world. Rompies still can have her chin up as she finished at ITF 11 and be the second best in Indonesia only after 2001 Wimbledon winner, Angelique Widjaja who had her highest world rank at ITF 2.
In the second round, Rompies will play against qualifier Marina Novak of Liechtenstein. In the first round, Novak blasted another qualifier of Chinese Taipei, Lo-Chiao-Fang 6-0, 6-2. Top seeded Sacha Jones from New Zealand crushed Thai teenager, Sophia Mulsap 6-1, 6-3. Australian Renee Binnie advanced into the second round to face Jones. Binnie was forced to battle all the way before she defeated local wild card, Nikki-Camille Zoleta 6-1, 6-7(2), 7-5.
Another upset was the defeat of third seeded Nguyen Thuy-Dung of Vietnam in the hand of Thai teenager, Nicha Lertpitaksinchai. It was a sweet revenge by Lertpitaksinchai after she bowed out to Nguyen in three sets at Chiang-Mai 10K. Today Lertpitaksinchai played better to secure 7-5, 7-6(1) victory. While for Nguyen, she suffered another early exit same as last week in the first leg here. In the second round, this Thai girl will play against the winner of today's all Korean battle. Indeed, Kang Seo-Kyung was prevailed to win over Jeong Yoon-Young 6-3, 6-4.
14 years old Alisa Ogorodova of Uzbekistan pushed hard her opponent to the limit and secured her second round ticket. Ogorodova slipped past Lu Jia-Xiang of China 5-7, 7-6(3), 6-1. This young Uzbek will challenge eight seeded Li-Ting of China in the second round. In today's opening round, 17 years old Li gunned down local wild card and recently come back Czarina-Mae Arevalo 7-5, 6-3.
In doubles, second seeded Alisa Ogorodova/Lavinia Tananta came back after a set deficit to edged past China's pair, Guo Zhi-Xian/Yang Yi 2-6, 7-6(8), 10-6. Tomorrow, fifth seeded Tananta and her compatriot, seventh seeded Ayu Fani Damayanti will begin their singles' campaign.
Photo - courtesy of Francesco Panunzio
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