Gumulya survives the scare at Manila 10K

The only Indonesian player Beatrice Gumulya in the main draw at "Holcim/ITF Women's Circuit 2" which is held at Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, Philippines battled through a thriller in the opening round today (November 17, 2009). In her desperate effort of adding more ranking points, Gumulya still could not find her best form as she was pushed all the way but prevailed to win over Chinese Taipei's qualifier Liu Chi-Fan 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. In round 16, Gumulya will clash with her doubles partner and seventh seed Han Sung-Hee of South Korea. In first round, Han had three sets battle but she managed to beat local qualifier Czarina-Mae Arevalo 6-3, 2-6, 6-1.

Top seed Elodie Rogge-Dietrich from France also had difficulty in her opener as she had to play a thriller and barely defeated Israeli Ofri Lankri 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Also moving into second round was second seed Lee Ye-Ra who breezed past Malaysian Jawairiah Noordin 6-1, 6-2.

Meanwhile American wild card Riza Zalameda edged past Thai Sophia Mulsap 6-3, 6-2 in first round. The only Thai secured her second round berth was eighth seed Nicha Lertpitaksinchai after she defeated her compatriot Peangthan Pliphuech 6-4, 6-3.

The only upset was the departure of Chinese sixth seed He Chun-Yan who was beaten by South Korean Han Na-Lae 6-2, 0-6, 1-6.

In doubles first round, Gumulya partnered with South Korean Han Sung-Hee again and they are top seeded. Both Gumulya and Han suffered back to back defeat to South Korean duo Han Na-Lae/Yoo Mi 1-6, 6-1, 5-10. Last week in the first leg of this tourney, duo Gumulya/Han bowed out to the same pair in semi-final.

Singles Main Draw
1st round
1-Elodie Rogge-Dietrich (FRA) d. Ofri Lankri (ISR) 64 46 64
Juan Ting-Fei (TPE) d. WC-Anna Christine Patrimonio (PHI) 62 61
Q-Zhang Nan-Nan (CHN) d. Marina Novak (LIE) 60 61
5-Liu Shaozhuo (CHN) d. Q-Haine Ogata (JPN) 62 60

4-Yoo Mi (KOR) d. Kim Sun-Jung (KOR) 64 75
Trang Huynh Phuong Dai (VIE) d. LL-Veronika Makovey (AUS) 63 60
WC-Riza Zalameda (USA) d. Sophia Mulsap (THA) 63 62
Han Na-Lae (KOR) d. 6-He Chun-Yan (CHN) 26 60 61

8-Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA) d. Peangthan Pliphuech (THA) 64 63
Q-Ivana King (USA) d. WC-Anna Clarice Patrimonio (PHI) 63 62
Q-You Ju-Hee (KOR) d. Q-Nikki-Camille Zoleta (PHI) 60 62
3-Mari Inoue (JPN) d. Q-Katharina Lehnert (GER) 63 62

7-Han Sung-Hee (KOR) d. Q-Czarina-Mae Arevalo (PHI) 63 26 61
Beatrice Gumulya (INA) d. Q-Liu Chi-Fan (TPE) 46 64 61
Gally De Wael (BEL) d. Natchanok Saenyaukhot (THA) 60 63
2-Lee Ye-Ra (KOR) d. Jawairiah Noordin (MAS) 61 62

Doubles Main Draw
1st round
Han Na-Lae/Yoo Mi (KOR) d. 1-Beatrice Gumulya/Han Sung-Hee (KOR) 6-1, 1-6, 10-5
Anna-Christine Patrimonio/Riza Zalameda (PHI/USA) d. He Chun-Yan/Ivana King (CHN/USA) 6-3, 4-6, 10-4
3-Gally De Wael/Elodie Rogge-Dietrich (BEL/FRA) d. Miao Yui-Lynn/Yoko Naito (TPE/JPN) 63 75
Ashmitha Easwaramurthi/Zhou Ya (IND/CHN) d. WC-Marian Jade Capadocia/Nikki-Camille Zoleta (PHI) 4-6, 6-4, 10-4

Kim Jung-Eun/You Ju-Hee (KOR) d. Julia Dinhof/Marina Novak (AUT/LIE) 46 63 10-8
Czarina-Mae Arevalo/Katharina Lehnert (PHI/GER) d. Trang Huynh Phuong Dai/Zhang Nan-Nan (VIE/CHN) 57 63 11-9
Kim Sun-Jung/Lee Ye-Ra (KOR) d. Lee Pei-Chi/Anna Clarice Patrimonio (TPE/PHI) 60 61
2-Juan Ting Fei/Linda Mair (TPE/ITA) d. Chen Yen-Ling/Liu Chi-Fan (TPE) 64 63

Tananta, Rompies & Ysidora improve best rank

WTA ranks for Indonesians as per November 16, 2009

Singles
1. 278 (278) Ayu Fani Damayanti - 169 points, 16 touneys
2. 362 (389) Lavinia Tananta - 103 points, 14 tourneys
3. 421 (448) Jessy Rompies - 81 points - 17 tourneys
4. 595 (598) Sandy Gumulya - 42 points - 9 tourneys
5. 659 (635) Romana Tedjakusuma - 33 points - 7 tourneys
6. 765 (769) Grace Sari Ysidora - 22 points - 3 tourneys
7. 910 (916) Beatrice Gumulya - 12 points - 6 tourneys

Ayu Fani Damayanti strongly holds her top spot at WTA 278. Lavinia Tananta stays at number two position with career high at WTA 362 after claiming Kuching 10K's title.
Jessy Rompies also maintains her position at number three as she is ranked at WTA 421 this week after she finished as runner-up at Kuching 10K and it is her new career high.

Sandy Gumulya who has been off the tour slightly climbed up to WTA 595, while "veteran" Romana Tedjakusuma stays as number five with latest rank at WTA 659.

Number one junior player of Indonesia, Grace Sari Ysidora, despite only playing three pro tournaments so far, she keeps reaching highest rank of her pro career at WTA 765.

Then struggling Beatrice Gumulya is now ranked at WTA 910 and has last chance to gain more points at Manila 10K this week.


Doubles
1. 194 (191) Yayuk Basuki - 357 points, 9 tourneys
2. 258 (260) Romana Tedjakusuma - 236 points, 11 tourneys
3. 296 (312) Lavinia Tananta - 182 points, 16 tourneys
4. 298 (296) Jessy Rompies - 182 points, 17 tourneys
5. 325 (326) Ayu Fani Damayanti - 158 points, 11 tourneys
6. 390 (404) Beatrice Gumulya - 118 points, 10 tourneys
7. 793 (794) Sandy Gumulya - 23 Points, 4 tourneys
8. 809 (810) Laili Rahmawati Ulfa - 21 points, 3 tourneys

Washed out on the day of final qualifying

"2009 ITF Jakarta Junior Championships", an ITF Grade 4 tournament started its qualifying rounds at clay courts of Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex in Jakarta, Indonesia on Sunday (November 15, 2009). Last time this tourney was held in Jakarta back in 2003 then from then on it was moved to Solo, Central Java until 2008 and now it is returning to Jakarta.

A couple of upsets were made by unseeded Thai Apichaya Runglerdkriangkrai and Karin Kennel from Switzerland. In second round of qualifying, the tomboy Thai fought hard to beat top seed Naomi Bleisch of Switzerland 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, while Kennel ousted Russian second seed Elena Maltseva 6-1, 6-4.

Recent semi-finalist in Surabaya Grade 4 and third seed Kathinka Von Deichmann of Liechtenstein did not have to give her overall capacity to crush Malaysian Melissa Ting 6-0, 6-0. As for local players, only Jeanny Anastasia Ratnasari and Idhun Safaati made into final qualifying.

In boys qualifying, there was no significant upset to be reported. On Monday (November 16, 2009), Jakarta had almost all day long rain so no matches were staged at all. Final qualifying matches are scheduled to be held today (November 17, 2009).

Girls Singles – Qualifying Draw
Q1
1-Naomi Bleisch SUI Bye
Apichaya Runglerdkriangkrai THA d Florence Nocle INA 60 61
Rifaliani Achir INA d Miki Tasuyama JPN 64 62
Idhun Safaati INA d Annisa Tulus INA 62 61

2-Elena Maltseva RUS Bye
Karin Kennel SUI d Vita Taher INA 62 62
Hayyu Imanda INA d Akshara Ramesh MAS 61 57 64
Jeanny Anastasia Ratnasari INA d Jean Valeria INA 63 64

3-Kathinka Von Deichmann LIE Bye
Melissa Ting MAS d Claudia Michelle Paramesvari INA 64 60
Devi Hasan INA d Puspa Ratih Triokavira INA 61 76(1)
5-Seraina Jaeger SUI d Woyla Waluyo INA 63 61

4-Cai Xi-Wei CHN d Hanemas Pangestu INA 62 61
Lenora Rossi SUI d Isabella Kimberly INA 61 60
Nadia Yahya Tear Tjahjana INA d Kikuka Adachi JPN 75 63
6-Corina Jager SUI d Diandra Berliana INA 60 61

Q2
Apichaya Runglerdkriangkrai THA d 1-Naomi Bleisch SUI 75 46 63
Idhun Safaati INA d Rifaliani Achir INA 63 61
Karin Kennel SUI d 2-Elena Maltseva RUS 61 64
Jeanny Anastasia Ratnasari INA d Hayyu Imanda 60 62

3-Kathinka Von Deichmann LIE d Melissa Ting MAS 60 60
5-Seraina Jaeger SUI d Devi Hasan INA 60 62
4-Cai Xi-Wei CHN d Lenora Rossi SUI 62 60
6-Corina Jager SUI d Nadia Yahya Tear Tjahjana INA 60 60

Boys Singles – Qaulifying Draw
Q1 (only one, the rest were byes)
Takeru Watanabe JPN d Muhammad Ridho Prasojo INA 62 63

Q2
Liu Xing Bang CHN d Mario Aji Ramadhan INA 61 75
Mark Nathan Ginting INA d Ian Philibert INA 60 61
Arganata Dhimas Rivai INA d Joshua Adriel Mulyanto INA 61 60
Raheta Riki Ardiansyah INA d Hansel Sanjaya INA 64 60
Faisal Irianto INA d Deda Kresna INA 63 62
Jenas Hauser SUI d Herbert Tjuatjadarma INA 61 64
Boris Greco SUI d Fajar Surya Lintang INA 60 61
Ibrahim Unggullaga INA d Rexy Surya INA 64 62
Fredrico Leonardo Rumambi INA d Corneill Spaapen MAS 62 61
Ahmad Maulana Bezuri INA d Reza Wiratama INA 61 26 64
David Wilson INA d Deggyandra Luhur Sumawan INA 61 62
Dardan Maliqi SUI d Muhammad Luthfi INA 60 61
Loic Theilhaes SUI d Fahmi Seff INA walk over
Li Zeyu CHN d Bagas Pratama Saputra INA 61 62
Shen You-Xu CHN d Takeru Watanabe JPN 60 61
Armando C Soemarno d Jeremy Nahor 64 30 ret

Photos of Runglerdkriangkrai, Kennel, Von Deichmann, Maltseva, Bleisch are private collection

Bretting & Zhu were triumphant

In all Swiss final, 16 years old eighth seed Dimitri Bretting grabbed his second Grade 4 title at "2009 Widjojo Soejono Semen Gresik Junior Championships", an ITF Grade 4 tournament which was held at Brawijaya Tennis Complex in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia on Sunday (November 15, 2009). Breeting ousted 17 years old lefty and sixth seed Claude Benz 6-2, 4-0 retired. So Benz is still titleless now.

In the meantime, in all Chinese final, sixth seed Zhu Lin claimed her maiden title of ITF Junior Circuit after she battled past her compatriot and eighth seed Tina Ran 6-3, 6-4. Surabaya was only Zhu's third ITF tourney she has played so far after Xiamen Grade 3 and Beijing Grade 2.

In boys' doubles final, it was a perfect final between top seed pair Sebastian Richter/Wang Chieh-Fu (Germany/Chinese Taipei) who cruised past local second seed duet Ega Uneputty/Indra Wijaya 7-6(6), 3-6, 10-8.

Boys Doubles - Semi-finals
1-Sebastian Richter/Wang Chieh-Fu (GER/TPE) d 4-Claude Benz/Vullnet Tashi SUI 61 67(5) 11-9
2-Ega Uneputty/Indra Wijaya INA d 8-Gavin Pranata/Louis Theodor INA 46 63 10-7

Photos of Claude Benz is courtesy of radityahelabumi; Tian Ran is courtesy of Iwan Setiyawan

All South Korean finals in singles and doubles are just perfect

Today (November 14, 2009) singles semi-finals and doubles final were completed at "Holcim/ITF Women's Circuit 1" which was held at Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, Philippines. Two South Korean seeded players will face each other in final tomorrow. In the last four round, 22 years old second seed Lee Ye-Ra stopped fine run of first timer in 10K semi-final, 17 years old Juan Ting-Fei of Chinese Taipei 6-2, 7-5. In the other last four round, South Korean fourth seed Yoo Mi denied 10K maiden final for 18 years old Thai eighth seed Nicha Lertpitaksinchai. Playing in her second 10K semi-final after Pattaya last June, Lertpitaksinchai bowed out to Yoo 1-6, 3-6.

In doubles semi-final today, top seed pair Beatrice Gumulya/Han Sung-Hee (Indonesia/South Korea) crashed out after they were beaten by South Korean duo Han Na-Lae/Yoo Mi 3-6, 2-6. Yesterday, duet Han/Yoo took the opening set 6-3 but then the match was abandoned. So, the two pairs resumed the battle today.

The other last four round was between third seed duo He Chun-Yan/Liu Shaozhuo from China and unseeded pair Kim Sun-Jung/Lee Ye-Ra of South Korea. Duo Kim/Lee claimed the victory after they crushed He/Liu 6-0, 6-0. In final today, Kim/Lee sealed the title as they survived a thriller over Han/Yoo 6-4, 4-6, 10-6.

Singles Main Draw
Quarterfinals
(8) Nicha Lertpitaksinchai THA d. Peangthan Pliphuech THA 61 63

(4) Yoo Mi KOR d. (7) Han Sung-Hee KOR 61 61

Juan Ting-Fei TPE d. Gally De Wael BEL 62 26 76(5)

(2) Lee Ye-Ra KOR d. (5) Liu Shaozhuo CHN 64 64

All Federer's juniors in boys final is happening

Two players from Switzerland won their semi-finals to secure all Swiss final at "2009 Widjojo Soejono Semen Gresik Junior Championships", an ITF Grade 4 tournament which is held at Brawijaya Tennis Complex in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia today (November 14, 2009). 17 years old left-handed Swiss sixth seed Claude Benz continued his run into after he battled past his fellow countryman and 16th seed Vullnet Tashi 6-2, 6-3. In the other last four round, 16 years old Swiss eighth seed Dimitri Bretting made it perfect for all Swiss final showdown as he cruised past Chinese 12th seed Cao Guan-Yu 6-4, 6-2. Tomorrow's final will be first ever Grade 4 final for Benz who is still titleless, while Breeting will play his second Grade 4 final after his first ever Grade 4 title at "14th Slovenian Junior Open 2009" last August.

Photos of Claude Benz is courtesy of tennisclub-thun.ch; Dimitri Bretting is courtesy of mytennis.ch; Vullnet Tashi is courtesy of mytennis.ch

Sutjiadi falls, all Chinese final is secured

14 years old fifth seed Aldila Sutjiadi failed in her first attempt to reach her Grade 4 maiden final at "2009 Widjojo Soejono Semen Gresik Junior Championships", an ITF Grade 4 tournament which is held at Brawijaya Tennis Complex in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia today (November 14, 2009). Sutjiadi's quest was denied by sixth seed Zhu Lin from China as the Chinese rookie won comfortably over Indonesia's final hope 6-3, 6-2 in semi-final.

In the other last four round, Zhu's doubles partner 15 years old Chinese eighth seed Tian Ran ended a fairytale of qualifier Kathinka Von Deichmann from Liechtenstein as she toughed it out to claim 6-4, 7-5 victory and set all Chinese final tomorrow.

In doubles final, Indonesia got consolation after top seed Destriana/Melita breezed past their juniors and second seed pair Sutjiadi/Syarifah 6-3, 6-0. For duet Destriana/Melita, today's win is their 5th title as a team and all their titles in ITF Grade 4 tourneys. Overall Destriana has been collecting total of 11 titles, while Melita has total of 7 titles.