August 26, 2008
On Monday, August 25, 2008 Lavinia Tananta, the only Indonesian player in the main draw of 10K tourney in Nonthaburi, Thailand - moved into 2nd round. As 8th seed, Tananta, a native of Semarang in Central Java was successful in defeating local wild card, Khunpak Issara, 6-1, 6-3. Currently ranked WTA 563, Tananta tries her best to return into top 500s. She achieved her highest ranking of WTA 484 in March, 2007. This year, her best results were twice as runner-up in 10Ks of Tarakan and Bulungan, both in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. In both finals, Tananta lost to Chen Liang of China.
On Wednesday, August 27, 2008 she is scheduled to play 2nd round against winner of 1st round match between Lu Jia Xiang of China and qualifier, Yang Zi Jun of Hong Kong. Last week in Khonkan 10K, Lu reached semi-final.
In doubles, Tananta partnered with Indian Rushmi Chakravarthi and they had the privilege to be 2nd seed. It was unfortunate, duo Tananta/Chakravarthi lost in 1st round. They bowed out to Chinese pair, Lu Jia Jing/Lu Jia Xiang 3-6, 6-3, 5-10. Both Lu are 19 years old.
Top seed in this 10K is 30 years old Japanese veteran, Seiko Okamoto (WTA 273). This season, Okamoto's best outcome was reaching quarter-final in 25K of Nagano, Japan last May.
Photo by Adji Soedibjo at 2008 Cigna Open
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