September 12, 2008
World junior number 63 Beatrice Gumulya created her best result ever in ITF grade 1 tournament by reaching semi-final at "Kentucky International Junior Tennis Derby" in Lexington, Kentucky. So far, still titleless Gumulya has recorded 3rd round as her best outcome in ITF grade 1 tourney. Ninth seeded in this event, Gumulya had 1st round bye and in 2nd round she defeated Monica Yajima of USA 6-4, 7-6(7). In 3rd round, she challenged 7th seed Bianca Swanepoel of South Africa and won such tough battle 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. In quarter-final, Gumulya maintained her fine form by shocking top seed Noppawan Lertcheewakarn of Thailand 6-3, 6-4. It was Gumulya's first victory over 2008 Wimbledon's runner-up Lertcheewakarn. In the two previous meetings, both in 2008, the Thai tennis prodigy was the winner. In semi-final, Gumulya will face sixth seeded Viktoria Kamenskaya from Russia.
Meanwhile, Gumulya's compatriot Jessy Rompies who had the privilege as third seed lost in 3rd round. Rompies kept on struggling and bowed out to 15th seed Jacqueline Cako of USA 3-6, 6-3, 2-6. The only boy representative of Indonesia, Christopher Rungkat had slightly better result than Rompies. Fourth seeded Rungkat managed to win over 15th seed Johannes Robert Van Overbeek (USA) 6-3, 6-2 in 3rd round. In quarter final, Rungkat could not prevail and lost 3-6, 0-6 to 11th seed Hiroyasu Ehara from Japan.
Photo is courtesy of US Open website
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