Martina Widjaja, the President of Indonesia Tennis Association and Susan Soebakti, the Tournament Director of "Balikpapan International Junior Championships" an ITF grade B1 tourney or known as "Asia Oceania Closed Junior Championships" had valid reason to expect their players, second seeded Jessy Rompies and third seeded Beatrice Gumulya to be strong candidates for securing the title here. Rompies who was already 18 years old last April, obviously she was ordered by her two bosses mentioned above to played here in her adopted state of East Kalimantan. With such high expectation, in the end Rompies could not fulfill such big task entrusted on her and she bowed out to top seeded and better player, Thai sensation Noppawan "Nok" Lertcheewakarn in the final yesterday.
2008 Wimbledon Junior Grand Slam runner-up and world junior number three, Nok as she likes to be called, cruised past Rompies in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 to retain her title. Moreover, this 17 years old from Chiang-Mai made hattrick after New Delhi and India. Nok improved her head to head record against Rompies and leads 3-0 now. Nevertheless, Rompies should be proud that she set a high mark by being runner-up and certainly it will be big challenge for her younger compatriots in following her achievement in the future. She closed the curtain of her junior stage with the biggest outcome of her career. From now on, Rompies will be no longer to compete in junior circuit and will strive for her future career as senior pro.
In senior pro, Nok just had her impressive result by reaching quarter-final at Taipei 100K. This year she claimed her maiden title in senior level at Balikpapan 25K where she defeated top seeded Sandy Gumulya in semi-final. Then, in her hometown of Chiang Mai, Nok grabbed her second title of her career at 10K tourney.
Meanwhile, third seeded Beatrice Gumulya ended her journey in quarter-final when she bowed out to seventh seeded Miyabi Inoue of Japan in three sets 6-4, 5-7, 1-6. Gumulya and Rompies paired up in doubles and as top seeded, this solid duo saved her two bosses' faces by taking the consolation title after prevailing over second seeded pair, Noppawan Lertcheewakarn and her Japanese partner, Miyabi Inoue in three close sets 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(9).
For the boys, 14th seeded David Agung Susanto made the best outcome among the other Indonesian players here. In quarter-final, Susanto gave his utmost capacity but he eventually lost to second seeded James Duckworth of Australia in three sets 3-6, 6-3, 1-6. In doubles, Susanto partnered with Juan Los Santos from Malaysia and placed as seventh seeded. Playing together for the first time, Susanto/Los Santos cruised all the way to the final but experienced lack of concentration as they lost easily to top seeded pair, Yuki Bhambri/Huang Liang-Chi (India/Chinese Taipei) 3-6, 1-6.
Credit should be given to Susanto who has been struggling in his previous tour in China. Here at home, despite "Wimbledon style" weather problem over Balikpapan Tennis Stadium, Susanto leveled-up with the results of his predecessors, Elbert Sie and Faisal Aidil as quarter-finalists in this grade B1 level.
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