The highest ITF Junior tourney in Indonesia, an ITF Grade 2 category which is now entitled "Indonesia International Junior Championships" witnessed the falls of girls' three seeds. The first casualty was second seed Monika Tumova of Czech Republic after she was stunned by better performance of Indian Ashvarya Shrivastava. Shrivastava posted 6-3, 6-2 victory over Tumova. Then third seed Thai Kanyapat Narattana barely lost to local Laili Rahmawati Ulfa in the battle of "tomboys". Rahmawati Ulfa imposed persistency by utilizing her complete groundstrokes towards Narattana and sealed 6-4, 7-5 to move into the second round.
The biggest disappointment came from local darling and seventh seed Grace Sari Ysidora who played under pressure along the match. Her opponent, top seed in qualifying round Zheng Sai Sai showed her tenacity as the real "Chinese Great Wall" and proved her intelligent capacity as the biggest threat for everyone. Despite her young junior career and only playing in her fifth tourneys here, Zheng demonstrated solid tennis skills such as backhand slice, forehand, good serve including tricky second serve. Indeed, she still needs to improve her volley and backhand. Zheng simply chased every ball augmented with her ability to change pace and power. Meanwhile Ysidora made number of speculative shots which caused her defeat in the end. It was certainly bad luck for Ysidora as she made threepeat here at Jakarta Grade 2 as first round finisher three years in a row. The battle between these two players was witnessed by good number of spectators in the center court as the two contenders showed many long rallies during the match. For the first time the tourney committee decided to have no umpire and linesmen until quarter-finals. Indonesian junior players are very spoiled to play matches with umpire to say the least all these years. Few times Zheng argued her opponent's points as she thought the balls were out. Whether intentionally done or not, Zheng also ran to her chair to have quick drink while the game was still on. She eventually got time violation warning from the match supervisor due to taking longer time to wipe her face with towel. Nevertheless, credit should be given to Zheng who played better than Ysidora.
Zheng eventually saw off Ysidora 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(1). Number two Indonesian junior player, Ysidora made very expensive mistake when she double faulted twice in a row during tie break. Ysidora looked tense when Zheng leveled-up to 5-5 after she already took the lead 5-3 and just a game away to close the match. Match statistics: Zheng - 79% first serve percentage, 73 unforced errors, 23 winners; Ysidora - 70% first serve percentage, 1 ace, 9 double faults, 83 unforced errors, 16 winners. After all, with so many errors from both players, it was indeed not a quality match. Both Zheng and Ysidora had to endure for more than 3 hours under such scorching sun.
Last year, at Solo ITF Grade 4 tourney Zheng threatened top seed Beatrice Gumulya when she pushed Gumulya 6-2, 6-7(6), 4-6. In the final set, Gumulya already led 5-0 but Zheng managed to earn 4 games in a row and eventually she barely lost 4-6.
Other notable results, top seed Gumulya did not have trouble to win over lefty Kobkanok Upapong of Thailand 6-3, 6-1. In the battle of local wild cards, talented Aldila Sutjiadi had to fight hard to eliminate her friend, Dina Karina 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Younger sister of Chan Yung-Jan, Chan Hao-Ching sealed victory over Chinese qualifier Zhang Yuxuan 6-3, 6-3. Samantha Stosur like Floridian Jade Frampton came from behind to beat younger sister of Hsieh Su-Wei, Hsieh Shu-Ying 0-6, 6-2, 6-3.
In boys' singles, top seed and younger brother of Hsieh Su-Wei, Hsieh Cheng-Peng took his first round campaign over Adirek Khundarnpinitvon of Thailand 6-2, 7-6(5). Local hope David Agung Susanto, eighth seed here earned his spot in the second round after he dispatched Thai Chanon Varapongsittikul 6-3, 6-3. Younger brother of Tara Iyer, Venkat Iyer lost to third seed Dominik Schulz of Germany 3-6, 6-7(3). According to the father, Mr Iyer, his son has been sidelined for 18 months due to injury. Slightly fewer than in girls' side, two seeds also stumbled immediately. Irish fifth seed Samuel Barry bowed out to Canadian Zachary White 2-6, 6-7(2), while sixth seed Dino Dell'Orto from Hong Kong bowed out Egyptian Ahmed Al Bitar 6-3, 4-6, 0-2 retired.
It is such a shame to see Kemayoran Tennis Center in a very bad condition as the venue of this tourney. The President of Indonesia Tennis Association or known as "tennis diva" Martina Widjaja is owner of this tennis complex. The reason why this tourney has been held here all these years, it was indeed very simple. What else? It is to cut the cost for renting all of the tennis courts. Back in 2006, I came here intentionally to check the venue's condition and it was worst but now Kemayoran Tennis Center definitely needed another major renovation. In its current condition, Kemayoran Tennis Center is certainly a bad public relation for Indonesia as a hosting country for players from different countries.
Complete results
Girls' singles:
(1) Beatrice Gumulya INA d Kobkanok Upapong (THA) 6-3, 6-1
Yang Zhaoxuan CHN d Nadia Frederika INA 6-4, 6-2
Yang Zi CHN d (WC) Dwi Rahayu Pitri INA 6-0, 6-0
(8) Juan Ting Fei TPE d Prerna Bhambri IND 6-2, 6-2
Laili Rahmawati Ulfa INA d (3) Kanyapat Narattana (THA) 6-4, 7-5
Jade Frampton USA d Hsieh Su-Ying TPE 0-6, 6-2, 6-3
Cyntia Melita INA d (Q) Dong Xiao Rong CHN 6-1, 7-5
(5) Kyra Shroff IND d Denisa Allertova CZE 7-5, 6-4
(Q) Zheng Sai Sai CHN d (7) Grace Sari Ysidora INA 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(1)
(WC) Aldila Sutjiadi INA d (WC) Dina Karina INA 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
Bella Destriana INA d Sharmada Balu IND 6-3, 6-2
(4) Natchanok Saenyaukhot THA d (LL) Nadya Syarifah INA 6-2, 6-3
(6) Katherine Westbury NZL d (WC) Kely Restiana Putri 6-0, 6-0
(Q) Zhu Ai Wen CHN d Prang Pantusart THA 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
Chan Hao-Ching TPE d (Q) Zhang Yuxuan CHN 6-3, 6-3
Ashvarya Shrivastava IND d (2) Monika Tumova CZE 6-3, 6-2
Boys' singles:
(1) Hsieh Cheng-Peng TPE d Adirek Khundarnpinitvon THA 6-2, 7-6(5)
Sai Kartik Nakireddi IND d Mico Santiago USA 6-4, 6-3
(Q) Michael Tjuatjadarma INA v (Q) Nuttanon Kadchapanan THA rain delay
Zachary White CAN d (5) Samuel Barry IRL 6-2, 7-6(2)
(3) Dominik Schulz GER d Venkat Iyer IND 6-3, 7-6(3)
Justin Chak-T To HKG d (WC) Ega Uneputty INA 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Vaidik Munshaw IND d Kittipong Chienwichai THA 6-3, 6-2
(7) Sudanwa Sitaram IND d (Q) Jeremy Ryan Alexander INA 6-1, 6-3
(8) David Agung Susanto INA d Chanon Varapongsittikul THA 6-3, 6-3
Naveen Saai IND d (WC) Iben Zulkarnain INA 6-0, 6-2
(LL) Genki Hosoya JPN d (WC) Louis Theodor INA 6-4, 6-0
(4) Maximilian Neuchrist AUT d Shiva Sangwan IND 6-3, 6-3
Ahmed Al Bitar EGY d (6) Dino Dell'Orto HKG 3-6, 6-4, 2-0 ret
Paninthon Pakpoomkamol THA v (Q) Gusti Jayakusuma INA rain delay
Christopher Marquis IND d Jeson Patrombon PHI 6-4, 6-3
(2) Huang Liang-Chi TPE d (WC) Indra Wijaya INA 7-5, 6-0
Pictures of Shroff, Sutjiadi, Yang Zhaoxuan, Ysidora, Zheng
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