From "OkeShop Tennis Open" which is part of "Garuda Indonesia Tennis Series", wild card Nadya Syarifah almost made an upset of the day in the second round. 15 years old Syarifah hails from rice town of Cianjur, West Java applied her speed and power game against 17 years old sixth seed Laili Rahmawati Ulfa from Wonogiri, Central Java. In the opening set, both players fought hard to earn points but Syarifah eventually closed it out 6-4. In the second set, Rahmawati Ulfa played better with her variety of strokes to win 6-3 and forced into the third set. In the final set, Syarifah played well and led 4-3, 6-5 but in critical moments her opponent showed better mental toughness. Finally, experience paid-off and Rahmawati Ulfa barely made it 7-6(5).
In the quarterfinals, Rahmawati Ulfa will challenge her senior, Mia Sacca, as they are trained at the same tennis camp owned by former queen Yayuk Basuki. Fourth seed Sacca dispatched Vanesa Gunawan 6-3, 6-1. Meanwhile top seed Lavinia Tananta still had no hard labor as she crushed Dwi Aryana from Surabaya 6-0, 6-0. Tananta will face former number one Angelique Widjaja in the last eight round. Wild card and fifth seed Widjaja still did not play her best but managed to defeat Maya Rosa 6-2, 6-3. Second seed Jessy Rompies resumed her real game as she ousted Bella Destriana with comfortable 6-2, 6-2 victory. In quarterfinals, Rompies will meet qualifier Vita Taher of Bekasi, West Java. Small but already 16 years old Taher who is coached by her own father, tasted her best performance in national pro circuit as she edged past qualifier Evita Febrihabsari of Semarang 7-5, 6-3.
Younger sister of Sandy Gumulya, third seed Beatrice Gumulya also posted a relatively easy victory over Rani Fitria Wardhani of Yogyakarta 6-2, 6-2. In the last eight round, Gumulya will face challenge from seventh seed Cynthia Melita. Melita had an easy outing as she crushed Dina Karina 6-0, 6-1.
From yesterday's second round matches, after getting opening round bye top seed Elbert Sie of Bandung, West Java cruised past Ivan Regan Krijanto 6-1, 6-3. Recent member of Davis Cup team, second seed Sunu Wahyu Trijati also advanced into round 16 after he saw-off Setyo Dwi Adrianto of Semarang, Central Java 6-2, 6-3. An easy stint also claimed by fourth seed Prima Simpatiaji as he breezed past Aditya Ichsandi Haris 6-2, 6-2. Meanwhile veteran but third seed Andrian Raturandang defeated Jeremy Ryan Alexander 6-4, 6-3, then fifth seed Balinese Nesa Arta won over East Kalimantan player, Gusti Jayakusuma 6-2, 6-2.
In the opening round of women's doubles, second seed pair Lavinia Tananta/Angelique Widjaja survived the scare as they barely won over Nadia Frederika/Rani Fitria Wardhani 6-2, 3-6, 10-4.
Photos of Nadya Syarifah by Adji Soedibjo, Laili Rahmawati Ulfa by kabarindonesia.com, Beatrice Gumulya by Iwan Tri Wahyudi/IndoPos, Elbert Sie by Dwi Ari Setiyadi
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