Three out of four players from Big Mama's camp were scheduled to play their opening round today (May 5, 2009) at "Tarakan Mayor Women's Open 2009" in Tarakan, East Kalimantan. The only hard hitter from "elite" club owned by Martina Widjaja, President of Indonesia Tennis Association, 19 years old Jessy Rompies ousted sixth seed Montinee "Ploy" Tangphong from Thailand 6-3, 7-6(2). Only four singles matches took place in the opening day at the indoor hardcourts of Tarakan. In the meantime two other players of the most controversial camp in the nation, Lavinia Tananta and wild card Beatrice Gumulya all bowed out after imposing challenges to their opponents.
Tananta continued her slump as she could not maintain her momentum and eventually she lost to eighth seed Nudnida "June" Luangnam of Thailand 6-4, 5-7, 4-6. Then wild card Gumulya had similar outing as Tananta, despite her first set victory, in the end she lost to talented Hungarian Reka-Luca Jani 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. Also advancing into second round was second seed Stefania Boffa of Switzerland. She had an easy opening round after she eased past local wild card Dian Angraini with 6-2, 6-2 victory.
In doubles, three seeded pairs crashed out immediately. Only second seed duo, Yurina Koshino/Erika Sema from the land of Yasunari Kawabata still through into quarterfinals. A slight shock was made by Hong Kong duet, Yang Zi-Jun/Zhang Ling as they defeated local pair, Ayu Fani Damayanti/Lavinia Tananta.
Complete results - Doubles' first round
Reka-Luca Jani/Lu Jia-Jing (HUN/CHN) d. (1) Stefania Boffa/Anna Fitzpatrick (SUI/GBR) 6-4, 7-6(7)
(WC) Cynthia Melita/Laili Rahmawati Ulfa (INA) d. (WC) Dian Anggraini/Priscilla Anggrenny Oky-Suconong (INA) 6-3, 6-3
Beatrice Gumulya/Jessy Rompies d. (4) Vivian Segnini/Emily Webley-Smoth (BRA/GBR) 7-6(4), 6-4
Hao Jie/Zheng Jun-Yi (CHN) d. Lisa Marshall/Kaori Onishi (RSA/JPN) 2-6, 7-5, 10-6
(Q) Lu Jia-Xiang/Yang Yi (CHN) d. (WC) Akshitha Basavaraju/Asha Nanda Kumar (IND) 7-6(4), 6-2
Sophia Mulsap/Kanayapat Narattana (THA) d. (3) Isha Lakhani/Tadeja Majeric (IND/SLO) 6-2, 6-3
(Q) Yang Zi-Jun/Zhang Ling (HKG) d. Ayu Fani Damayanti/Lavinia Tananta (INA) 6-2, 6-3
(2) Yurina Koshino/Erika Sema (JPN) d. Renee Binnie/Ai Yamamoto (AUS/JPN) 6-2, 7-5
Photo of Jessy Rompies by Kompas Images
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