Ysidora Tobing falls instantly in Milan Grade A

In singles main draw filled with future stars, the sole Indonesian Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing along with three other ITF A Team members crashed out immediately in the opening round (draw 64) at the prestigious “50th Trofeo Bonfiglio”, an ITF Grade A tourney in Milan, Italy last Monday (May 18, 2009). Playing her first ever clay tourney in Europe, Ysidora Tobing gave everything she could to fight against third seed Ajla Tomljanovic of Croatia. With only one day training on clay, the only Asian in ITF A Team was not expected to win and indeed Ysidora Tobing bowed out to talented Tomljanovic 2-6, 2-6 in the first round. Looking at the bright side, now Ysidora Tobing could have enough preparation on clay as she is heading to “Astrid Bowl” in Charleroi, Belgium where as of May 15, she is number 12 in the main draw.

The other three ITF A Team members such as eighth seed Veronica Cepede Royg from Paraguay, ninth seed Ulrikke Eikeri of Norway and Hungarian Zsofia Susanyi also suffered same first round defeat as Ysidora Tobing. Only eleventh seed South African Chanel Simmonds earned victory in the opening round. Meanwhile two other Asian players in the draw also exited immediately. Indian Kyra Shroff lost to Slovak Chantal Skamlova 3-6, 2-6, while Japanese Akiko Omae was booted out by fifteenth seed Christina Mc Hale from USA in easy 1-6, 0-6.

In doubles, Ysidora Tobing partnered with Japanese Omae and they simply had bad luck as they barely lost to duo Valeria Solovieva/Maryna Zanevska (Russia/Ukraine) 4-6, 4-6. Back to singles, top seed Laura Robson from Great Britain survived the scare in her opening round when she faced Dane Malou Ejdesgaard but she overcame to win 2-6, 6-4, 6-1. In the second round, Robson faced another challenge in more than 2 hours battle but she managed to win 6-3, 7-6(5) over local wild card Julia Mayr. The biggest shock was an upset by talented Anna Orlik of Belarus after she gunned down fifth seed Elena Bogdan from Romania with 6-2, 6-0 victory.

Singolare Femminile – R64 or 1st round results
(1)Laura Robson (GBR) d. Malou Ejdesgaard (DEN) 26 64 61
(wc)Julia Mayr (ITA) d. Ester Goldfeld (USA) 62 62

Tamara Curovic (SRB) d. (LL)Alice Savoretti (ITA) 62 67(7) 62
(14)Yana Buchina (RUS) d. (wc)M.Parmigiani (ITA) 36 61 62

(11)Channel Simmonds (RSA) d. Maryna Zanevska (UKR) 60 62
Vivien Juhaszova (SVK) d. Sachia Vickery (USA) 63 62

Sloane Stephens (USA) d. (SE)Yulia Putintseva (RUS) 64 64
(wc)Nastassja Burnett (ITA) d. (8)Veronica Cepede Royg (PAR) 63 62

(4)Silvia Njiric (CRO) d. Zsofia Susanyi (HUN) 62 63
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) d. Valeria Solovieva (RUS) 36 64 64

Chantal Skamlova (SVK) d. Kyra Shroff (IND) 63 62
(15)Christina McHale (USA) d. Akiko Omae (JPN) 61 60

(wc)Carolina Pillot (ITA) d. (9)Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) 64 26 61
(wc)Francesca Mazzali (ITA) d. (Q) Anastasia Mukhametova (RUS) 76(3) 62

Magda Linette (POL) d. (wc)Silvia Albano (ITA) 62 61
(6)Camila Silva (CHI) d. Ilinca Stoica (ROU) 61 26 75

(7)Heather Watson (GBR) d. (Q)Carolina Orsi (ITA) 60 63
Mallory Burdette (USA) d. Polina Leykina (RUS) 62 76(6)

(Q)Michaela Boev (BEL) d. Polina Vinogradova (RUS) 63 62
(12)Lesley Kerkhove (NED) d. (Q)Alessia Piran (ITA) 62 61

(13)Daria Gavrilova (RUS) d. Katerina Paliivets (CAN) 63 63
Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) d. (wc)Martina Di Giuseppe (ITA) 63 62

Isabella Holland (AUS) d. Madison Keys (USA) 62 60
(3)Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) d. Grace-Sari Ysidora (INA) 62 62

Anna Orlik (BLR) d. (5) Elena Bogdan (ROU) 62 60
Nastja Kolar (SLO) d. (Q)Olivia Rogowska (AUS) 76(3) 64

Martina Trevisan (ITA) d. (Q)Grace Min (USA) 64 62
(10)Jana Cepelova (SVK) d. (Q)Noel Scott (USA) 63 64

(16)Beatrice Capra (USA) d. (wc)Francesca.Palmigiano (ITA) 61 60
Sina Haas (GER) d. Alejandra Granillo (MEX) 36 76(1) 64

Ksenia Kirillova (RUS) d. (Q)Samira Giger (SUI) 63 06 62
(2)Timea Babos (HUN) d. Ekaterina Nikitina (RUS) 63 63

R32 or most of 2nd round results

(1) Laura Robson (GBR) d. (WC) Julia MAYR (ITA) 6-3, 7-6(5)
Tamara Curovic (SRB) vs (14) Yana Buchina (RUS)

(11) Chanel Simmonds (RSA) d. Vivien Juhaszova (SVK) 6-3, 6-2
Sloane Stephens (USA) d. Nastassja Burnett (ITA) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3

(4) Silvia Njiric (CRO) d. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 7-6(3), 6-2
(15) Christina Mc Hale (USA) d. Chantal Skamlova (SVK) 6-2, 6-4

(WC) Carolina Pillot (ITA) vs (WC) Francesca Mazzali (ITA)
(6) Camila SILVA (CHI) d. Magda Linette (POL) 7-5, 6-2

(7) Heather Watson (GBR) vs Mallory Burdette (USA)
(Q) Michaela Boev (BEL) vs (12) Lesley Kerkhove (NED)

Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) d. (13) Daria Gavrilova (RUS) 7-6(4), 6-2
(3) Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) d. Isabella Holland (AUS) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Anna Orlik (BLR) vs Nastja Kolar (SLO)
Martina Trevisan (ITA) vs (10) Jana Cepelova (SVK)

Sina Haas (GER) d. (16) Beatrice Capra (USA) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
Ksenia Kirillova (RUS) vs (2) Timea Babos (HUN)

Photos of Anna Orlik by weiltennis.com; Elena Bogdan by daylife.com