Rabu, 30 September 2009
Junior Fed Cup Final: Indonesia bowed out to Argentina
The Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals got underway in San Luis Potosi, Mexico on Tuesday (September 29, 2009) with the world’s best 16 and under players striving to claim victory for their nations.
The 32 qualified teams this year come from 28 different countries. Last year the USA made history, taking both the boys’ and girls’ titles. But this time the girls’ winners USA could not manage to qualify this year, so then it is opening an opportunity for a new champion to grab the trophy.
The Junior Fed Cup sets to be quite interesting this year, with many nations having excellent squads and some of the best junior girls in the world are in the showdown. After failed to qualify for last year’s Finals, the Russian girls’ team are strong candidates for this year’s title. Having finished top of the European qualifying group, and with all three players are currently within the ITF top 30 junior rankings, they will be focusing to reclaim a title Russia hasn’t won since 1997. European runners-up Slovak Republic, whose three players are all within the top 75, could be title's contenders.
Possible strong showing in the Junior Fed Cup, could be teams of Japan and China as they are both having solid teams. Japan will be aiming to claim their first Junior Fed Cup title, and will be very confident this week after a dominant performance in the final qualifying in Australia last April.
Indonesian team is comprised of Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing, Cynthia Melita and Rekyan Woro and it is the same team which made a history to advance in this week's Finals. Indonesian team is joining top seed Russia, eighth seed Argentina and Croatia in Group A. This year, Indonesian team's captain is Deddy Tedjamukti, current coach of Ysidora Tobing and former coach of Angelique "Angie" Widjaja.
On Tuesday, Indonesian team lost to Argentina 1-2. In the first rubber, Melita was defeated by Florencia Di Biasi 7-6(5), 2-6, 3-6. Then junior world ranked number 42 Ysidora Tobing failed to capitalize a victory as she was beaten by lefty Agustina Sol Eskenazi 6-3, 3-6, 4-6. In the final rubber, duo Ysidora Tobing/Melita edged past Daniela Degano/Di Biasi 6-2, 6-3. Next Indonesian girls will have a very tough task as they will face top title's contenders, Russian girls.
Group A
(1) Russia d. Croatia 2-1
Ksenia Kirillova d. Dora Vajdic 62 62
Ajla Tomljanovic d. Daria Gavrilova 63 63
Kirillova/Gavrilova d. Tomljanovic/Vajdic 76(6) 64
Group B
(3) Japan d. Peru 3-0
Risa Ozaki d. Ximena Siles-Luna 61 61
Akiko Omae d. Patricia Ku 60 61
Emi Mutaguchi/Omae d. Mayte Calmet/Ku 60 60
(6) Ukraine d. Egypt 3-0
Valentyna Ivakhnenko d. Rana Sherif Ahmed 26 61 61
Katerina Kozlova d. Yasmeen Ebada 61 64
Ivakhnenko/Elina Svitolina d. Ebada/Sherif Ahmed 26 63 63
Group C
(4) Germany d. Mexico 2-1
Stephanie Wagner d. Marcela Zacarias 60 64
Giuliana Olmos d. Annika Beck 63 46 63
Bck/Wagner d. Olmos/Ana Sophia Sanchez 61 62
China d. (5) Tunisia 3-0
Tang Hao-Chen d. Nour Abbes 62 60
Zheng Sai-Sai d. Ons Jabeur 64 26 75
Tang/Yang Zi d. Abbes/Jabeur 64 75
Group D
(2) Slovak Republic d. Australia 2-1
Vivien Juhaszova d. Molly Polak 64 67(6) 63
Viktorija Rajicic d. Jana Cepelova 62 62
Juhaszova/Chantal Skamlova d. Alexandra Nancarrow/Rajicic 26 63 63
(7) Canada d. Belarus 2-1
Elizabeth Abanda d. Viktoryia Kisialeva 61 67(6) 63
Eugenie Bouchard d. Aliaksandra Sasnovich 64 60
Illona Kremen/Sasnovich d. Bouchard/Elianne Douglas-Miron 64 63
Photos of San Luis Potosi is courtesy of resourcesforattorney.com; Ysidora Tobing is courtesy of PPI Paris; Melita is private collection
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