Simply bad luck as Ysidora Tobing stumbles in singles and doubles

Since Wednesday morning Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing got blister on her foot and during practice she just could not run at all. But Ysidora Tobing kept up her strong motivation to give her best by being unreasonable against ninth seed Daria Gavrilova of Russia in second round (round 32) of "US Open Junior Tennis Championships".

The opening set went quickly as Ysidora Tobing did not run at all to chase her opponent's returns. She just stood still and retrieved Gavrilova's groundstrokes. 15 years old Russian Gavrilova cruised on to lead 4-0 then eventually the Bandung resident held her serve and it became 1-4. From this stage on, Gavrilova did not waste her time to close it out 6-1 in 20 minutes.

In second set, Ysidora Tobing took risk by simply hitting as hard as she could all Gavrilova's returns. Ysidora Tobing began with breaking Gavrilova's serve and then she held her serve to lead 2-0. The Batak girl continued to gain her lead 2-1, 3-1, 3-2 but Gavrilova fought harder to level it 3-3. Immediately Gavrilova could hold her serve and she was up 4-3 but then Ysidora Tobing also held her serve to make it 4-4. The number two junior player of Indonesia broke her opponent's serve to lead 5-4. At this moment, it was such turning point for Gavrilova after she could force it 5-5. Instantly this Russian teenager held her serve again and she earned her lead 6-5. Then it was Ysidora Tobing's turn to hold serve and she made it 6-6.

Over tie break, Gavrilova took advantage of Ysidora Tobing's inability to run and she tricked her Indonesian opponent with several dropshot winners. Gavrilova won 7-3 in tie break and secured her ticket into round 16. It took Gavrilova 51 minutes to defeat Ysidora in second set. Nevertheless, credit should be given to Ysidora who fought strongly in second set.

Match Statistics

Daria Gavrilova
1st serve % = 53%
Aces = 4
Double Faults = 2
Winning % on 1st serve - 20 of 30 = 67%
Winning % on 2nd serve - 15 of 27 = 56%
Receiving Points Won - 36 of 69 = 52%
Break Point Conversions - 5 of 5 = 100%
Total Points Won - 71

Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing
1st serve % = 62%
Aces = 0
Double Faults = 0
Winning % on 1st serve - 21 of 43 = 49%
Winning % on 2nd serve - 12 of 26 = 46%
Receiving Points Won - 22 of 57 = 39%
Break Point Conversions - 2 of 2 = 100%
Total Points Won - 55

In doubles, duet Ysidora Tobing/Cristina Dinu of Romania bowed out to seventh seed Russian pair Gavrilova and Irina Khromacheva 3-6, 4-6 in round 16.

The only Asian player left in the main draw is second seed Noppawan Lertcheewakarn from Thailand as she advanced into round 16 yesterday. Meanwhile Lertcheewakarn's compatriot, Luksika Kumkhum was defeated by Elena Bogdan of Romania 5-7, 5-7 also in round 32.

The biggest upset of the day was the defeat of third seed Hungarian Timea Babos as she lost to local wild card Lauren Davis 6-1, 6-7(3), 4-6.

As for ITF A team, despite of Hungarian Zsofia Susanyi hard fight, she was beaten by sixth seed Croat Silvia Njiric 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-7(3). So, both Susanyi and Ysidora Tobing ended in round 32, while the other two members Veronica Cepede-Royg of Paraguay and Cristina Dinu from Romania exited in first round (round 64). All these four players will continue to have their last tourney to "Kentucky International Junior Tennis Derby" in Lexington, Kentucky, USA.

Singles
Second round (round 32)
WC-DAVIS, Lauren (USA) d. 3-BABOS, Timea (HUN) 16 76(3) 64
BOGDAN, Elena (ROU) d. Q-KUMKHUM, Luksika (THA) 75 75
6-NJIRIC, Silvia (CRO) d. SUSANYI, Zsofia (HUN) 67(3) 64 76(3)
9-GAVRILOVA, Daria (RUS) d. YSIDORA, Grace Sari (INA) 61 76(3)
14-CEPELOVA, Jana (SVK) d. WC-BOSERUP, Julia (USA) 64 63
4-STEPHENS, Sloane (USA) d. ZANEVSKA, Maryna (UKR) 76(4) 36 62
LL-BECK, Annika GER d. GRAGE, Mai (DEN) 63 63
11-WATSON, Heather (GBR) d. Q-DOLEHIDE, Courtney B. (USA) 63 62

Doubles
Second round (round 16)
CEPELOVA (SVK) / SKAMLOVA (SVK) d. CORNISH (GBR) / PALIIVETS (CAN) 64 06 10-5
AHN (USA) / MIN (USA) d. KANIA (POL) / LINETTE (POL) 36 75 10-7
3-BOGDAN (ROU) / LERTCHEEWAKARN (THA) d. CEPEDE ROYG (PAR) / SUSANYI (HUN) 62 64
BOLENDER (USA) / HERRING (USA) d. JABEUR (TUN) / ZHENG (CHN) 26 62 10-5

7-GAVRILOVA (RUS) / KHROMACHEVA (RUS) d. DINU (ROU) / YSIDORA (INA) 63 64
INOUE (JPN) / OZAKI (JPN) d. 4-BURDETTE (USA) / STEPHENS (USA) 75 64
SOLOVIEVA (RUS) / ZANEVSKA (UKR) d. CERCONE (USA) / SCOTT (USA) 63 63
2-BABOS (HUN) / TOMLJANOVIC (CRO) d. CAKO (USA) / GIBBS (USA) 64 63

Photo of Timea Babos is courtesy of Andrew Ong/usopen.org