Local top seed Kurumi Nara advanced into second round at "Tokyu Harvest Cup Hamanako ITF Womens Circuit" with total prize money of US $ 25,000 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka-ken, Japan on Tuesday, September 29, 2009. In the opening round 17 years old Nara faced a scare as she lost the first set but then she bounced back to defeat Thai Varatchaya Wongteanchai 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 and secured 2-0 in her head to head with Wongteanchai back to back. Also having a tough opener was local second seed Tomoko Yonemura who had to demonstrate her "bushido" spirit to beat Thai Nudnida Luangnam 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Similar thriller was experienced by sixth seed Hwang I-Hsuan from Chinese Taipei as local wild card Kei Sekine surprised her to claim first set 6-3 but then Hwang regrouped to win 7-5, 6-2. In the opening day, there were only 6 singles' matches in the schedule.
The only surprise was capitalized by local player Shiho Akita who ousted her fifth seed compatriot, Erika Sema 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4.
In doubles main draw, top seed pair Carly Gullickson/Nicole Kriz (USA/Australia) breezed past local duet Natsumi Hamamura/Mari Inoue 6-1, 6-0. Meanwhile second seed duo Yayuk Basuki/Hwang I-Hsuan (Indonesia/Chinese Taipei) eased past local qualifiers, Sakiko Shimizu/Tomoko Sugano 6-3, 6-1.
Singles
1st round - only 6 matches completed
(1) Kurumi Nara (JPN) d. Varatchaya Wongteanchai (THA) 26 62 63
Akiko Yonemura (JPN) d. Ayumi Oka (JPN) 36 76(5) 62
(Q) Maya Kato (JPN) vs (Q) Sakiko Shimizu (JPN)
Shiho Akita (JPN) d. (5) Erika Sema (JPN) 67(4) 64 64
(4) Misaki Doi (JPN) vs (WC) Mari Inoue (JPN)
Ayaka Maekawa (JPN) d. (Q) Han Na-Lae (KOR) 64 62
Hsu Wen-Hsin (TPE) vs Remi Tezuka (JPN)
(8) Lee Jin-A (KOR) vs (Q) Erika Takao (JPN)
(6) Hwang I-Hsuan (TPE) d. (WC) Kei Sekine (JPN) 36 75 62
(Q) Akari Inoue (JPN) vs (Q) Sachie Ishizu (JPN)
Natsumi Hamamura (JPN) vs (Q) Karen Barbat (DEN)
(3) Suchanun Viratprasert (THA) vs (WC) Shiori Kikukawa (JPN)
(7) Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN) vs Ai Yamamoto (JPN)
Chiaki Okadaue (JPN) vs (Q) Makiho Kozawa (JPN)
Seiko Okamoto (JPN) vs (WC) Kaede Ikuma (JPN)
(2) Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) d. Nudnida Luangnam (THA) 64 36 64
Doubles
1st round - complete results
(1) Carly Gullickson/Nicole Kriz (USA/AUS) d. Natsumi Hamamura/Mari Inoue (JPN) 61 60
Kurumi Nara/Erika Sema (JPN) d. (WC) Yuka Kuroda/Chiaki Okadaue (JPN) 64 64
(4) Chen Yi/Tomoko Dokei (TPE/JPN) d. Maya Kato/Ai Yamamoto (JPN) 64 75
Maki Arai/Akari Inoue (JPN) d. Montinee Tangphong/Nungnadda Wannasuk (THA) 64 62
Shiho Hisamatsu/Ayaka Maekawa (JPN) d. (WC) Yumi Nakano/Kei Sekine (JPN) 62 64
(3) Ayumi Oka/Varatchaya Wongteanchai (JPN/THA) d. (Q) Kim Na-Ri/Lee Jin-A (KOR) 63 63
Airi Hagimoto/Maiko Inoue (JPN) d. (WC) Kaori Onishi/Hana Shimokawa (JPN) 61 63
(2) Yayuk Basuki/Hwang I-Hsuan (INA/TPE) d. (Q) Sakiko Shimizu/Tomoko Sugano (JPN) 63 61
Photo of Hamanako Lake is courtesy of panoramio.com
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