Ysidora Tobing exited instantly in the land of Maple Leaf

Still fighting with jetlag after traveling more than a day, the only Indonesian Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing suffered a defeat in the first round (draw 64) of "Canada Open Junor Championships 2009" at Larochelle Park's Tennis Courts, in Repentigny, Quebec, Canada last Sunday (August 30, 2009). In this ITF Grade 1 tourney, Ysidora Tobing, a member of ITF A team bowed out to local wild card Elizabeth Abanda 4-6, 3-6.

Three other ITF A team members also experienced the same defeat as Ysidora Tobing. After getting first round bye, sixth seed Hungarian Zsofia Susanyi; 12th seed Veronica Cepede-Royg of Paraguay and 13th seed Cristina Dinu of Romania, they all crashed out in second round. Susanyi lost to American Sachia Vickery 4-6, 6-7(5). While Cepede-Royg lost to Japanese Risa Ozaki 1-6, 4-6 and then Dinu was defeated by Thai Luksika Kumkhum 6-1, 5-7, 3-6. Kumkhum had no jetlag problem since she had arrived in the US a while back ago and she had played Grade 2 tourney in New Jersey together with Ozaki.

Top seed Noppawan Lertcheewakarn from Thailand cruised on to round 16 after she battled past local qualifier Jessica Pegula 7-6(5), 6-4. Pegula is coming from a very rich family in Texas and she has been trained at ITA in Delray Beach, Florida.

In doubles, duo Susanyi/Ysidora was placed as fourth seed and they received first round bye (draw 32) then yesterday in second round, with the fact Susanyi had injury, she could not play optimally to have such team work with Ysidora. As result, Susanyi/Ysidora bowed out easily to Eugenie Bouchard/Grace Min (Canada/USA) 2-6, 0-6.

A shock was made by unseeded pair Gabriela Dabrowski/Paula Ormaechea (Canada/Argentina) as they edged past top seed duet Timea Babos/Miyabi Inoue (Hungary/Japan) 6-3, 4-6, 10-7.

Singles

Main draw
First round
1-LERTCHEEWAKARN, Noppawan (THA) vs BYE
Q-PEGULA, Jessica (USA) d. WC-JODOIN, Marianne (CAN) 46 63 64
STOICA, Ilinca (ROU) d. LL-SANJEVIC, Kristina (CAN) 63 61
15-CUROVIC, Tamara (SRB) vs BYE
10-FRIEDSAM, Anna-Lena (GER) vs BYE
WC-BLAJKEVITCH, Khristina (CAN) d. SHROFF, Kyra (IND) 61 67(3) 60
SVITOLINA, Elina (UKR) d. CERCONE, Alexandra (USA) 62 63
7-KIRILLOVA, Ksenia (RUS) vs BYE

4-INOUE, Miyabi (JPN) vs BYE
Q-KONG, Hai-Li (USA) d. LL-BEDARD, Marie-Frederique (CAN) 64 63
PALIIVETS, Katarena (CAN) d. CORNISH, Stephanie (GBR) 63 76(5)
14-ORMAECHEA, Paula (ARG) vs BYE
11-BOGDAN, Elena (ROU) vs BYE
JUAN, Ting-Fei (TPE) d. Q-VIDAL, Daniela (VEN) 61 26 60
VICKERY, Sachia (USA) d. WC-HE, Amy (CAN) 61 61
6-SUSANYI, Zsofia (HUN) vs BYE

8-BUCHINA, Yana (RUS) vs BYE
SE-MIN, Grace (USA) d. Q-ZHAO, Carol (CAN) 62 61
BOUCHARD, Eugenie (CAN) d. Q-GEORGE, Nicola (GBR) 16 62 63
9-ZANEVSKA, Maryna (UKR) vs BYE
16-GIBBS, Nicole (USA) vs BYE
WC-ABANDA, Elisabeth (CAN) d. YSIDORA, Grace Sari (INA) 64 63
BECK, Annika (GER) d. LL-DION, Roseline (CAN) 61 62
3-NJIRIC, Silvia (CRO) vs BYE

5-CEPELOVA, Jana (SVK) vs BYE
SE-GOLDFELD, Ester (USA) d. WC-HARMATH, Dominique (CAN) 63 61
OZAKI, Risa (JPN) d. DABROWSKI, Gabriela (CAN) 63 75
12-CEPEDE ROYG, Veronica (PAR) vs BYE
13-DINU, Cristina (ROU) vs BYE
KUMKHUM, Luksika (THA) d. Q-KAHAN, Rachel (USA) 63 62
HAAS, Sina (GER) d. WC-DOUGLAS-MIRON, Elianne (CAN) 61 62
2-BABOS, Timea (HUN) vs BYE

Second round
1-LERTCHEEWAKARN, Noppawan (THA) d. Q-PEGULA, Jessica (USA) 76(5) 64
STOICA, Ilinca (ROU) d. 15-CUROVIC, Tamara (SRB) 76(10) 63
10-FRIEDSAM, Anna-Lena (GER) d. WC-BLAJKEVITCH, Khristina (CAN) 61 64
SVITOLINA, Elina (UKR) d. 7-KIRILLOVA, Ksenia (RUS) 64 26 76(3)

4-INOUE, Miyabi (JPN) d. Q-KONG, Hai-Li (USA) 61 62
14-ORMAECHEA, Paula (ARG) d. PALIIVETS, Katarena (CAN) 64 63
11-BOGDAN, Elena (ROU) d. JUAN, Ting-Fei (TPE) 61 63
VICKERY, Sachia (USA) d. 6-SUSANYI, Zsofia (HUN) 64 76(5)

8-BUCHINA, Yana (RUS) d. SE-MIN, Grace (USA) 62 61
9-ZANEVSKA, Maryna (UKR) d. BOUCHARD, Eugenie (CAN) 64 63
16-GIBBS, Nicole (USA) d. WC-ABANDA, Elisabeth (CAN) 67(4) 64 60
BECK, Annika (GER) d. 3-NJIRIC, Silvia (CRO) 36 76(5) 63

SE-GOLDFELD, Ester (USA) d. 5-CEPELOVA, Jana (SVK) 62 63
OZAKI, Risa (JPN) d. 12-CEPEDE ROYG, Veronica (PAR) 61 64
KUMKHUM, Luksika (THA) d. 13-DINU, Cristina (ROU) 16 75 63
2-BABOS, Timea (HUN) d. HAAS, Sina (GER) 64 62

Photo of Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing at Wimby 2009 is private collection