Destriana & duo Sutjiadi/Syarifah claim career's best result ever

17 years old Indonesian sixth seed Bella Destriana made herself proud as she finished her week as Grade 3 semi-finalist for the very first time at "14th Sarawak Chief Minister's Cup World ITF Junior" which was held at Sarawak Lawn Tennis Association Centre in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia today (October 24, 2009). In the last four round, it was an anti-climax for Palembang, South Sumatra resident Destriana after she was booted out by Chinese fourth seed Tang Haochen 0-6, 1-6. In quarterfinal, Destriana made the biggest upset as she toppled Indian top seed Kyra Shroff 6-0, 7-5, in a battle which lasted in two days due to rain. In round 16, Destriana dispatched Huang Huai-Hsuan from Chinese Taipei 6-0, 6-2.

Meanwhile another Indonesian Aldila Sutjiadi failed to further advance into the last eight round after she was defeated by Indian third seed Prerna Bhambri 7-6(4), 1-6, 4-6. Same result was suffered by Indonesian Voni Darlina who was crushed by Russian eighth seed Margarita Lebedeva 1-6, 1-6 also in round 16.

In doubles, Aldila Sutjiadi/Nadya Syarifah made a breakthrough of their international junior career after they ended-up as runner-up. In the final they were beaten by top seed pair Tang Haochen/Yang Zhaoxuan from China 1-6, 2-6.

Singles
Second Round
1-SHROFF, Kyra (IND) d. ZHU, Ai Wen (CHN) 76(6) 61
6-DESTRIANA, Bella (INA) d. HUANG, Huai-Hsuan (TPE) 60 62
4-TANG, Haochen (CHN) d. NAIK, Adnya (IND) 60 60
8-LEBEDEVA, Margarita (RUS) d. DARLINA, Voni (INA) 61 61
5-BOGOLIY, Diana (UKR) d. HUYNH PHUONG DAI, Trang (VIE) 62 61
3-BHAMBRI, Prerna (IND) d. SUTJIADI, Aldila (INA) 67(4) 61 64
THONGSING, Tanaporn (THA) d. 7-VOROBEVA, Yuliana (RUS) 61 63
2-YANG, Zhaoxuan (CHN) d. RAJANI, Saadgi (IND) 64 61

Quarterfinals
6-DESTRIANA, Bella d. 1-SHROFF, Kyra (IND) 60 75
4-TANG, Haochen d. 8-LEBEDEVA, Margarita (RUS) 62 60
3-BHAMBRI, Prerna (IND) d. 5-BOGOLIY, Diana (UKR) 46 75 76(5)
2-YANG, Zhaoxuan (CHN) d. THONGSING, Tanaporn (THA) 63 46 61

Semi-finals
4-TANG, Haochen (CHN) d. 6-DESTRIANA 60 61
3-BHAMBRI, Prerna (IND) d. 2-YANG, Zhaoxuan (CHN) 64 63


Doubles
Quarterfinals
1-TANG, Haochen/YANG, Zhaoxuan (CHN) d. DARLINA, Voni/THONGSING, Tanaporn (INA/THA) 62 64

DESTRIANA, Bella/HUYNH PHUONG DAI, Trang (INA/VIE) d. 3-BHAMBRI, Prerna/NAIK, Adnya (IND) 64 63

4-LEBEDEVA, Margarita/VOROBEVA, Yuliana (RUS) d. HUANG, Huai-Hsuan/RAJANI, Saadgi (TPE/IND) 36 62 10-5

SUTJIADI, Aldila/SYARIFAH, Nadya (INA) d. 2-BOGOLIY, Diana/SHROFF, Kyra (UKR/IND) 16 63 10-3

Semi-finals
1-TANG, Haochen/YANG. Zhaoxuan (CHN) d. DESTRIANA, Bella/HUYNH PHUONG DAI, Trang (INA/VIE) 62 62
SUTJIADI, Aldila/SYARIFAH, Nadya (INA) d. 4-LEBEDEVA, Margarita/VOROBEVA, Yuliana (RUS) walk over

Photo of Bella Destriana is courtesy of kabarindonesia.com