Rabu, 14 Oktober 2009

Gumulya earns victory in opener at Port Pirie 25K


Sandy Gumulya of Indonesia continued her down under tour at "Nyrstar Tennis International" with total prize money of US $ 25,000 which is held in Port Pirie, South Australia. In the opening round, Gumulya came back from a set deficit to secure a win over Aussie Alison Bai 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday (October 14, 2009). In second round, she will face local wild card Bojana Bobuscic who surprised Japanese eighth seed Shiho Hisamatsu 6-2, 6-4.

Top seed Yurika Sema from Japan did not have problem to beat local qualifier Jenny Thuy Le 6-1, 6-2 in the first round. Also progressing into round 16 was Aussie second seed Olivia Rogowska who eased past qualifier Emily Fanning of New Zealand 6-1, 6-3.

Shock of the day was claimed by local wild card Hayley Ericksen who edged past Japanese third seed Erika Sema 7-6(6), 6-3 in the opening round. Another early exit was suffered by sixth seed Emily Webley-Smith of Great Britain as she was defeated by former world number 8 Alicia Molik who entered this tourney with Special Exempt. Aussie Molik cruised past the Briton 6-3, 6-2.

Meanwhile the other seeds such as Aussie fourth seed Shannon Golds, Kiwi fifth seed Sacha Jones, and Japanese seventh seed Chiaki Okadaue were also advancing into the next round.

In doubles, Gumulya continued her partnership with Aussie Julia Moriarty. Duet Gumulya/Moriarty won their opening round after they eased past local wild card pair, Deeon Mladin/Alexandra Nancarrow 6-0, 6-3. Then in quarterfinal, duo Gumulya/Moriarty bowed out to fourth seed pair Danielle Brown/Emily Webley-Smith from Great Britain 4-6, 3-6.

Singles - Main Draw
First Round
(1) Yurika Sema (JPN) d (Q) Jenny Thuy Le (AUS) 61 62
(WC) Alison Shemon (AUS) d (Q) Montana Grenfell (AUS) 61 62
(Q) Danielle Brown (GBR) d (Q) Carla Georgescu (AUS) 62 60
(5) Sacha Jones (NZL) d (WC) Daniela Scivetti (AUS) 63 62

(4) Shannon Golds (AUS) d (LL) Tammi Patterson (AUS) 75 60
Isabella Holland (AUS) d Emelyn Starr (AUS) 62 57 64
Sandy Gumulya (INA) d Alison Bai (AUS) 26 62 62
(WC) Bojana Bobuscic (AUS) d (8) Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN) 62 64

(7) Chiaki Okadaue (JPN) d Jennifer Elie (USA) 75 36 75
Monika Wejnert (AUS) d Chinami Ogi (JPN) 63 61
Mari Inoue (JPN) d (Q) Alexandra Cannizzaro (AUS) 46 63 63
(WC) Hayley Ericksen (AUS) d (3) Erika Sema (JPN) 76(6) 63

(SE) Alicia Molik (AUS) d (6) Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) 63 62
(Q) Julia Moriarty (AUS) d (Q) Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic (GER) 63 62
Alenka Hubacek (AUS) d Natsumi Hamamura (JPN) 67(2) 75 75
(2) Olivia Rogowska (AUS) d (Q) Emily Fanning (NZL) 61 63

Doubles - Main Draw
First Round
(1) Erika Sema/Yurika Sema (JPN) d (WC) Carla Georgescu/Natasha Micevski (AUS) 61 60
Natsumi Hamamura/Mari Inoue (JPN) d Tyra Calderwood/Erin Liefeld (AUS) 63 64
(4) Danielle Brown/Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) d (WC) Natalie Barbir/Jenny Thuy Le (AUS) 62 62
Sandy Gumulya/Julia Moriarty (INA/AUS) d Deeon Mladin/Alexandra Nancarrow (AUS) 60 63

Chinami Ogi/Chiaki Okadaue (JPN) d Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic/Chelsea Te Tai (GER/NZL) 61 60
(3) Alison Bai/Shiho Hisamatsu (AUS/JPN) d Tammi Patterson/Daniela Scivetti (AUS) 61 36 10-7
Bojana Bobuscic/Alenka Hubacek (AUS) d Kristina Pejkovic/Alison Shemon (AUS) 26 75 10-3
(2) Shannon Golds/Emelyn Starr (AUS) d Jennifer Elie/Hayley Ericksen (USA/AUS) 60 62

Quarterfinals
(1) Erika Sema/Yurika Sema (JPN) d Natsumi Hamamura/Mari Inoue (JPN) 26 62 11-9
(4) Danielle Brown/Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) d Sandy Gumulya/Julia Moriarty (INA/AUS) 64 63
Chinami Ogi/Chiaki Okadaue (JPN) d (3) Alison Bai/Shiho Hisamatsu (AUS/JPN) 62 06 10-8
Bojana Bobuscic/Alenka Hubacek (AUS) d (2) Shannon Golds/Emelyn Starr (AUS) 06 76(8) 10-6

Photo of Sandy Gumulya is courtesy of detiksport.com

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