The final along with other play-offs were held at La Loma Centro Deportivo in San Luis Potosi, Mexico on Sunday (October 4, 2009). Indonesia clinched its third and final victory as Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing and Cynthia Melita battled past fifth seed Tunisia 2-1 and Indonesia finished at 9th place out of 16 nations.
Indonesia was trailed 0-1 first as Cynthia Melita (ranked at ITF 258) bowed out to Sonia Daggou (ranked at ITF 572) 3-6, 6-2, 4-6. Then Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing (ranked at ITF 42) played very well to beat improved Ons Jabeur (ranked at ITF 66) 6-0, 6-3 in the second rubber to force the deciding rubber. Eventually in do or die battle, duo Melita/Ysidora Tobing edged past duet Nour Abbes/Jabeur 6-4, 7-5.
The very first time Indonesia made it into World Group in 1999 and then Indonesian U-16 team was qualified again in 2000. Back in those years it was still called "NEC World Youth Cup". In 1999, Indonesia finished at 14th place, then in 2000 Final in Hiroshima, Japan when Indonesian team comprised of Angelique Widjaja, Novianti Warsono and Diana Nur Fatimah, they ended at 7th place. Nevertheless, this time Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing, Cynthia Melita and Rekyan Woro made a history by recording second best outcome for their beloved country.
In the final, top seed Russia battled past fourth seed Germany 2-0. Russia grabbed early lead 1-0 as Ksenia Kirillova edged past Stephanie Wagner 6-3, 4-6, 8-6 and followed by Daria Gavrilova who secured her team's championshipberth after she cruised past Annika Beck 6-0, 6-3. The last rubber was not played at all.
Meanwhile second seed Slovak Republic defeated third seed Japan 2-1 and the girls from Hantuchova's land eventually finished at third place, while Japan ended at fourth place.
Final
(1)Russia d. (4) Germany 2-0
Ksenia Kirillova d. Stephanie Wagner 63 46 86
Daria Gavrilova d. Annika Beck 60 63
Ksenia Kirillova/Polina Leykina vs Annika Beck/Stephanie Wagner not played
3rd & 4th place play-off
(2) Slovak Republic d. (3) Japan 2-1
Risa Ozaki d. Vivien Juhaszova 61 36 75
Jana Cepelova d. Akiko Omae 64 64
Jana Cepelova/Chantal Skamlova d. Emi Mutaguchi/Akiko Omae 36 62 86
5th & 6th place play-off
(7) Canada d. Croatia 2-0
Elisabeth Abanda d. Matea Cutura 76(3) 26 75
Eugenie Bouchard d. Dora Vajdic 61 63
Eugenie Bouchard/Elianne Douglas-Miron d. Matea Cutura/Dora Vajdic not played
7th & 8th place play-off
(6) Ukraine d. China 2-1
Tang Hao-Chen d. Valentyna Ivakhnenko 64 62
Elina Svitolina d. Yang Zi 26 62 64
Valentyna Ivakhnenko/Elina Svitolina d. Tang Hao-Chen/Zheng Sai-Sai 63 62
9th & 10th place play-off
Indonesia d. (5) Tunisia 2-1
Sonia Daggou d. Cynthia Melita 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing d. Ons Jabeur 60 63
Melita/Ysidora Tobing d. Nour Abbes/Ons Jabeur 64 75
11th & 12th place play-off
Peru d. Australia 2-0
Ximena Siles-Luna d. Alexandra Nancarrow 64 76(2)
Patricia Ku d. Viktorija Rajicic 53 ret
Siles-Luna/Ku vs Nancarrow/Rajicic not played
13th & 14th place play-off
Mexico d. (8) Argentina 2-0
Ana Sofia Sanchez d. Florencia Di Biasi 75 64
Giuliana Olmos d. Aliaksandra Sasnovich 46 62 97
Giuliana Olmos/Marcela Zacarias vs Ilona Kremen/Aliaksandra Sasnovich not played
15th & 16th place play-off
Belarus d. Egypt 2-0
Viktoryia Kisialeva d. Rana Sherif Ahmed 61 76(1)
Ilona Kremen d. Yasmeen Ebada 61 63
Aliaksandra Sasnovich/Ilona Kremen vs Rana Sherif Ahmed/Yasmeen Ebada not played
Photo of Indonesian team is courtesy of Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing
Photo of Ksenia Kirillova, Daria Gavrilova & Polina Leykina is courtesy of ITF
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