Gumulya survives the scare at Manila 10K

The only Indonesian player Beatrice Gumulya in the main draw at "Holcim/ITF Women's Circuit 2" which is held at Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, Philippines battled through a thriller in the opening round today (November 17, 2009). In her desperate effort of adding more ranking points, Gumulya still could not find her best form as she was pushed all the way but prevailed to win over Chinese Taipei's qualifier Liu Chi-Fan 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. In round 16, Gumulya will clash with her doubles partner and seventh seed Han Sung-Hee of South Korea. In first round, Han had three sets battle but she managed to beat local qualifier Czarina-Mae Arevalo 6-3, 2-6, 6-1.

Top seed Elodie Rogge-Dietrich from France also had difficulty in her opener as she had to play a thriller and barely defeated Israeli Ofri Lankri 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Also moving into second round was second seed Lee Ye-Ra who breezed past Malaysian Jawairiah Noordin 6-1, 6-2.

Meanwhile American wild card Riza Zalameda edged past Thai Sophia Mulsap 6-3, 6-2 in first round. The only Thai secured her second round berth was eighth seed Nicha Lertpitaksinchai after she defeated her compatriot Peangthan Pliphuech 6-4, 6-3.

The only upset was the departure of Chinese sixth seed He Chun-Yan who was beaten by South Korean Han Na-Lae 6-2, 0-6, 1-6.

In doubles first round, Gumulya partnered with South Korean Han Sung-Hee again and they are top seeded. Both Gumulya and Han suffered back to back defeat to South Korean duo Han Na-Lae/Yoo Mi 1-6, 6-1, 5-10. Last week in the first leg of this tourney, duo Gumulya/Han bowed out to the same pair in semi-final.

Singles Main Draw
1st round
1-Elodie Rogge-Dietrich (FRA) d. Ofri Lankri (ISR) 64 46 64
Juan Ting-Fei (TPE) d. WC-Anna Christine Patrimonio (PHI) 62 61
Q-Zhang Nan-Nan (CHN) d. Marina Novak (LIE) 60 61
5-Liu Shaozhuo (CHN) d. Q-Haine Ogata (JPN) 62 60

4-Yoo Mi (KOR) d. Kim Sun-Jung (KOR) 64 75
Trang Huynh Phuong Dai (VIE) d. LL-Veronika Makovey (AUS) 63 60
WC-Riza Zalameda (USA) d. Sophia Mulsap (THA) 63 62
Han Na-Lae (KOR) d. 6-He Chun-Yan (CHN) 26 60 61

8-Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA) d. Peangthan Pliphuech (THA) 64 63
Q-Ivana King (USA) d. WC-Anna Clarice Patrimonio (PHI) 63 62
Q-You Ju-Hee (KOR) d. Q-Nikki-Camille Zoleta (PHI) 60 62
3-Mari Inoue (JPN) d. Q-Katharina Lehnert (GER) 63 62

7-Han Sung-Hee (KOR) d. Q-Czarina-Mae Arevalo (PHI) 63 26 61
Beatrice Gumulya (INA) d. Q-Liu Chi-Fan (TPE) 46 64 61
Gally De Wael (BEL) d. Natchanok Saenyaukhot (THA) 60 63
2-Lee Ye-Ra (KOR) d. Jawairiah Noordin (MAS) 61 62

Doubles Main Draw
1st round
Han Na-Lae/Yoo Mi (KOR) d. 1-Beatrice Gumulya/Han Sung-Hee (KOR) 6-1, 1-6, 10-5
Anna-Christine Patrimonio/Riza Zalameda (PHI/USA) d. He Chun-Yan/Ivana King (CHN/USA) 6-3, 4-6, 10-4
3-Gally De Wael/Elodie Rogge-Dietrich (BEL/FRA) d. Miao Yui-Lynn/Yoko Naito (TPE/JPN) 63 75
Ashmitha Easwaramurthi/Zhou Ya (IND/CHN) d. WC-Marian Jade Capadocia/Nikki-Camille Zoleta (PHI) 4-6, 6-4, 10-4

Kim Jung-Eun/You Ju-Hee (KOR) d. Julia Dinhof/Marina Novak (AUT/LIE) 46 63 10-8
Czarina-Mae Arevalo/Katharina Lehnert (PHI/GER) d. Trang Huynh Phuong Dai/Zhang Nan-Nan (VIE/CHN) 57 63 11-9
Kim Sun-Jung/Lee Ye-Ra (KOR) d. Lee Pei-Chi/Anna Clarice Patrimonio (TPE/PHI) 60 61
2-Juan Ting Fei/Linda Mair (TPE/ITA) d. Chen Yen-Ling/Liu Chi-Fan (TPE) 64 63