14 years old fifth seed Aldila Sutjiadi recorded an upset today (November 13, 2009) at "2009 Widjojo Soejono Semen Gresik Junior Championships", an ITF Grade 4 tournament which is held at Brawijaya Tennis Complex in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. In quarterfinal, Sutjiadi surprised 15 years old Indian and second seed Natasha Palha 6-1, 7-5 and cruised into Grade 4 semi-final for the very first time.
In the last four round, Sutjiadi as the highest seed left will face sixth seed Zhu Lin from China. In quarterfinal today, 15 years old Zhu shocked local third seed Cynthia Melita 6-3, 6-3. Here in Surabaya, it is only her third ITF junior tourney after Xiamen Grade 3 (as runner-up) and Beijing Grade 2 (as semi-finalist).
Meanwhile the biggest upset was made by 15 years old Chinese eighth seed Tian Ran who battled past 17 years old local top seed Bella Destriana 6-2, 1-6, 6-3. Her best outcome in ITF junior circuit was being quarterfinalist at Beijing Grade 2 last month.
And amazing run was performed by 15 years old qualifier Kathinka Von Deichmann from Liechtenstein as she reached her first ever Grade 4 semi-final. In the last eight round, Von Deichmann outsted Katherine IP of Hong Kong 6-2, 7-6(4).
In doubles semi-finals, top seed Destriana/Melita breezed past third seed duet Tian/Zhu 6-2, 6-0, while second seed pair Sutjiadi/Syarifah cruised past Grace Maleka Mpassy-Nzoumba/Kathinka Von Deichmann (Germany/Liechtenstein) 6-1, 7-6(2). So, all Indonesians final is secured.
Photos of Natasha Palha is courtesy of hinduonnet; Kathinka Von Deichmann is courtesy of mytennis.ch
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