Tananta, Rompies, Tedjakusuma into quarterfinals

After getting bye in the opening round, top seed Lavinia Tananta, second seed Jessy Rompies and fourth seed "veteran" Romana Tedjakusuma cruised into quarterfinals at the newest tourney with total prize money of US $ 10,000 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia today (November 5, 2009). Top seed Tananta posted an easy victory over South Korean qualifier Kim Jung-Eun 6-1, 6-1, followed by second seed Jessy Rompies who came back from a set down to beat Belgian Gally De Wael 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-4 and also fourth seed "veteran" Romana Tedjakusuma booked her spot in the last eight round after she edged past Malaysian Jawairiah Noordin 6-3, 7-5.

The only shock of today was the exit of eighth seed Shivika Burman from India as she was defeated by South Korean Han Sung-Hee with interesting scoreline 2-6, 6-2, 2-6.

In doubles' quarterfinals, top seed pair Tananta/Tedjakusuma breezed past duet Gally De Wael/Asmitha Easwaramurthi (Belgium/India) 6-3, 6-0 while second seed duo Beatrice Gumulya/Jessy Rompies eased past South Korean pair Kim Jung-Eun/You Ju-Hee 6-1, 6-2.

Singles - Main draw
First Round
1-TANANTA, Lavinia (INA) d. Q-KIM, Jung-Eun (KOR) 61 61
Q-HAN, Na-Lae (KOR) d. Q-EASWARAMURTHI, Asmitha (IND) 61 62

4-TEDJAKUSUMA, Romana (INA) d. NOORDIN, Jawairiah (MAS) 63 75
LERTPITAKSINCHAI, Nicha (THA) d. HUYNH PHUONG DAI, Trang (VIE) 61 63

7-KANG, Seo-Kyung (KOR) d. Q-LEE, Ji-Hee (KOR) 61 75
3-WC-YOO, Mi (KOR) d. WC-WANG, Dan Ni (CHN) 61 60

HAN, Sung-Hee (KOR) d. 8-BURMAN, Shivika (IND) 62 26 62
2-ROMPIES, Jessy (INA) d. DE WAEL, Gally (BEL) 46 76(4) 64


Doubles - Main Draw
Quarterfinals
1-TANANTA, Lavinia/TEDJAKUSUMA, Romana (INA) d. DE WAEL, Gally/EASWARAMURTHI, Ashmitha (BEL/IND) 63 60

LERTPITAKSINCHAI, Nicha/MAHAJAROENKUL, Satjaporn (THA) d. 3-BURMAN, Shivika/SOLANKI, Kumari-Sweta (IND) 62 16 10-7

4-HAN, Sung-Hee/KANG, Seo-Kyung (KOR) d. BATRA, Ratnika/WANG, Dan Ni (IND/KOR) 61 61

2-Beatrice Gumulya/Jessy Rompies (INA) d. KIM, Jung-Eun/YOU, Ju-Hee (KOR) 61 62