Melita and Syarifah fall in round 16

The only two Indonesian girls left till third round or round 16 of an ITF Grade 3 tourney known as "Rajshahi International Junior Championships 2010" in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, eventually suffered losses on Wednesday (February 23, 2010).

Unseeded Cynthia Melita, could not keep up with her opponent's game and bowed out to seventh seed Amy Askew of Great Britain 4-6, 2-6. Melita's defeat was followed by 12th seed Nadya Syarifah who was beaten by Russian sixth seed Anna Tyulpa 1-6, 3-6.

Top seed Lee Hua-Chen from Chinese Taipei cruised into quarterfinal as she managed to escape a scare by Hong Kong prodigy, Katherine IP and eventually Lee prevailed to win 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. In the last eight round, Lee will face Briton seventh seed Askew.

It is still fine to call it a shock as 15 years old Sabina Sharipova of Uzbekistan gunned down Indian second seed Ankita Raina 6-3, 6-3. In quarterfinal Sharipova will play against another Indian player, Ratnika Batra who made a surprise also by ousting Pinoy 14th seed Anna-Clarice Patrimonio 6-4, 6-0.

Another surprise was capitalized by Thai qualifier Kamonwan Buayam as she bounced back after a set deficit and edged past 16th seed Tsao Fang-Chi from Chinese Taipei 3-6, 6-0, 6-2. Buayam will meet Russian sixth seed Tyulpa in the last eight round.

Then China's Yin Xianghong who entered main draw here with "Special Exempt" also added more surprises after she eased past affluent Japanese 14th seed Sanae Ota 6-2, 6-2. In quarterfinal Yin will face Croat Donna Vekic who battled past Briton Sian Bayliss 7-5, 6-2.

In doubles, fourth seed pair of Indonesia, Bella Destriana/Cynthia received bye in the first round. Then in second round or round 16, duo Destriana/Melita advanced into quarterfinal after they edged past Chuen Chu-Chen/Tsao from Chinese Taipei 6-2, 6-4. In the last eight round, the Indonesian pair will play against Bhuvana Kalva/Mandy Wagemaker (India/Netherlands) who created a shock as they cruised past sixth seed duet from India, Batra and Sharon Sanchana Paul 6-4, 1-6, (10-3).

Singles - 3rd round or round 16

(1) LEE Hua-Chen (TPE) d. Katherine IP (HKG) 63 46 63

(7) Amy ASKEW (GBR) d. Cynthia Melita (INA) 64 62

(Q) Kamonwan BUAYAM (THA) d. (16) TSAO Fang-Chi (TPE) 36 60 62

(6) Anna TYULPA (RUS) d. (12) Nadya SYARIFAH (INA) 61 63

Donna VEKIC (CRO) d. Sian BAYLISS (GBR) 75 62

(SE) YIN Xianghong (CHN) d. (14) Sanae OTA (JPN) 62 62

Ratnika BATRA (IND) d. (10) Anna Clarice PATRIMONIO (PHI) 64 60

Sabina Sharipova (UZB) d. (2) Ankita RAINA (IND) 63 63


Doubles - 1st round or round 32

(1) PATEL/RAINA (IND) BYE
(WC) LUTTIKHUIS/RIKKERT (NED) defeated KAO/SHARMIN ALAM (TPE/BAN) 6-1 6-2
NANDAKUMAR/PEDDI REDDY (IND) vs BAYLISS/MULLINS (GBR)
(7) IP/PATRIMONIO (HKG/PHI) BYE

(3) LEE/SHARIPOVA (TPE/UZB) BYE
CHAMARTHI/JOON (IND) vs BABU RAJ/BUAYAM (IND/THA)
DENG/OU (CHN) defeated HERLINA/SYARIFAH (INA) 6-0 6-2
(8) BAVISETTI/VAIDYA (IND) BYE

(6) BATRA/PAUL (IND) BYE
KALVA/WAGEMAKER (IND/NED) defeated BHOSALE/YIN (IND/CHN) 6-3 6-3
CHUEN/TSAO (TPE) vs KHANIEJO/NAIK (IND)
(4) DESTRIANA/MELITA (INA) BYE

(5) HUANG/OTA (TPE/JPN) BYE
SILVA/VEKIC (GBR/CRO) defeated BATTH/BATTH (IND) 4-6 6-3 [12-10]
ASKEW/ASKEW (GBR) defeated DANGWAL/RANA (IND) 6-2 6-2
(2) THONGSING/TYULPA (THA/RUS) BYE

Doubles - 2nd round or round 16

(WC) LUTTIKHUIS/RIKKERT (NED) defeated (1) PATEL/RAINA (IND) 64 46 (11-9)

(7) IP/PATRIMONIO (HKG/PHI) defeated BAYLISS/MULLINS (GBR) 63 63

(3) LEE/SHARIPOVA (TPE/UZB) defeated BABU RAJ/BUAYAM (IND/THA) 63 63

DENG/OU (CHN) defeated (8) BAVISETTI/VAIDYA (IND) 75 61

KALVA/WAGEMAKER (IND/NED) defeated (6) BATRA/PAUL (IND) 64 16 (10-3)

(4) DESTRIANA/MELITA (INA) defeated CHUEN/TSAO (TPE) 62 64

(5) HUANG/OTA (TPE/JPN) defeated SILVA/VEKIC (GBR/CRO) 64 64

ASKEW/ASKEW (GBR) defeated (2) THONGSING/TYULPA (THA/RUS) 16 76(3) (10-8)