Melita and Syarifah cruise into round 16

Only two of three Indonesian girls continued their action at an ITF Grade 3 tourney called "Rajshahi International Junior Championships 2010" in Rajshahi, Bangladesh on Tuesday (February 23, 2010). In second round or round 32, unseeded Cynthia Melita and 12th seed Nadya Syarifah claimed their victory, while fifth seed Bella Destriana stumbled.

Hard hitter Melita, since she is non-seeded player, it is safe to say that she surprised ninth seed Sharon Sanchana Paul of India with 6-1, 6-0 victory. In third round or round 16, Melita will face seventh seed Amy Askew from Great Britain who also sealed an easy win over wild card Mandy Wagemaker from the Netherlands 6-0, 6-1.

Also reaching round 16 was 12th seed Syarifah as she dispatched Briton qualifier Roisin Mullins 6-3, 6-0. In third round Syarifah will challenge Russian sixth seed Anna Tyulpa who had to work hard to claim a victory over Chuen Chiu-Chen of Chinese Taipei 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.

Fifth seed Destriana suffered a loss after she was shocked and bowed out to Indian Ratnika Batra 2-6, 2-6. Batra, 15 years old, is currently ranked at ITF 517.

Winner of last week's Dhaka Grade 4 tourney, 15th seed Deng Meng Ning from China, also fell in second round as she was beaten by 15 years old Shabina Sharipova 5-7, 2-6. Sharipova is now ranked at ITF 521 and she has been playing pro tour more than junior circuit. Currently Sharipova is ranked at WTA 409.

In the opening round as seeded players, Destriana and Syarifah received bye. Meanwhile Melita and Efriliya Herlina had to play from first round. Without any difficulty, Melita booted out local wild card Sharda Sharmin Alam 6-0, 6-0. In contrast, Herlina still struggled to demonstrate her utmost capacity as she lost to Croat Donna Vekic 3-6, 2-6. After playing two tourneys in Bangladesh, Herlina is still unable to gain rank points.

Singles - Main Draw - 1st round (draw 48)

(1) LEE Hua-Chen (TPE) BYE
(SE) OU Xuanshuo (CHN) d. Smriti JOON (IND) 63 62

Katherine IP (HKG) d. Natalla KHANIEJO (IND) 64 60
(13) Adnya NAIK (IND) BYE

(9) Sharon Sanchana PAUL (IND) BYE
Cynthia MELITA d. Sharda SHARMIN ALAM (BAN) 60 60

Mandy WAGEMAKER (NED) d. Nithya Raj BABU RAJ (IND) 60 62
(7) Amy ASKEW (GBR) BYE

(4) Nova PATEL (IND) BYE
(Q) Kamonwan BUAYAM (THA) d. (LL) Rimpledeep Kaur BATTH (IND) 63 76(6)

Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND) d. (WC) Eden SILVA (GBR) 63 75
(16) TSAO Fang-Chi (TPE) BYE

(12) Nadya SYARIFAH (INA) BYE
(Q) Roisin MULLINS (GBR) d. Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND) 64 64

CHUEN Chu-Chen (TPE) d. Shweta RANA (IND) 62 76(3)
(6) Anna TYULPA (RUS) BYE

(8) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND) BYE
Donna VEKIC (CRO) d. Efriliya HERLINA (INA) 63 62

Sian BAYLISS (GBR) d. Megha SEHRAWAT (IND) 63 62
(11) HUANG Huai-Hsuan (TPE) BYE

(14) Sanae OTA (JPN) BYE
(Q) Maurien RIKKERT (NED) d. Vaniya DANGWAL (IND) 46 63 63

(SE) YIN Xianghong (CHN) d. (Q) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND) 62 63
(3) Tanaporn THONGSING (THA) BYE

(5) Bella DESTRIANA (INA) BYE
Ratnika BATRA (IND) d. (Q) Sarah Beth ASKEW (GBR) 61 62

(WC) Nikki LUTTIKHUIS (NED) d. Bhuvana KALVA (IND) 60 26 60
(10) Anna Clarice PATRIMONIO (PHI) BYE

(15) DENG Meng Ning (CHN) BYE
Sabina SHARIPOVA (UZB) d. Kanika VAIDYA (IND) 76(5) 63

HSU Ching-Wen(TPE) d. (LL) Sansitha NANDAKUMAR (IND) 63 46 60
(2) Ankita RAINA (IND) BYE


Singles - 2nd round or round 32

(1) LEE Hua-Chen (TPE) d. (SE) OU Xuanshuo (CHN) 63 61

Katherine IP (HKG) d. (13) Adnya NAIK (IND) 62 36 60

Cynthia MELITA d. (9) Sharon Sanchana PAUL (IND) 61 60

(7) Amy ASKEW (GBR) d. (WC) Mandy WAGEMAKER (NED) 60 61

(Q) Kamonwan BUAYAM (THA) d. (4) Nova PATEL (IND) 76(7) 64

(16) TSAO Fang-Chi (TPE) d. Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND) 62 36 76(3)

(12) Nadya SYARIFAH (INA) d. (Q) Roisin MULLINS (GBR) 63 60

(6) Anna TYULPA (RUS) d. CHUEN, Chu-Chen (TPE) 36 62 75

(8) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND) d. Donna VEKIC (CRO) 62 61

Sian BAYLISS (GBR) d. (11) HUANG Huai-Hsuan (TPE) 63 63

(14) Sanae OTA (JPN) d. (Q) Maurien RIKKERT (NED) 62 16 61

(SE) YIN Xianghong (CHN) d. (3) Tanaporn THONGSING (THA) 36 76(80 12 ret

Ratnika BATRA (IND) d. (5) Bella DESTRIANA (INA) 62 62

(10) Anna Clarice PATRIMONIO (PHI) d. (WC) Nikki LUTTIKHUIS (NED) 16 64 61

Sabina Sharipova (UZB) d. (15) DENG Meng Ning (CHN) 75 62

(2) Ankita RAINA (IND) d. HSU Ching-Wen(TPE) 76(7) 62