Tananta cruises into quarterfinal, Damayanti falls

From "Women's Circuit 3" tournament with total prize money of US $ 10,000 in Hatyai, Songkhla, Thailand, singles' second round were completed today (July 14, 2010). Indonesian players third seed Lavinia Tananta and unseeded Ayu Fani Damayanti were in action but only Tananta made it to quarterfinals.

The current number one of Indonesia, Tananta battled past Chinese Taipei qualifier Juan Ting-Fei 6-2, 7-5. With this victory, Tananta is now leading 2-0 in her head to head with Juan. In their first ever meeting at Manila 10K in November 2008, Tananta came from behind to beat Juan 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Meanwhile Damayanti was defeated by local eighth seed Nudnida Luangnam 4-6, 1-6. Despite such defeat, Damayanti is still leading 3-2 in her head to head with Luangnam.

The top seed killer, young South Korean qualifier Lee So-Ra failed to keep up her winning streak as she was beaten by New Zealander who also had to go through qualifying, Katherine Westbury 4-6, 5-7.

Singles - 2nd round results
(Q) Katherine Westbury (NZL) d. (Q) Lee So-Ra (KOR) 64 75
(6) Alison Bai (AUS) d. Sakiko Shimizu (JPN) 16 62 63
(3) Lavinia Tananta (INA) d. (Q) Juan Ting-Fei (TPE) 62 75
(Q) Natela Dzalamidze (RUS) d. Angelina Gabueva (RUS) 64 60

(8) Nudnida Luangnam (THA) d. Ayu-Fani Damayanti (INA) 64 61
(4) Ayaka Maekawa (JPN) d. (Q) Maya Kato (JPN) 61 63
(7) Magali De Lattre (POR) d. Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) 67(4) 62 60
(2) Tina Schiechtl(AUT) d. (WC) Luksika Kumkhum (THA) 64 36 62