Third seed Pervak rolls into semi-finals, while qualifier Botto ends her fairytale

The highest seed still left in the draw, third seed Ksenia Pervak of Russia continued her quest to capture back to back junior grand slam title at Roland Garros on Thursday (June 4, 2009). In quarterfinals Pervak edged past her compatriot Valeria Solovieva 6-2, 7-5. In semi-finals, she will face another compatriot, Daria Gavrilova who had to fight hard in ending Peruvian qualifier’s fairytale and in the end Gavrilova won 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.

15th seed Floridian Sloane Stephens maintained her fine form as she outclassed 11th seed Silvia Njiric from Croatia 6-2, 6-2. In the last four round, Stephens will clash with local player and 9th seed Kristina Mladenovic who battled past South African Chanel Simmonds 7-6(2), 6-2.

Singles – QF results

9-Kristina Mladenovic FRA d. Chanel Simmonds RSA 76(2) 62
15-Q-Sloane Stephens USA d. 11-Silvia Njiric CRO 62 62
3-Ksenia Pervak RUS d. Valeria Solovieva RUS 62 75
Daria Gavrilova RUS d. Q-Bianca Botto PER 64 26 62

Doubles – QF results

Ksenia Kirillova/Martina Trevisan (RUS/ITA) d. Isabella Holland/Olivia Rogowska (AUS) W/O
(6) Yana Buchina/Ksenia Pervak (RUS) d. (4) Kristina Mladenovic/Silvia Njiric (FRA/CRO) 36 63 10-6
(3) Timea Babos/Heather Watson (HUN/GBR) d. Kataren Paliivets/Chanel Simmonds (CAN/RSA) 63 64
(2) Elena Bogdan/Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (ROU/THA) d. (7)Beatrice Capra/Lauren Embree (USA) 61 64

Photo of Sloane Stephens is courtesy of collegejuniortennis.com

Qualifier Kim moves on amid other local players' defeat

Fifth seed Hwang I-Hsuan was the only seeded player forced to end her journey at “ITF Gimhae International Women’s Circuit” in Gimhae, South Korea on Thursday (June 4, 2009). Hwang from Chinese Taipei was shocked by Xie Yan-Ze of Tianjin, China when 25 years old Xie who was once ranked at WTA 184 defeated her 6-1, 6-4 in second round. In quarterfinals, Xie will clash with top seed Lu Jing-Jing who was pushed all the way by young local wild card and lefty Hong Seung-Yeon into three sets. Eventually, Lu managed to barely beat persistent Hong with 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(4) victory.

Also moving into the last eight round was second seed Ryoko Fuda of Japan after she overcame difficulty in second set and sealed 6-1, 7-5 victory over German qualifier Anna Livadaru. Two more seeded players continued on to quarterfinals were fourth seed China’s Han Xinyun who edged past local qualifier Kim Kun-Hee 6-4, 6-1 and sixth seed Zhou Yi-Miao who also cruised past local wild card Yoo Mi 6-3, 6-2.

Meanwhile Indonesian veteran Romania Tedjakusuma made hattrick as finisher in second round after she stumbled to capitalize breakthrough due to her defeat by Aussie Shannon Golds 6-3, 1-6, 0-6. A slight surprise made by local qualifier Kim Na-Ri as she edged past her experienced compatriot Chang Kyung-Mi 6-1, 6-3. Kim is the sole local player through into the last eight round. Currently ranked at WTA 694, 19 years old Kim claimed her revenge over Chang as she had two losses before in the first two meetings in 2008. Kim also made a breakthrough to reach 25K quarterfinals for the very first time. At two of 25K tourneys in Changwon and Gimcheon last April, twice as qualifier, Kim only finished in second round.

In doubles’ quarterfinals, two seeded pairs crashed out while the other two seeded duets still advanced into semi-finals. Second seed pair Han Xinyun/Ji Chunmei of China shocked by local duo Chang Kyung-Mi/Lee Jin-A and lost 6-2, 0-6, 10-12. Then fourth seed duo Chen Yi/Ryoko Fuda (Chinese Taipei/Japan) bowed out to China’s Liang Chen/Sun Sheng-Nan 1-6, 6-4, 7-10. Meanwhile top seed pair Hwang I-Hsuan/Zhang Ling (Chinese Taipei/Hong Kong) breezed past Thai duet Sophia Mulsap/Nungnadda Wannasuk 6-1, 6-2, followed by third seed duo Yayuk Basuki/Romana Tedjakusuma who saw-off duet of Kao Shao-Yuan/Zhou Yi-Miao (Chinese Taipei/China) 6-1, 6-3.

Singles – 2nd round results

1-Lu Jing-Jing (CHN) d. WC-Hong Seung-Yeon (KOR) 62 46 76(4)
Xie Yan-Ze (CHN) d. 5-Hwang I-Hsuan (TPE) 61 64

4-Han Xinyun (CHN) d. Q-Kim Kun-Hee (KOR) 64 61
Lena Litvak (USA) d. Q-Chen Yi (TPE) 62 61

6-Zhou Yi-Miao (CHN) d. WC-Yoo Mi (KOR) 63 62
Shannon Golds (AUS) d. Romana Tedjakusuma (INA) 36 61 60

Q-Kim Na-Ri (KOR) d. Chang Kyung-Mi (KOR) 61 63
2-Ryoko Fuda (JPN) d. Q-Anna Livadaru (GER) 61 75

Doubles – QF results

(1) Hwang I-Hsuan/Zhang Ling (TPE/HKG) d. Sophia Mulsap/Nungnadda Wannasuk (THA) 61 62
(3) Yayuk Basuki/Romana Tedjakusuma (INA) d. Kao Shao-Yuan/Zhou Yi-Miao (TPE/CHN) 61 63
Liang Chen/Sun Sheng-Nan (CHN) d. (4) Chen Yi/Ryoko Fuda (TPE/JPN) 61 46 10-7
Chang Kyung-Mi/Lee Jin-A (KOR) d. (2) Han Xinyun/Ji Chunmei (CHN) 26 60 12-10

Tedjakusuma surprises third seed Lee again

Déjà vu experienced by top two South Korean players, third seed Lee Jin-A and seventh seed Lee Ye-Ra in the first round at “ITF Gimhae International Women’s Circuit” with total prize money of US $ 25,000 on Wednesday (June 3, 2009). Two weeks ago at Incheon 25K, both Lees immediately crashed out in the opening round. This time again local numero uno Lee failed to claim revenge over Indonesian veteran Romana Tedjakusuma after she bowed out to Surabaya born retriever 3-6, 6-0, 4-6. So far in three series of 25K on the land of Kimchi, Tedjakusuma has been consistent into round 16. Meanwhile, local number two Lee was shocked by her compatriot and qualifier Kim Na-Ri 6-7(5), 3-6. The final surprise was the exit of eighth seed Brazilian Vivian Segnini after she was beaten by qualifier Chen Yi of Chinese Taipei 4-6, 4-6.

China’s top seed Lu Jing-Jing faced strong challenge from her compatriot, qualifier Sun Sheng-Nan 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. Emulating what Lu did, it was second seed Japanese Ryoko Fuda who cruised past local qualifier Kim Hae-Sung 6-3, 6-2. Meanwhile fourth seed Han Xinyun of China showed no mercy towards Zhang Ling of Hong Kong as she crushed her opponent 6-0, 6-0. Followed by sixth seed Zhou Yi-Miao of China who had tough battle before she barely won 7-6(5), 7-5 over qualifier Liu Chi-Fan from Chinese Taipei.

In doubles’ opening round, three seeded pairs had to work extra harder in defeating their opponents. Top seed duo Hwang I-Hsuan/Zhang Ling (Chinese Taipei/Hong Kong) had to earn a win in a tenacious fight over local wild card duet Hong Seung-Yeon/Yoo Mi 6-4, 5-7, 10-3. In the meantime, second seed pair Han Xinyun/Ji Chunmei of China came back from a set down to beat local wild card duo Chae Kyung-Yee/Kim Ji-Ae 3-6, 6-1, 10-2. Then third seed duet Yayuk Basuki/Romana Tedjakusuma from Indonesia faced fierce challenge from Maki Arai/Xie Yan-Ze (Japan/China) 6-7(4), 7-6(3), 10-0. Only fourth seed pair Chen Yi/Ryoko Fuda (Chinese Taipei/Japan) had less opposition from Lizaan Du Plessis/Shannon Golds (South Africa/Australia) as they managed to win 7-5, 6-3.

Singles Main Draw – 1st round results

1-Lu Jing-Jing (CHN) d. Q-Sun Sheng-Nan (CHN) 62 46 62
WC-Hong Seung-Yeon (KOR) d. Q-Saori Karikomi (JPN) 60 63
Xie Yan-Ze (CHN) d. Nudnida Luangnam (THA) 62 62
5-Hwang I-Hsuan (TPE) d. Monika Wejnert (AUS) 57 62 63

4-Han Xinyun (CHN) d. Zhang Ling (HKG) 60 60
Q-Kim Kun-Hee (KOR) d. Chae Kyung-Yee (KOR) 75 60
Lena Litvak (USA) d. WC-Hong Hyun-Hui (KOR) 62 61
Q-Chen Yi (TPE) d. 8-Vivian Segnini (BRA) 64 64

6-Zhou Yi-Miao (CHN) d. Q-Liu Chi-Fan (TPE) 76(5) 75
WC-Yoo Mi (KOR) d. Liang Chen (CHN) 64 62
Shannon Golds (AUS) d. Kim So-Jung (KOR) 61 ret
Romana Tedjakusuma (INA) d. 3-Lee Jin-A (KOR) 63 06 64

Q-Kim Na-Ri (KOR) d. 7-Lee Ye-Ra (KOR) 76(5) 63
Chang Kyung-Mi (KOR) d. WC-Kim Ji-Ae (KOR) 61 62
Q-Anna Livadaru (GER) d. Maya Gaverova (RUS) 62 61
2-Ryoko Fuda (JPN) d. Q-Kim Hae-Sung (KOR) 63 62

Doubles Main Draw – 1st round results

(1) Hwang I-Hsuan/Zhang Ling (TPE/HKG) d. (WC) Hong Seung-Yeon/Yoo Mi (KOR) 64 57 10-3
Sophia Mulsap/Nungnadda Wannasuk (THA) d. Etsuko Kitazaki/Eugeniya Pashkova (JPN/RUS) 6-4, 6-4
(3) Yayuk Basuki/Romana Tedjakusuma (INA) d. Maki Arai/Xie Yan Ze (JPN/CHN) 67(4) 76(3) 10-0
Kao Shao-Yuan/Zhou Yi-Miao (TPE/CHN) d. (WC) Kim So-Jung/Lee Ye-Ra (KOR) 57 64 10-8
Liang Chen/Sun Sheng-Nan (CHN) d. Lucia Gonzalez/Renee Lampret (AUS) 62 61
(4) Chen Yi/Ryoko Fuda (TPE/JPN) d. Lizaan Du Plessis/Shannon Golds (RSA/AUS) 75 63
Chang Kyung-Mi/Lee Jin-A (KOR) d. Lena Litvak/Vivian Segnini (USA/BRA) 63 64
(2) Han Xinyun/Ji Chunmei (CHN) vs (WC) Chae Kyung-Yee/Kim Ji-Ae (KOR) 36 61 10-2

Photo of Romana Tedjakusuma is courtesy of sekolahtenisktc.com

Peruvian qualifier Botto shocks Croat beauty Tomjlanovic

Another seeded player bundled out in third round or round 16 at Roland Garros on Wednesday (June 3, 2009) when Peruvian qualifier Bianca Botto continued her fairytale by disposing sixth seed Croat Ajla Tomljanovic 6-1, 3-6, 7-5. In quarterfinals, Botto will challenge talented Russian Daria Gavrilova who saw-off the last Asian in third round Zarina Diyas with breezy 6-2, 6-1 victory. Meanwhile the only ITF A team member left standing was South African Chanel Simmonds who extended her winning trend as she secured her quarterfinals’ berth after beating “giant killer” Sandra Zaniewska of Poland 6-4, 6-2. In the last eight round, Simmonds will challenge ninth seed and sole local hope, Kristina Mladenovic. Mladenovic outclassed Slovenian Nastja Kolar 6-0, 6-3 in round 16.

Third seed and champion of Australian Open 2009, Ksenia Pervak came through such fierce opposition from 14th seed American Christina Mc Hale and she won 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. In quarterfinals, Pervak will clash with her compatriot Valeria Solovieva who ousted American Beatrice Capra 6-2, 6-4 in third round.

In doubles’ second round or round 16, two seeded pairs were shocked as they bowed out to their opponents. Fifth seed duo Veronica Cepede Royg/Camila Silva (Paraguay/Chile) lost to Aussie duet Isabella Holland/Olivia Rogowska 2-6, 2-6, then eighth seed pair Christina Mc Hale/Sloane Stephens of USA bowed out to Katerina Paliivets/Chanel Simmonds (Canada/South Africa) 4-6, 2-6. Meanwhile third seed duo Timea Babos/Heather Watson (Hungary/Great Britain) dispatched Russian duet Polina Leykina/Ekatrina Nikitina 6-3, 6-2. Also moving into the last eight round, duo Ksenia Kirillova/Martina Trevisan (Russia/Italy) who edged past local duet Nathalie Mohn/Gracia Radovanovic 6-3, 6-2.

Singles – 3rd round or round 16 results

Chanel Simmonds RSA d. Sandra Zaniewska POL 64 62
9-Kristina Mladenovic FRA d. Nastja Kolar SLO 60 63
Valeria Solovieva RUS d. Beatrice Capra USA 62 64
Daria Gavrilova RUS d. Zarina Diyas KAZ 62 61
3-Ksenia Pervak RUS d. 14-Christina Mc Hale USA 64 46 62
Q-Bianca Botto PER d. 6-Ajla Tomjlanovic CRO 61 36 75

Doubles – 2nd round or round 16 results

Ksenia Kirillova/Martina Trevisan (RUS/ITA) d. Nathalie Mohn/Gracia Radovanovic (FRA) 63 62
Isabella Holland/Olivia Rogowska (AUS) d. (5) Veronica Cepede Royg/Camila Silva (PAR/CHI) 62 62
(3) Timea Babos/Heather Watson (HUN/GBR) d. Polina Leykina/Ekaterina Nikitina (RUS) 63 62
Katerina Paliivets/Chanel Simmonds (CAN/RSA) d. (8) Christina Mc Hale/Sloane Stephens (USA) 64 62

Photo of Bianca Botto is courtesy of livinginperu.com

Top seed Robson bows out at Roland Garros

Top seed Laura Robson of Great Britain crashed out in the second round or round 32 at Roland Garros on Tuesday (June 2, 2009). The Wimbledon 2008 junior champion and current world junior number one could not handle such stiff challenge from Pole Sandra Zaniewska. In the opening set, it was truly close match as it went into tie-break but Zaniewska showed her better mental toughness than her opponent in sealing 12-10. In second set, Robson stormed back quickly to take 6-1 and forced the battle into third set. In the end, Zaniewska played better and closed it out 6-3. In round 16, Zaniewska will clash with South African Chanel Simmonds who posted a slight surprise as she won over her ITF A team mate, sixteenth seed Veronica Cepede Royg from Paraguay with comfortable 6-1, 6-3 victory.

Local player and ninth seed Katerina Mladenovic also moved into round 16 after she cruised past Slovak Jana Cepelova 6-1, 6-3. Meanwhile, the only Asian left standing was Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan and she got her ticket into round 16 as she edged past Lesley Kerkhove of the Netherlands 6-4, 6-4.

More upsets happened in the only two matches of round 16 on Tuesday. The recent winner of “50th Trofeo Bonfiglio”, a Grade A tourney in Milan, Italy – 15th seed and qualifier Sloane Stephens from Florida, USA demonstrated her determination to beat fourth seed Hungarian Timea Babos 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Another surprise was made by 11th seed Croat Silvia Njiric as she battled past 8th seed Elena Bogdan of Romania 7-5, 6-0.

In doubles’ first round, top seed pair Ana Bogdan/Ajla Tomjlanovic (Romania/Croatia) also crashed out after they were shocked by duo Ksenia Kirillova/Martina Trevisan (Russia/Italy) 2-6, 1-6.

Singles – 2nd round or round 32 results
Sandra Zaniewska POL d. 1-Laura Robson GBR 76(10) 16 63
Chanel Simmonds RSA d. 16-Veronica Cepede Royg PAR 61 63
9-Kristina Mladenovic FRA d. Jana Cepelova SVK 61 63
Nastja Kolar SLO d. Yana Buchina RUS 57 64 64
Beatrice Capra USA d. Richel Hogenkamp NED 61 16 64
Valeria Solovieva RUS d. Nathalie Mohn FRA 63 63
Daria Gavrilova RUS d. Gracia Radovanovic FRA 62 64
Zarina Diyaz KAZ d. Lesley Kerkhove NED 64 64

Singles – 3rd round or round 16 results
15-Q-Sloane Stephens USA d. 4-Timea Babos HUN 64 26 64
11-Silvia Njiric CRO d. 8-Elena Bogdan ROU 75 60

Doubles – 1st round or round 32 results
Ksenia Kirillova/Martina Trevisan (RUS/ITA) d. (1) Ana Bogdan/Ajla Tomjlanovic (ROU/CRO) 62 61
Nathalie Mohn/Gracia Radovanovic (FRA) d. Hannah James/Maryna Zanevska (GBR/UKR) 60 61
Isabella Holland/Olivia Rogowska (AUS) d. Nadejda Guskova/Karina Pimkina (RUS) 46 61 10-5
(5) Veronica Cepede Royg/Camila Silva (PAR/CHI) d. Linda Berlinecke/Nastja Kolar (GER/SLO) 06 75 10-1
(3) Timea Babos/Heather Watson (HUN/GBR) d. Mallory Burdette/Quirine Lemoine (USA/NED) 64 75
Polina Leykina/Ekaterina Nikitina (RUS) d. Leolia Jeanjean/Daria Salnikova (FRA/RUS) 64 26 10-8
Katerina Paliivets/Chanel Simmonds (CAN/RSA) d. Tamara Curovic/Nataliya Pintusova (SRB/BLR) 62 62
(8) Christina Mc Hale/Sloane Stephens (USA) d. Zarina Diyas/Valeria Savinykh (KAZ/RUS) 76(2) 75

Doubles – 2nd round or round 16 results
(6) Yana Buchina/Ksenia Pervak (RUS) d. Ulrikke Eikeri/Zsofia Susanyi (NOR/HUN) 26 62 10-0
(4) Kristina Mladenovic/Silvia Njiric (FRA/CRO) d. Stephanie Cornish/Paula Ormaechea (GBR/ARG) 76(3) 60
(7) Beatrice Capra/Lauren Embree (USA) d. Anna Orlik/Laura Robson (BLR/GBR) W/O
(2) Elena Bogdan/Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (ROU/THA) d. Irina Khromacheva/An-Sophie Mestach (RUS/BEL) 63 57 10-3

Photo of Laura Robson is courtesy of uk.eurosport.yahoo.com

Fifth seed Hwang survives the scare in opener of Gimhae 25K

Only six singles’ first round matches were scheduled along with four doubles’ opening round matches at “ITF Gimhae International Women’s Circuit” with total prize money of US $ 25,000 on Tuesday (June 2, 2009). The only seed in action was fifth seed Hwang I-Hsuan from Chinese Taipei who had difficulty in the opening set and eventually she came back to win 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 over Aussie Monika Wejnert. Also cruising into second round was China’s Xie Yan-Ze as she eased past Thai Nudnida “June” Luangnam 6-2, 6-2, followed by American Lena Litvak who breezed past local wild card Hong Hyun-Hui 6-2, 6-1. A bitter end suffered by resurgent local player, Kim So-Jung who lost to Aussie Shannon Golds 1-6 retired. Meanwhile two more opening rounds were in favor of local players as wild card Yoo Mi edged past China’s Liang Chen 6-4, 6-2 and then Chang Kyung-Mi outclassed another local wild card Kim Ji-Ae 6-1, 6-2.

Two weeks in a row, China’s Lu Jing-Jing stayed as top seed and again this week she is topping the main draw here at “ITF Gimhae International Women’s Circuit” which is held at Gimhae Neung Dong Tennis Courts. Lu focuses on playing singles only this week, she will begin her campaign against her compatriot, qualifier Sun Shengnan in the first round on Wednesday. Second seed Japanese Ryoko Fuda will clash with local qualifier Kim Hae-Sung also in the opening round.

Meanwhile third seed is local number one player, Lee Jin-A and she will try to get her revenge over Indonesian veteran Romana Tedjakusuma in the first round. Fourth seed is 19 years old Han Xinyun from China, recent winner at Goyang 25K this past week-end and she will face China born Zhang Ling of Hong Kong. Followed by sixth seed Zhou Yi-Miao of China who will begin her campaign against qualifier Liu Chi-Fan from Chinese Taipei. The two remaining seeded players, seventh seed local player Lee Ye-Ra is drawn to meet her compatriot, qualifier Kim Na-Ri in the first round, then eighth seed Vivian Segnini of Brazil will clash with qualifier Chen Yi from Chinese Taipei.

Q1 results
1-Eugeniya Pashkova (RUS) - BYE
Mun Ye-Ji (KOR) d. Park Dan-Bi (KOR) 60 60
Hwang Eun-Jeong (KOR) d. Oh Hee-Jin (KOR) 60 61
10-Kim Na-Ri (KOR) d. Oh Ji-Hyun (KOR) 63 61
2-Chen Yi (TPE) - BYE
Han Na-Lae (KOR) d. Park So-Ri (KOR) 60 60
Park Hye-Young (KOR) d. Lee Hwa (KOR) 62 46 64
15-Ji Chun-Mei (CHN) d. Byun Hye-Mi (KOR) 64 64

3-Kim Hae-Sung (KOR) - BYE
Lim Sae-Mi (KOR) d. Oh Hae-Jin (KOR) 62 75
Brittany Teei (NZL) d. Lucia Gonzalez (AUS) 64 64
14-Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic (GER) d. Lee Se Won (KOR)
4-Nungnadda Wannasuk (THA) - BYE
Liu Chi-Fan (TPE) d. Park Ji Yun (KOR) 60 63
Lee Ji-Hyun (KOR) d. Maeng Hyun-Jin (KOR) 36 63 64
12-Huang Lei (CHN) d. Kang You-Jin (KOR) 61 60

5-Lizaan Du Plessis (RSA) d. Yea Hyojung (KOR) 75 61
Sun Sheng-Nan (CHN) d. Lee Bit-Na (KOR) 61 60
Renee Lampret (AUS) d. Yoon Ji-Won (KOR) 62 60
16-Sophia Mulsap (THA) d. Kim, Hyun-Jung (KOR) 60 63
6-Kim Kun-Hee (KOR) d. Sim A-ram (KOR) 64 64
Lee Ji-Hee (KOR) d. Sul You-Na (KOR) 61 60
You Ju-Hee (KOR) d. Jeon Jeong Min (KOR) 63 61
9-Kim Ji-Young (KOR) d. Daria Maslennikova (RUS) 61 63

7-Yu Min-Hwa (KOR) d. Yoo Ji-Hye (KOR) 61 61
Anna Livadaru (GER) d. Kao Shao-Yuan (TPE) 63 60
Kim Ji-Sun (KOR) d. Zhou Ya (CHN) 63 61
11-Maki Arai (JPN) d. Maxine Thomas (USA) 62 75
8-Etsuko Kitazaki (JPN) d. Yoo Jin (KOR) 75 62
Saori Karikomi (JPN) d. Na Doo-Ri (KOR) 60 62
Ham Mi-Rae (KOR) d. Kang Da Hye (KOR) 61 62
Lee Hye-Min (KOR) d. 13-Aki Yamasoto (JPN) 63 64

Q2 results
1-Eugeniya Pashkova (RUS) d. Mun Ye-Ji (KOR) 63 60
10-Kim Na-Ri (KOR) d. Hwang Eun-Jeong (KOR) 62 63
2-Chen Yi (TPE) d. Han Na-Lae (KOR) 75 62
15-Ji Chun-Mei (CHN) d. Park Hye-Young (KOR) 60 62

3-Kim Hae-Sung (KOR) d. Lim Sae-Mi (KOR) 64 63
14-Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic (GER) d. Brittany Teei (NZL) 61 62
Liu Chi-Fan (TPE) d. 4-Nungnadda Wannasuk (THA) 6-3 Retired
12-Huang Lei (CHN) d. Lee Ji-Hyun (KOR) 62 61

Sun Sheng-Nan (CHN) d. 5-Lizaan Du Plessis (RSA) 62 64
16-Sophia Mulsap (THA) d. Renee Lampret (AUS) 61 64
6-Kim Kun-Hee (KOR) d. Lee Ji-Hee (KOR) 64 60
You Ju-Hee (KOR) d. 9-Kim Ji-Young (KOR) 63 3-2 Retired

Anna Livadaru (GER) d. 7-Yu Min-Hwa (KOR) 63 57 64
Kim Ji-Sun (KOR) d. 11-Maki Arai (JPN) 61 60
Saori Karikomi (JPN) d. 8-Etsuko Kitazaki (JPN) 76(3) 60
Lee Hye-Min (KOR) d. Ham Mi-Rae (KOR) 63 64

Q3 or Final Qualifying Results
10-Kim Na-Ri (KOR) d. 1-Eugeniya Pashkova (RUS) 16 62 62
2-Chen Yi (TPE) d. 15-Ji Chun-Mei (CHN) 64 75
3-Kim Hae-Sung (KOR) d. 14-Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic (GER) 76(4) 64
Liu Chi-Fan (TPE) d. 12-Huang Lei (CHN) 46 61 62
Sun Sheng-Nan (CHN) d. 16-Sophia Mulsap (THA) 61 61
6-KIM, Kun-Hee (KOR) d. YOU, Ju-Hee (KOR) 76(1) 36 64
Anna Livadaru (GER) d. Kim Ji-Sun (KOR) 64 61
Saori Karikomi (JPN) d. Lee Hye-Min (KOR) 63 62

Singles Main Draw
1-Lu Jing-Jing (CHN) vs Q-Sun Sheng-Nan (CHN)
WC-Hong Seung-Yeon (KOR) vs Q-Saori Karikomi (JPN)
Xie Yan-Ze (CHN) d. Nudnida Luangnam (THA) 62 62
5-Hwang I-Hsuan (TPE) d. Monika Wejnert (AUS) 57 62 63

4-Han Xinyun (CHN) vs Zhang Ling (HKG)
Chae Kyung-Yee (KOR) vs Q-Kim Kun-Hee (KOR)
Lena Litvak (USA) d. WC-Hong Hyun-Hui (KOR) 62 61
8-Vivian Segnini (BRA) vs Q-Chen Yi (TPE)

6-Zhou Yi-Miao (CHN) vs Q-Liu Chi-Fan (TPE)
WC-Yoo Mi (KOR) d. Liang Chen (CHN) 64 62
Shannon Golds (AUS) d. Kim So-Jung (KOR) 61 ret
3-Lee Jin-A (KOR) vs Romana Tedjakusuma (INA)

7-Lee Ye-Ra (KOR) vs Q-Kim Na-Ri (KOR)
Chang Kyung-Mi (KOR) d. WC-Kim Ji-Ae (KOR) 61 62
Q-Anna Livadaru (GER) vs Maya Gaverova (RUS)
2-Ryoko Fuda (JPN) vs Q-Kim Hae-Sung (KOR)

Doubles Main Draw
(1) Hwang I-Hsuan/Zhang Ling (TPE/HKG) d. (WC) Hong Seung-Yeon/Yoo Mi (KOR) 64 57 10-3
Sophia Mulsap/Nungnadda Wannasuk (THA) d. Etsuko Kitazaki/Eugeniya Pashkova (JPN/RUS) 6-4, 6-4
(3) Yayuk Basuki/Romana Tedjakusuma (INA) vs Maki Arai/Xie Yan Ze (JPN/CHN)
(WC) Kim So-Jung/Lee Ye-Ra (KOR) vs Kao Shao-Yuan/Zhou Yi-Miao (TPE/CHN)
Liang Chen/Sun Sheng-Nan (CHN) d. Lucia Gonzalez/Renee Lampret (AUS) 62 61
(4) Chen Yi/Ryoko Fuda (TPE/JPN) d. Lizaan Du Plessis/Shannon Golds (RSA/AUS) 75 63
Chang Kyung-Mi/Lee Jin-A (KOR) vs Lena Litvak/Vivian Segnini (USA/BRA)
(2) Han Xinyun/Ji Chunmei (CHN) vs (WC) Chae Kyung-Yee/Kim Ji-Ae (KOR)

Deja vu for Ana Bogdan in Paris

Biggest shock of the day when second seed Ana Bogdan of Romania bundled out as she bowed out to Lesley Kerkhove from the Netherlands in the opening round (round 64) at Roland Garros on Monday, June 1, 2009. Appearing in her second stint at Roland Garros, currently ranked at ITF 2 Bogdan faced strong challenge by Dutch Kerkhove and lost 5-7, 7-6(3), 1-6. Last year in her first ever participation at Roland Garros, 16 years old Bogdan also exited in round 64 after she was ousted by another Dutch Richel Hogenkamp in three sets. In her total of five grand slams’ performance, Bogdan claimed her best outcome at Australian Open 2009 when she finished as semi-finalist as she lost to the eventual winner, Russian Ksenia Pervak. Bogdan also crashed out in the opening round at Wimbledon and US Open last year.

Another surprise was the departure of Thai sensation and fifth seed Noppawan “Nok” Lertcheewakarn as she was beaten by Dutch girl, Richel Hogenkamp 4-6, 3-6 in the first round on Monday’s first match on court 14. Last year in her appearance here at Roland Garros, Lertcheewakarn failed to reach quarterfinals as she was defeated in round 16. Lertcheewakarn made history as she was once ranked ITF 1 as per December 8, 2008. In the meantime, another upset in the opening round was made by local player Gracia Radovanovic when she edged past thirteenth seed Heather Watson from Great Britain 7-5, 6-4.

Top seed Laura Robson of Great Britain had to fight hard in her opening round as she was a set down but managed to found her own game back to beat Russian Karina Pimkina 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. Two members of ITF A team, sixteenth seed Veronica Cepede Royg of Paraguay and South African Chanel Simmonds posted first round victory then they will battle each other in round 32. Cepede Royg cruised past Maryna Zanevska from Ukraine 6-2, 7-5, while Simmonds breezed past Canadian Katarena Paliivets 6-2, 6-1.

In several second round actions, a surprise was capitalized by Peruvian qualifier Bianca Botto after she came back from a set deficit to topple twelveth seed Aussie Olivia Rogowska 2-6, 6-1, 9-7. Botto sneaked in to advance into round 16 together with third seed Russian Ksenia Pervak, fourth seed Hungarian Timea Babos who both survived scare in three sets, then followed by sixth seed Croat Ajla Tomljanovic, eighth seed Elena Bogdan of Romania, eleventh seed Croat Silvia Njiric, fourteenth seed Christina Mc Hale of USA and fifteenth seed Floridian Sloane Stephens.

In doubles’ first round, duo Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing of Indonesia and Fatma Al-Nabhani from Oman played quite impressive throughout the match despite their defeat to sixth seed pair Yana Buchina/Ksenia Pervak of Russia. Playing really well, duo Ysidora Tobing/Nabhani outfoxed Russian duet Buchina/Pervak 6-1 in 22 minutes to claim the opening set. Eventually the Russian duo fought back to seal 6-4 (in 40 minutes) in second set and they closed it out 12-10 in 17 minutes. It was indeed bad luck for duo Ysidora Tobing/Nabhani!

Match statistics:

Buchina/Pervak vs Ysidora Tobing/Nabhani
1st serve percentage 47 of 64 = 73% vs 28 of 55 = 51%
Aces 0 vs 1
Double Fault 7 vs 1
Winning percentage on 1st serve 25 of 47 = 53% vs 18 of 28 = 64%
Winning percentage on 2nd serve 5 of 17 = 29% vs 12 of 27 = 44%
Winners (including serve) 30 vs 30
Receiving points won 23 of 55 = 42% vs 34 of 64 = 53%
Break point conversions 3 of 6 = 50% vs 5 of 11 = 45%
Total points won 55 vs 64

Singles – 1st round or round 64 results
1-Laura Robson GBR d. Karina Pimkina RUS 26 63 63
Sandra Zaniewska POL d. Leolia Jeanjean FRA 61 62
Chanel Simmonds RSA d. Katarena Paliivets CAN 62 61
16-Veronica Cepede Royg PAR d. Maryna Zanevska UKR 62 75
9-Kristina Mladenovic FRA vs Q-Sina Haas GER 60 61
Richel Hogenkamp NED d. 5-Noppawan Lertcheewakarn THA 64 63
Gracia Radovanovic FRA d. 13-Heather Watson GBR 75 64
Lesley Kerkhove NED d. 2-Ana Bogdan ROU 75 67(3) 61

Singles – 2nd round or round 32 results
3-Ksenia Pervak RUS d. LL-Fatma Al-Nabhani OMA 57 61 10-8
4-Timea Babos HUN d. Ksenia Kirillova RUS 67(3) 62 75
6-Ajla Tomljanovic CRO d. Alexandra Krunic SRB 62 62
8-Elena Bogdan ROU d. Q-Anna Orlik BLR 62 63
11-Silvia Njiric CRO d. Daria Salnikova RUS 63 64
Q-Bianca Botto PER d. 12-Olivia Rogowska AUS 26 61 9-7
14-Christina McHale USA d. Solene Ficheux FRA 63 61
15-Q-Sloane Stephens USA d. An-Sophie Mestach BEL 62 61

Doubles Main Draw
(1) Ana Bogdan/Ajla Tomjlanovic (ROU/CRO) vs Ksenia Kirillova/Martina Trevisan (RUS/ITA)
Hannah James/Maryna Zanevska (GBR/UKR) vs Nathalie Mohn/Gracia Radovanovic (FRA)
Isabella Holland/Olivia Rogowska (AUS) vs Nadejda Guskova/Karina Pimkina (RUS)
(5) Veronica Cepede Royg/Camila Silva (PAR/CHI) vs Linda Berlinecke/Nastja Kolar (GER/SLO)
(3) Timea Babos/Heather Watson (HUN/GBR) vs Mallory Burdette/Quirine Lemoine (USA/NED)
Polina Leykina/Ekaterina Nikitina (RUS) vs Leolia Jeanjean/Daria Salnikova (FRA/RUS)
Katerina Paliivets/Chanel Simmonds (CAN/RSA) vs Tamara Curovic/Nataliya Pintusova (SRB/BLR)
(8) Christina Mc Hale/Sloane Stephens (USA) vs Zarina Diyas/Valeria Savinykh (KAZ/RUS)
(6) Yana Buchina/Ksenia Pervak (RUS) d. Fatma Al-Nabhani/Grace Sari Ysidora (OMA/INA) 16 64 12-10
Ulrikke Eikeri/Zsofia Susanyi (NOR/HUN) d. Malou Ejdesgaard/Alejandra Granillo (DEN/MEX) 62 62
Stephanie Cornish/Paula Ormaechea (GBR/ARG) d. Jana Cepelova/Vivien Juhaszova (SVK) 76(4) 06 10-8
(4) Kristina Mladenovic/Silvia Njiric (FRA/CRO) d. Emi Mutaguchi/Akiko Omae (JPN) 62 61
(7) Beatrice Capra/Lauren Embree (USA) d. Chlothilde De Bernardi/Solene Ficheux (FRA) 62 62
Anna Orlik/Laura Robson (BLR/GBR) d. Alexandra Krunic/Sandra Zaniewska (SRB/POL) 46 76(3) 10-2
Irina Khromacheva/An-Sophie Mestach (RUS/BEL) d. Richel Hogenkamp/Lesley Kerkhove (NED) 16 63 10-8
(2) Elena Bogdan/Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (ROU/THA) d. Sina Haas/Magda Linette (GER/POL) 63 63

Photos of Ana Bogdan is courtesy of australianopen.com; Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing & Fatma Al Nabhani is courtesy of Erwin Kusnandar