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

Perfect birthday gift and awesome back to back title by Han

In the final of two lefties between local player, fifth seed Lee Jin-A against sixth seed Han Xinyun of China, it was certainly a close match all the way and in the end birthday girl Han prevailed to capture her back to back title within two weeks with 7-5, 6-4 victory. So, it was truly perfect birthday present for herself, as Han turned 19 years old on May 30, 2009 at “ITF Nong Hyup International Women’s Circuit 2009” in its final in Goyang, South Korea on Sunday (May 31, 2009).

Meanwhile South Korea’s number one Lee failed to take a great opportunity in claiming her back to back 25K title after Gimcheon in early May 2009. Most of the players then continued to compete at the final 25K tourney in Gimhae which will start its main draw on June 2, 2009.

Ysidora Tobing learns the lesson as she exits immediately

Performing in her first ever grand slam main draw, currently ranked at ITF 50 Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing of Indonesia crashed out immediately in the opening round (round 64) of French Open Junior Championships in Roland Garros, Paris, France this Sunday afternoon (May 31, 2009). Playing at court 5, Ysidora Tobing bowed out easily to left-handed eigth seed Elena Bogdan of Romania 1-6, 1-6 in just 51 minutes. 17 years old Bogdan is currently ranked at ITF 7 and she was runner-up here at Roland Garros last year.

Match statistics - Bogdan (41% first serve percentage, 1 ace), Ysidora Tobing (66% first serve percentage, 1 double fault).

In doubles, Ysidora Tobing is partnered with Fatma Al-Nabhani from Oman. Next week, Ysidora Tobing who is member of ITF A team will play at Offenbach Grade 1 in Germany and as of now she is number 6 in the main draw. Meanwhile, three other Asians in the main draw of Roland Garros are fifth seed Noppawan "Nok" Lertcheewakarn of Thailand, Zarina Diyas from Kazakhstan and lucky loser Fatma Al-Nabhani of Oman.

Singles Qualifying draw

STEPHENS, Sloane (USA,1) vs. OMAE, Akiko (JPN)
GINIER, Jessica (FRA,WC) vs. VINOGRADOVA,Polina (RUS,16)

LINETTE, Magda (POL,2) vs. STOICA, Ilinca (ROU)
BOLENDER, Brooke (USA) vs. HAAS, Sina (GER,11)

ORLIK, Anna (BLR,3) vs. BROULEAU, Lou (FRA,WC)
DABROWSKI, Gabriela (CAN) vs. GUSKOVA, Nadejda (RUS,15)

BURDETTE, Mallory (USA,4) vs. COLLOMBON, Alix (FRA,WC)
BULGAKOVA, Vaszilisza (HUN) vs. AL NABHANI, Fatma (OMA,9)

SKAMLOVA, Chantal (SVK,5) vs. VAN DER MEET, Angelique (NED)
SARRAZIN, Laetitia (FRA,WC) vs. TREVISAN, Martina (ITA,14)

JUHASZOVA, Vivien (SVK,6) vs. GAUVAIN, Sybille (FRA,WC)
SHROFF, Kyra (IND) vs. MARENKO, Anna Arina (RUS,10)

MIKO, Zsofia (HUN,7) vs. KUMKHUM, Luksika (THA)
GARCIA, Caroline (FRA,WC) vs. CERCONE, Alexandra (USA,12)

MUTAGUCHI, Emi (JPN,8) vs. BOTTO, Bianca (PER)
EJDESGAARD, Malou (DEN) vs. NIKITINA, Ekaterina (RUS,13)

Q1

1-STEPHENS, Sloane (USA) d. OMAE, Akiko (JPN) 63 63
16-VINOGRADOVA, Polina (RUS) d. WC-GINIER, Jessica (FRA) 76(8) 63
2-LINETTE, Magda (POL) d. STOICA, Ilinca (ROU) 75 64
11-HAAS, Sina (GER) d. BOLENDER, Brooke (USA) 64 60

3-ORLIK, Anna (BLR) d. WC-BROULEAU, Lou (FRA) 64 60
15-GUSKOVA, Nadejda (RUS) d. DABROWSKI, Gabriela (CAN) 26 62 63
4-BURDETTE, Mallory (USA) d. WC-COLLOMBON, Alix (FRA) 63 63
9-AL NABHANI, Fatma (OMA) d. BULGAKOVA, Vaszilisza (HUN) 64 64

VAN DER MEET, Angelique (NED) d. 5-SKAMLOVA, Chantal (SVK) 63 46 64
14-TREVISAN, Martina (ITA) d. WC-SARRAZIN, Laetitia (FRA) 62 75
6-JUHASZOVA, Vivien (SVK) d. WC-GAUVAIN, Sybille (FRA) 62 60
10-MARENKO, Anna Arina (RUS) d. SHROFF, Kyra (IND) 63 61

KUMKHUM, Luksika (THA) d. 7-MIKO, Zsofia (HUN) 4-0 Ret. (ankle)
WC-GARCIA, Caroline (FRA) d. 12-CERCONE, Alexandra (USA) 46 64 75
BOTTO, Bianca (PER) d. 8-MUTAGUCHI, Emi (JPN) 62 63
13-NIKITINA, Ekaterina (RUS) d. EJDESGAARD, Malou (DEN) 64 67(3) 14-12

Q2 or Final Qualifying
1-STEPHENS, Sloane (USA) d. 16-VINOGRADOVA, Polina (RUS) 63 75
11-HAAS, Sina (GER) d. 2-LINETTE, Magda (POL) 62 67(3) 64
3-ORLIK, Anna (BLR) d. 15-GUSKOVA, Nadejda (RUS) 75 62
4-BURDETTE, Mallory (USA) d. 9-AL NABHANI, Fatma (OMA) 62 64
14-TREVISAN, Martina (ITA) d. VAN DER MEET, Angelique (NED) 64 36 64
6-JUHASZOVA, Vivien (SVK) d. 10-MARENKO, Anna Arina (RUS) 64 16 62
WC-GARCIA, Caroline (FRA) d. KUMKHUM, Luksika (THA) 76(5) 64
BOTTO, Bianca (PER) d. 13-NIKITINA, Ekaterina (RUS) 76(0) 62

Singles Main Draw - 1st round

1-Laura Robson GBR vs Karina Pimkina RUS
Leolia Jeanjean FRA vs Sandra Zaniewska POL
Katarena Paliivets CAN vs Chanel Simmonds RSA
16-Veronica Cepede Royg PAR vs Maryna Zanevska UKR
9-Kristina Mladenovic FRA vs Q-Sina Haas GER
Jana Cepelova SVK d. Tamara Curovic SRB 57 62 61
Yana Buchina RUS d. Isabella Holland AUS 64 62
Nastja Kolar SLO d. 7-Lauren Embree USA 63 76(5)

4-Timea Babos HUN d. Hannah James GBR 75 63
Ksenia Kirillova RUS d. Cindy Chala FRA 63 75
An-Sophie Mestach BEL d. Irina Khromacheva RUS 60 62
15-Q-Sloane Stephens USA d. Quirine Lemoine NED 61 61
11-Silvia Njiric CRO d. Q-Caroline Garcia FRA 61 63
Daria Salnikova RUS d. Alejandra Granillo MEX 64 36 86
Q-Anna Orlik BLR d. Polina Leykina RUS 63 62
8-Elena Bogdan ROU d. Grace Sari Ysidora INA 61 61

5-Noppawan Lertcheewakarn THA vs Richel Hogenkamp NED
Beatrice Capra USA d. Charlotte Rodier FRA 76(2) 63
Nathalie Mohn FRA d. Linda Berlinecke GER 26 61 61
Valeria Solovieva RUS d. 10-Camila Silva CHI 60 62
14-Christina McHale USA d. Q-Martina Trevisan ITA 76(4) 62
Solene Ficheux FRA d. Stephanie Cornish GBR 46 60 63
LL-Fatma Al-Nabhani OMA d. Elora Dabija ROU 62 64 (Nabhani replaced Nataliya Pintusova BLR)
3-Ksenia Pervak RUS d. Q-Vivien Juhaszova SVK 62 60

6-Ajla Tomljanovic CRO d. Clothilde De Bernardi FRA 64 62
Alexandra Krunic SRB d. Valeria Savinykh RUS 61 63
Q-Bianca Botto PER d. Paula Ormaechea ARG 63 61
12-Olivia Rogowska AUS d. Zsofia Susanyi HUN 64 62
13-Heather Watson GBR vs Gracia Radovanovic FRA
Daria Gavrilova RUS d. Q-Mallory Burdette USA 63 64
Zarina Diyas KAZ d. Ulrikke Eikeri NOR 62 61
2-Ana Bogdan ROU vs Lesley Kerkhove NED

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) vs Fatma Al-Nabhani/Grace Sari Ysidora (OMA/INA)
Malou Ejdesgaard/Alejandra Granillo (DEN/MEX) vs Ulrikke Eikeri/Zsofia Susanyi (NOR/HUN)
Jana Cepelova/Vivien Juhaszova (SVK) vs Stephanie Cornish/Paula Ormaechea (GBR/ARG)
(4) Kristina Mladenovic/Silvia Njiric (FRA/CRO) vs Emi Mutaguchi/Akiko Omae (JPN)
(7) Beatrice Capra/Lauren Embree (USA) vs Chlothilde De Bernardi/Solene Ficheux (FRA)
Alexandra Krunic/Sandra Zaniewska (SRB/POL) vs Anna Orlik/Laura Robson (BLR/GBR)
Richel Hogenkamp/Lesley Kerkhove (NED) vs Irina Khromacheva/An-Sophie Mestach (RUS/BEL)
(2) Elena Bogdan/Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (ROU/THA) vs Sina Haas/Magda Linette (GER/POL)

Photos of Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing is courtesy of Erwin Kusnandar & Elena Bogdan is by daylife.com

Basuki/Tedjakusuma grab doubles title, Lee denies back to back all Chinese finals

Indonesian duo Yayuk Basuki/Romana Tedjakusuma claimed their second doubles' title in 25K within a month period after Balikpapan 25K. This time Basuki/Tedjakusuma earned their revenge over top seed Chinese pair Lu Jing-Jing/Sun Sheng-Nan at "ITF Nong Hyup International Women's Circuit" in Goyang, South Korea on Saturday (May 30, 2009). As unseeded pair the veterans duo barely lost the opening set to the Chinese duet 6-7(5), then Basuki/Tedjakusuma took every chance with their solid game to claim the two remaining sets, 6-3 and 10-8.

In singles semi-finals, top seed Lu Jing-Jing from China was shocked by fifth seed and local number one Lee Jin-A 2-6, 3-6. China's Lu did not seem to recover physically from a grueling match with local Lee Ye-Ra in quarterfinals, as she was pushed all the way into three sets.

In the other last four round, seventh seed Han Xinyun of China had similar way to seal her victory as in quarterfinals. 18 years old Han came back after a set deficit and then she defeated third seed Russian Elena Chalova 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-0.

Second seed Fuda crashes out in quarterfinals at Goyang

It was really a bad luck for local player, Lee "bouncy" Ye-Ra as she showed her determination throughout the match but she eventually just lost by heartbreaking tie-break in quarterfinals at "ITF Nong Hyup International Women's Circuit" in Goyang, South Korea on Friday (May 29, 2009). On the other hand, top seed Lu Jing-Jing from China looked so hungry to come out as winner and she was indeed tougher mentally in critical moments in defeating Lee in such grueling battle which she prevailed 6-3, 4-6 7-6(3). Lu will be challenged by local "ichiban" and fifth seed Lee Jin-A after she disposed the only qualifier left, Shannon Golds from the land of Crocodile Dundee with comfortable 6-1, 6-2 victory.

In the meantime, third seed Russian Elena Chalova continued her good form as she simply outclassed seventh seed Hwang I-Hsuan of Chinese Taipei 6-1, 6-1. The biggest upset was posted by up and coming sixth seed Han Xinyun of China when she fought back strongly after a set deficit to beat more experienced second seed Ryoko Fuda from the playground of Akira Kurosawa. Indeed, Han was triumphant with 4-6, 6-2, 6-0.

Photo of Elena Chalova is courtesy of itftennis.com

Current WTA Ranking for Indonesian players - as of May 25, 2009

Singles
1. 342(342) Sandy Gumulya - 126 points, 10 tourneys
2. 382(376) Ayu Fani Damayanti - 106 points - 10 tourneys
3. 506(505) Romana Tedjakusuma - 62 points - 15 tourneys
4. 569(762) Jessy Rompies - 50 points - 8 tourneys
5. 639(597) Lavinia Tananta - 37 points - 8 tourneys
6. 883(864) Beatrice Gumulya - 16 points - 4 tourneys
7. 916(910) Grace Sari Ysidora - 14 points - 3 tourneys

Doubles
1. 203(212) Romana Tedjakusuma - 358 points, 17 tourneys
2. 257(268) Yayuk Basuki - 264 points, 12 tourneys
3. 418(493) Jessy Rompies - 114 points - 8 tourneys
4. 427(521) Lavinia Tananta - 110 points - 10 tourneys
5. 455(605) Ayu Fani Damayanti - 95 points - 6 tourneys
6. 505(569) Beatrice Gumulya - 76 points - 4 tourneys
7. 684(676) Sandy Gumulya - 34 points, 6 tourneys
8. 943(942) Grace Sari Ysidora - 9 points - 3 tourneys