Ysidora Tobing continues her saga into final

Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing, the youngest semi-finalist and unseeded player extended her “killing battle” towards Big Mama’s elite players. Playing her first ever 10K’s semi-final at Jakarta Women’s Circuit with total prize money of US $ 10,000 today (July 31, 2009) at Kemayoran Tennis Center, Ysidora Tobing proved as a young gun and the sole threat for Big Mama’s camp.

This time was second seed Sandy Gumulya who became Ysidora Tobing’s next casualty. She won 7-6(5), 6-2. It was certainly obvious that the 16 years old player looked tense in many parts of the match and so did her senior, Gumulya. A Batak girl, Ysidora Tobing opened her campaign by holding her serve and immediately Gumulya also did the same to level it up 1-1. Then Ysidora Tobing began to spray three unforced errors including a double fault which made Gumulya to lead 2-1. More service return errors came from Ysidora Tobing’s racket and gave free points to her opponent in further advancing 3-1. Gradually Ysidora Tobing involved in rallies with Gumulya and she made it to 3-3 as she found her own game. From then on it was a close match between the two players: 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5 until Gumulya forced it into tie break as she served an ace along with dropshot winner.

In tie break Gumulya had a lead till 4-3 then Ysidora Tobing managed to bounce back to be up 5-4, 6-5 and after a rally, Gumulya’s backhand hit the net to give the benefit forYsidora Tobing’s first set victory, 7-5.

In second set, the shift was in favor of Ysidora Tobing as she played better by scolding her opponent to keep running from side to side. She quickly took a lead 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2 and closed it out 6-2 after Gumulya’s erratic backhand turned wild. Yes, Ysidora Tobing booked her first ever 10K final’s ticket. Overall, the younger player showed mentally tougher than the older one.

Match statistics of Ysidora Tobing vs Gumulya
1st serve percentage 70% vs 70%
Ace 0 vs 1
Double Fault 4 vs 2
Winners 10 vs 9
Unforced errors 27 vs 40

Top seed Ayu Fani Damayanti did not play in her form especially in the opening set which caused her to lose 2-6 to fourth seed Jessy Rompies. It was truly a close match with many rallies involved and certainly groundstroke exchanges. Towards the end of second set, Rompies was frustrated with herself and it affected her game till the end. Indeed Damayanti fought back to win 7-5, 6-4 and earned her fourth 10K’s final of the season.

In doubles final, second seed local pair Rompies who partnered with Beatrice Gumulya failed to claim the title as they bowed out to top seed pair Nungnadda Wannasuk/Varatchaya Wongteanchai of Thailand 6-2, 6-7(4), 7-10.

Photos of Damayanti, Ysidora Tobing, Rompies & Gumulya by Adji Soedibjo

Ysidora Tobing shocks third seed Wongteanchai

Unseeded Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing continued her run as she romped into her first ever 10K’s semi-final along with Big Mama’s three seeded girls at Jakarta Women’s Circuit with total prize money of US $ 10,000 today (July 30, 2009) at Kemayoran Tennis Center owned by Big Mama or Martina Widjaja. It is such a rare treat for the local fans to witness all four local players in the last four round.

The biggest shock of the day was capitalized by 16 years old Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing as she cruised past third seed Varatchaya Wongteanchai of Thailand 6-2, 6-3 in quarterfinal. Ysidora Tobing started the match with love game and held her serve 1-0. She immediately broke Wongteanchai’s serve to lead 2-0 then 19 years old Wongteanchai broke back to closer the gap, 1-2. Basically Ysidora Tobing took charge of the game by combining her various groundstrokes in forcing her opponent to move from side to side. Only playing in her third 10K since last year, Ysidora Tobing was unstoppable to lead 5-1, 5-2 and she closed it out 6-2.

In second set, both players had service game till the younger one was up 3-2 then she was able to break Wongteanchai’s serve to further lead 4-2, 5-2. The Thai player still managed to hold her serve and made it to 3-5 and finally Wongteanchai’s backhand return hit the net to end the match as Ysidora Tobing won 6-3. All in all, Ysidora Tobing improved her performance after 2 days in a row of three sets in which she demonstrated good serve, smart attacking game combined with strong determination.

Match statistics of Ysidora Tobing vs Wongteanchai

1st serve percentage 65% vs 65%
Ace 1 vs 0
Double Fault 2 vs 2
Winners 15 vs 13
Unforced errors 17 vs 35

Top seed Ayu Fani Damayanti had a relatively easy outing when she edged past Thai Nungnadda Wannasuk 6-1, 6-3. In contrast, second seed Sandy Gumulya and fourth seed Jessy Rompies had to go through thriller of three sets. Former Indonesia’s number one Gumulya was able to win over Thai qualifier, Natchanok Saenyaukhot 0-6, 6-2, 6-0, while Rompies fought back after a set down and defeated eighth seed Kim Ji-Young 2-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Singles Main Draw

Quarterfinal results
1-Ayu-Fani DAMAYANTI (INA) d. 5-Nungnadda WANNASUK (THA) 61 63

4-Jessy ROMPIES (INA) d. 8-KIM Ji-Young (KOR) 26 62 61

Grace Sari YSIDORA (INA) d. 3-Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) 62 63

2-Sandy GUMULYA (INA) d. Q-Natchanok SAENYAUKHOT (THA) 06 62 60


Doubles Main Draw

Semi-final results
1-Nungnadda WANNASUK/Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) d. JUAN Ting-Fei/PANG Yang (TPE/CHN) 61 61
2-Jessy Rompies/Beatrice GUMULYA d. Ayu Fani DAMAYANTI/Tomoko TAIRA (INA/JPN) 64 61

Photos of Ysidora Tobing & Wongteanchai by Adji Soedibjo

Big Mama's trio and Ysidora Tobing reach quarterfinals

Three Big Mama's girls along with Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing cruised into quarterfinals at Jakarta Women Circuit today. Top seed Ayu Fani Damayanti hardly faced any challenge from her opponent, lucky loser Yamini Reddy of India and Damayanti crushed Reddy 6-0, 6-0 in second round. Followed by second seed Sandy Gumulya who defeated Malaysian Jawairiah Noordin 3-6, 6-0 retired. Noordin had an ankle problem. Meanwhile fourth seed Jessy Rompies dispatched local wild card Karyn Emeralda 6-3, 6-0.

Also advancing into quarterfinal was Ysidora Tobing. The 16 years old player had to play more than 2 hours again as she survived the scare of Juan Ting-Fei from Chinese Taipei. In the end Ysidora Tobing saw off Juan 6-0, 5-7, 6-3. In her 2nd quarterfinal of 10K, Ysidora Tobing will challenge third seed Varatchaya Wongteanchai of Thailand who also managed to overcome her opponent's fight with 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(6) victory over Thai Nicha Lertpitaksinchai.

Local qualifier Nadia Ravita had to end her first ever 10K as she bowed out to Nungnadda Wannasuk 2-6, 3-6.

Singles Main Draw

2nd round results
1-Ayu-Fani DAMAYANTI (INA) d. LL-Yamini REDDY (IND) 60 60
5-Nungnadda WANNASUK (THA) d. Q-Nadia RAVITA (INA) 62 63

4-Jessy ROMPIES (INA) d. WC-Karyn EMERALDA (INA) 63 60
8-KIM Ji-Young (KOR) d. Kanyapat NARATTANA (THA) 63 61

Grace Sari YSIDORA (INA) d. JUAN Ting-Fei (TPE) 60 57 63
3-Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) d. Nicha LERTPITAKSINCHAI (THA) 64 26 76(4)

Q-Natchanok SAENYAUKHOT (THA) d. 7-LIU Shaozhuo (CHN) 4-4 retired
2-Sandy GUMULYA (INA) d. Jawairiah NOORDIN (MAS) 36 60 retired


Doubles Main Draw

Quarter-final results
1-Nungnadda WANNASUK/Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) d. KIM Ji-Young/KIM Joohyoung (KOR) 62 63

JUAN Ting-Fei/PANG Yang (TPE/CHN) d. 4-HE Chun-Yan/LIU Shaozhuo (CHN) walk over

3-Ayu Fani DAMAYANTI/Tomoko TAIRA (INA/JPN) d. Renee BINNIE/NGUYEN Thuy-Dung (AUS/VIE) 62 76(6)

2-Beatrice GUMULYA/Jessy ROMPIES (INA) d. Nicha LERTPITAKSINCHAI/Kanyapat NARATTANA (THA) 63 64

Photos of Damayanti, Gumulya & Ysidora are taken by Adji Soedibjo

Photo Gallery - Jakarta 10K

Photos of Gumulya, Lertpitaksinchai & Narattana by Adji Soedibjo

Ysidora Tobing surprises Tananta - one of Big Mama's girls

Jakarta Women’s Circuit with total prize money of US $ 10,000 began its main draw today (July 28, 2009) at Kemayoran Tennis Center, Jakarta. It was sad to witness such bad condition of all hard courts at the center and for the tourney itself looked so dull since I did not see any sponsor banner at all. Apparently as it came as no surprise, no sponsor was behind of this reason and it was certainly a big question mark for Indonesia Tennis Association or known as Pelti. Then business as usual, the president of Pelti Martina Widjaja rescued the existence of Jakarta 10K by being the sole sponsor.

The biggest shock of the day was made by up and coming 16 years old Grace Sari Ysidora Tobing as she came back from a set down to topple sixth seed Lavinia Tananta 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. Both players played on court one which was designated as the center court but without scoring board. In the opening set, Tananta was simply playing well and she took an early 3-0 lead but then Ysidora Tobing fought harder to close the gap 2-3 and Tananta was unstoppable and she kept on fighting to take the first set 6-2.

In second set, currently ranked at WTA 905 Ysidora Tobing regained her composure and quickly to lead 4-1. Eventually Ysidora Tobing was able to close it out 6-3 and forced the battle into third set. Along the match both players showed their groundstroke contest combined with rallies which in the end caused Tananta to be worn out. Actually, on the break before the final set started, Ysidora Tobing asked for medical treatment as she had blister on her foot. All in all, it was not a quality match since both players made many unforced errors. Finally, Ysidora Tobing claimed her final set with 7-5 victory after 2 hours and 30 minutes.

On national level, Tananta led 3-0 in her head to head with Ysidora Tobing from “Cigna Open 2008”, “National Games 2008” and “Garuda Indonesia Masters Series 2008”. Below you may see their today’s match statistics.

Ysidora Tobing vs Tananta

1st serve percentage 60% vs 66%
Ace 1 vs 0
Double Fault 5 vs 5
Winners 18 vs 19
Unforced errors 46 vs 54
Winning on 1st serve 82% vs 49%
Winning on 2nd serve 44% vs 48%
Receiving points won 51% vs 49%


In the afternoon, second seed Sandy Gumulya returned after few months away from the tour due to right knee injury. Playing against wild card Nadia Frederika, Gumulya was still rusty and she made many unforced errors. Nevertheless, Gumulya survived the scare after she managed to beat Frederika 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

Singles Main Draw

1st round results
1-Ayu-Fani DAMAYANTI (INA) d. Shivika BURMAN (IND) 60 60
LL-Yamini REDDY (IND) d. Q-Lauren Joanna LANG (INA) 60 63
Q-Nadia RAVITA (INA) d. WC-Bella DESTRIANA (INA) 63 1-0 Retired
5-Nungnadda WANNASUK (THA) d. Q-PANG Yang (CHN) 63 62

4-Jessy ROMPIES (INA) d. Sophia MULSAP (THA) 63 62
WC-Karyn EMERALDA (INA) d. WC-Vannesa GUNAWAN (INA) 6-0 Retired
Kanyapat NARATTANA (THA) d. HE Chun-Yan (CHN) 62 64
8-KIM Ji-Young (KOR) d. Q-Rani Fitriya WARDHANI (INA) 60 60

Grace Sari YSIDORA (INA) d. 6-Lavinia TANANTA (INA) 26 63 75
JUAN Ting-Fei (TPE) d. KIM Joohyoung (KOR) 63 46 75
Nicha LERTPITAKSINCHAI (THA) d. Q-KANG You-Jin (KOR) 63 16 62
3-Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) d. Renee BINNIE (AUS) 62 61

7-LIU Shaozhuo (CHN) d. Beatrice GUMULYA (INA) 26 63 76(3)
Q-Natchanok SAENYAUKHOT (THA) d. Q-Tomoko TAIRA (JPN) 75 62
Jawairiah NOORDIN (MAS) d. Q-Siriporn PHAKAMAD (THA) 61 61
2-Sandy GUMULYA (INA) d. WC-Nadia FREDERIKA (INA) 63 46 62

Doubles Main Draw

1st round results
1-Nungnadda WANNASUK/Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) d. Karyn EMERALDA/Jawairiah NOORDIN (INA/MAS) 60 63
KIM Ji-Young/KIM Joohyoung (KOR) d. Dipti SRIVASTAVA/Rani Fitriya WARDHANI (IND/INA) 64 62

4-HE Chun-Yan/LIU Shaozhuo (CHN) d. Bella DESTRIANA/Grace Sari YSIDORA (INA) 61 61
JUAN Ting-Fei/PANG Yang (TPE/CHN) d. Siriporn PHAKAMAD/Harshini REDDY (THA/IND) 64 62

Renee BINNIE/NGUYEN Thuy-Dung (AUS/VIE) d. Ajeng AQUINIA/Yamini REDDY (INA/IND) 60 60
3-Ayu Fani DAMAYANTI/Tomoko TAIRA (INA/JPN) d. Shivika BURMAN/KANG You-Jin (IND/KOR) 62 61

Nicha LERTPITAKSINCHAI/Kanyapat NARATTANA (THA) d. Claire Cynthia MULYADI/ZHOU Ya (INA/CHN) 75 61
2-Beatrice GUMULYA/Jessy ROMPIES (INA) d. Sophia MULSAP/Natchanok SAENYAUKHOT (THA) 75 60

Photos of Ysidora Tobing & Tananta are personal shots by Adji Soedibjo

Damayanti stays at the top

WTA ranks for Indonesians as per July 27, 2009


Singles
1. 327 (327) Ayu Fani Damayanti - 130 points, 12 touneys
2. 336 (334) Sandy Gumulya - 126 points, 10 tourneys
3. 516 (520) Romana Tedjakusuma - 60 points - 15 tourneys
4. 519 (522) Jessy Rompies - 59 points - 11 tourneys
5. 596 (598) Lavinia Tananta - 43 points - 9 tourneys
6. 865 (871) Beatrice Gumulya - 17 points - 5 tourneys
7. 905 (910) Grace Sari Ysidora - 14 points - 3 tourneys

Doubles
1. 188 (189) Romana Tedjakusuma - 384 points, 17 tourneys
2. 193 (191) Yayuk Basuki - 372 points, 14 tourneys
3. 402 (409) Jessy Rompies - 116 points, 10 tourneys
4. 414 (418) Lavinia Tananta - 111 points, 11 tourneys
5. 431 (430) Ayu Fani Damayanti - 103 points, 7 tourneys
6. 506 (503) Beatrice Gumulya - 78 points - 6 tourneys
7. 703 (695) Sandy Gumulya - 34 points, 6 tourneys
8. 975 (970) Grace Sari Ysidora - 9 points - 3 tourneys

Damayanti still tops the list among Indonesians

WTA ranks for Indonesians as per July 20, 2009


Singles
1. 327 (331) Ayu Fani Damayanti - 130 points, 12 touneys
2. 334 (339) Sandy Gumulya - 126 points, 10 tourneys
3. 520 (525) Romana Tedjakusuma - 60 points - 15 tourneys
4. 522 (529) Jessy Rompies - 59 points - 11 tourneys
5. 598 (599) Lavinia Tananta - 43 points - 9 tourneys
6. 871 (877) Beatrice Gumulya - 17 points - 5 tourneys
7. 910 (918) Grace Sari Ysidora - 14 points - 3 tourneys

Doubles
1. 189 (185) Romana Tedjakusuma - 384 points, 17 tourneys
2. 191 (187) Yayuk Basuki - 372 points, 14 tourneys
3. 409 (417) Jessy Rompies - 116 points, 10 tourneys
4. 418 (428) Lavinia Tananta - 111 points, 11 tourneys
5. 430 (439) Ayu Fani Damayanti - 103 points, 7 tourneys
6. 503 (508) Beatrice Gumulya - 78 points - 6 tourneys
7. 695 (702) Sandy Gumulya - 34 points, 6 tourneys
8. 970 (964) Grace Sari Ysidora - 9 points - 3 tourneys