ITF W25 Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 March- 2 April, 2023

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ITF W25 Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 March- 2 April, 2023

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Opening a thread for this as Ankita is in main draw and Rutuja and Sahaja have moved to final qualifying round.

[Q1] (1) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,386) bye
[Q2] (5) Sahaja Yamlapalli (IND,484) bye

[Q2] (1) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,386) d. Fang Ying Xun (CHN,735) 62 62
[Q2] (5) Sahaja Yamlapalli (IND,484) d. Risa Ushijima (JPN,805) 61 63

Next,

[Q3] (1) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,386) vs. Hanyu Guo (CHN,915)

[Q3] (5) Sahaja Yamlapalli (IND,484) vs. (15) Leonie Kung (SUI,661)

Main draw-

[R1] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,226) vs. Jia-Jing Lu (CHN,363)
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Re: ITF W25 Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 March- 2 April, 2023

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I saw Sahaja's match. Played a little better than in other recent matches, but not yet at last year's levels. At least she had gotten over the DF problem for this match. She only had 4 of those in the match - and they were not of the "WTF" variety that makes you go "what the hell is wrong with you Sahaja,why are you serving the second serve 2 feet below the netchord or 4 feet away from the service box like you have lost your mind?". She looked steady in serving. But the shots are still hit and miss sometimes. The topnotch forehand and shot angles did show up once in a while, but occasionally she seemed to not position herself well or seemed to rush the shots without bending enough, and things like that. There are technical issues she and a coach can correct but she needs to just focus better on every shot, or play a lot more and get more instinctive about it. Anyway, she didn't look bad today and hopefully will retain the good serving form into further matches this week.
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Re: ITF W25 Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 March- 2 April, 2023

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Both FQR matches are tough for our players. Guo used to be ranked in the top-280 before Covid. Ankita runs into 33-year old Lu who has beaten her in their only H2H encounter. Hope Ankita reverses the results based on her current form.
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Re: ITF W25 Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 March- 2 April, 2023

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5th seed Sahaja got upset by the 15th seed Leonie Kung (SUI,670) at the Jakarta W25 qualies final. Lost 57 46. Again, 8 double faults in the match. At 4-4 in the second, just at the wrong time, she served two of them and got broken. So many errors in her shots too. Her game is now a total mess. It is probably fixable by a good coach, but I don't know if she has one.

And top seed Rutuja just got bageled by Gao. 06 00

Update: Rutuja lost 06 46 to Hanyu Guo (CHN,915) :( ... Rutuja got some horrific bad calls in the second set, especially in the game where she was broken at 1-1 in the second, but she was not playing anywhere near how well she can play anyway.
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Re: ITF W25 Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 March- 2 April, 2023

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jayakris wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 4:09 am 5th seed Sahaja got upset by the 15th seed Leonie Kung (SUI,670) at the Jakarta W25 qualies final.
No idea about the match but just a caveat that mentioning only ranking may be deceptive. Leonie is 22 yrs old herself, was the Wimbledon Jr Singles finalist (lost to Iga Swiatek - https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/video/m ... 18f00.html). Made it to WTA Thailand Open finals and WTA top-150 as a 19 yr old before the covid phase significantly impacted her in all angles. She had defeated Ankita Raina 6-0 6-1 too during that phase.

Leonie is in a terrible phase herself but just mentioning the potential of the opponent here.
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Re: ITF W25 Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 March- 2 April, 2023

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^^ Thanks. Actually she is Ankita's doubles partner too (they lost in the R1 there yesterday). But the opponent's quality is not really Sahaja's problem in these matches. She loses because she beats herself with too many double faults and unforced errors. Leonie looked very beatable. There were so many points I saw, where Sahaja would be in full control but would suddenly make an unforced error. There is also that tendency to make more mistakes at some crucial junctures in the match too. Hope she gets herself steadied. Sahaja's ceiling is quite high, if she can get herself off the floor and start winning.
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Re: ITF W25 Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 March- 2 April, 2023

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Dinesh wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 4:15 pm Both FQR matches are tough for our players. Guo used to be ranked in the top-280 before Covid.
Good call on Guo. She took out Rutuja, the top seed in the qualies, 60 64, and then just took out the main draw top seed Uchijima 62 61 too. She must be in great form.
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Re: ITF W25 Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 March- 2 April, 2023

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Good straight sets win for Ankita.

[R1] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,226) d. Jia-Jing Lu (CHN,363) 64 62

She plays another Chinese next.

[R2] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,226) vs. (Q) Ye Xin Ma (CHN,413)
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Re: ITF W25 Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 March- 2 April, 2023

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jayakris wrote: Wed Mar 22, 2023 3:55 am
Dinesh wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 4:15 pm Both FQR matches are tough for our players. Guo used to be ranked in the top-280 before Covid.
Good call on Guo. She took out Rutuja, the top seed in the qualies, 60 64, and then just took out the main draw top seed Uchijima 62 61 too. She must be in great form.
I reiterate.,..when will other people say the same for our players !!!!!
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Re: ITF W25 Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 March- 2 April, 2023

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^^ Ditto. I’ve been asking this question for years and joked what do the sports-XX forums discuss in same situations. Do they cite the rankings and prior exploits of Indian players? :rofl:
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Re: ITF W25 Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 March- 2 April, 2023

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^^^ They really don't have such "nationalistic" tennis fan group like we have here :) ... If they had, I am sure the North Americans would have talked about Karman upsetting Anderson, DeLorenzo and Sebov at Saguenay a few months ago -- "Don't forget, Karman was a top-30 junior and in the top-200 as a 19 year old four years ago. :) ... Or the British would have said when top-150 Peniston lost in straight sets to Sumit recently at Chennai (and then Jay Clarke also) -- "Don't forget, Sumit was a top-25 junior, right outside ATP top-100 as a 21 year old, and had even taken a set off Federer at the US Open".

We also get our share of upsets, but your point is right that it is much more infrequent than the cases when we give excuses! :)
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Re: ITF W25 Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 March- 2 April, 2023

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I should also add all those upsets Yuki had for a whole decade when he made three separate comebacks to the top-100 after falling to ranks below 300 or 500. Many people probably said, "but remember that this guy was a former junior #1 in the world..."

We don't notice as much when our guys pull upsets because we always think they are all much better and that those weren't upsets but rather normal wins!
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Re: ITF W25 Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 March- 2 April, 2023

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Ankita lost the first set 3-6 and was on a 5-0 lead only to gift 3 games to her Chinese opponent before closing the second set 6-3. Can she keep up the form and close this off, PLEASE?
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Re: ITF W25 Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 March- 2 April, 2023

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Ankita was up 5-0in the second when Ma took a medical timeout. Then saved three BPs from0-40 down while serving for the set, then served 3 set pts, but got broken finally, and then got broken again to 5-3, before breaking Yexin again to take the set. She lost her form (which was terrific in those 5 games) once Ma took a break. Then Ma went ahead with a break in the third set and took another medical timeout early in the third set after going up a break. She keeps disrupting Ankita's form, but she is playing very well too. This has been quite a high quality match between them. Some points made me applaud for the terrific tennis. Then they would both go into patches of mistakes. So, up and down. Right now Ma is up in the third, but let us see who wins this.

Down two break at 1-5 in the third and now Ankita takes a medical timeout :(
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Re: ITF W25 Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 March- 2 April, 2023

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^^^ Actually, Ankita did the same thing in the first set when Ma was up 5-2, which helped her gain a game but couldn’t sustain it. These MTOs are basically a mental game from players these days, unless until there’s real injuries involved bodily.
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