World Junior Tennis u14 Girls (Asia-Oceania Regionals)

Post by **jayakris** » Mon May 19, 2003 3:43 am

Starrting at Melbourne Monday the 19th. Play must be underway already.. Here are the details .. Our girls got seeded 4th.

Girls Round Robin Groups:

Group 1
(1) New Zealand
Chinese Taipei
Malaysia

Group 2
(3) Thailand
(4) India
Indonesia
Hong Kong

Group 3
(2) Australia
(5) Japan
Korea
Philippines

Schedule:
19th India vs Hong Kong
20th India vs Indonesia
21st India vs Thailand

Knockout Draw:

Winner Group 1 vs 3rd Place
Runner-up Group 2 vs Runner-up Group 3
Winner Group 2 vs Runner-up Group 1
Winner Group 3 vs 3rd Place

The Indian team is G K Shweta, Ashmita Easwaramurthy, Gyatri Krishnan .. Like in the boys section, this team is not as heralded as the Sanaa/Tara team last year that reached the world final 16 and ended #7, but they are a good group. All the best, girls!

Jay

Post by **jayakris** » Mon May 19, 2003 3:45 pm

Not a good start, as we got upset today in the first tie.

India (4) l. Hong Kong 1-2
#2 Shweta Kakhandki d. Geraldine Leong 61 63
#1 Ashmitha Easwaramurthi l. Venise Chan 36 06
Kakhandki/ Gayathri Krishnan l. Chan/ Bertha Wang 36 36

Like I said in my notes, I thought our seeding from the ITF was a bit charitable .. Hope the girls will pull through in the remaining ties and make the QFs.

Jay

Post by **jayakris** » Tue May 20, 2003 10:14 am

Good job by our girls today (Tuesday)

IND d. INA 2-0
# 2 Shweta Kakhandki d. Lutfiana Aris Budharto 76(4) 64
# 1 Ashmitha Easwaramurthiv d. Miasacca Panji Rindang Kasih 63 63

Doubles not played..

Jay

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Tue May 20, 2003 3:05 pm

How old is Gayatri, Ramesh Krishnan's daughter? Is she already approaching 14 or still closer to 12?
From what I remember, Ramesh was already India's under-14 champion by the time he was 12, and when he was 15 he was competing with his 18 year old cousin Shankar for the under-18 title. Shankar became a businessman, seeing the writing on the wall quite early when Ramesh won the national men's title at 16 (beating Shankar in the semi and Royappa in the final). I have often wondered whether it would be possible for that family to produce a third (generation) world class player.

Post by **jayakris** » Tue May 20, 2003 3:30 pm

Gayatri turns 14 in two months, so she is not particularly younger than the others. She is a very good player, but it's fair to say that she has not made any big "breakthrough" noises yet. Reached quite a few semis (may be even a final or so) nationally in the u14 events, but has usually fallen to Shwetha and Ashmitha, if I remember correctly. Among the top 3-4 in that age range for sure. Let us hope she will come through in the next few years.

Jay

nkoth · Post by **nkoth** » Thu May 22, 2003 2:21 am

The girls were scheduled to play Thailand in the R3 match today, but it was postponed due to rain.

Having lost the first tie (to Hong Kong) and won the second tie (vs Indonesia), the girls need a good showing against Thailand in order to make it to the quarterfinal round.

-neil

Post by **Dhruv** » Thu May 22, 2003 11:33 am

India lost to Thailand but made the QF's nonetheless. The QF matchups are

Quarterfinals

New Zealand vs Indonesia
India vs Japan
Chinese Taipei vs Thailand
Malaysia vs Australia

nkoth · Post by **nkoth** » Fri May 23, 2003 3:59 am

Here were the scores vs Thailand:

#2 Uthumporn Pudtra l. Shweta Kakhandkli 26 36
#1 Varatchaya Wongteanchai d. Ashmitha Easwaramurthiv 61 63
Doubles Ratchaya Chaichan /Pudtra d. Kakhandkli/Gayathri Krishnan 61 75

The quarterfinal round vs Japan started today:

#2 Mayo Kato l. Shweta Kakhandkli 57 16
#1 Ayumi Morita d. Ashmitha Easwaramurthiv 46 61 60

The doubles will be the decider tomorrow! (BTW, Shweta is certainly playing well, isn't she?)

-neil

Post by **Dhruv** » Fri May 23, 2003 11:02 am

Well Japan won the deciding doubles and is now in the semis whereas Indian is back in 5-8 place rankings. So both the boys and girls teams have been eliminated from the Worlds

Post by **Dhruv** » Sat May 24, 2003 3:19 pm

The final standings in the Junior Event are

Girls:
1. Australia (2)
2. Japan (5)
3. New Zealand (1)
4. Thailand (3)
5. Chinese Taipei
6. India (4)
7. Indonesia
8. Malaysia
9. Korea
10. Hong Kong
11. Philippines

India lost 3-0 to 5th place finishers Chinese Taipei in the 5-6 playoff.