2007 Junior Fed Cup Asia/Oceania qualies

Junior Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Qualifying Zone
Kuala Lumpur, MAS
Surface: Hardcourt/Outdoors
Site : LTAM national Tennis Center
08 - 13 May, 2007

All 16 teams were devided into four groups. Each group will play in a single round robin with the top two teams in each group advancing into the quarterfinals. The eight teams will play in a single round and the top four will advance in the World Group at the Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals.

Stage one round-robins

Results : 08 May 2007

Group2
4-THA d. TPE 3-0
6-INA d. MAS 3-0

Group1
1-AUS d. PAO 3-0
8-KOR d. PHI 3-0

Group3
3-UZB d. NZL 2-1
5-CHN d. HKG 3-0

Group4
2-JPN d. SIN 3-0
7-IND d. SRI 3-0

AUSTRALIA (1) bt PACIFIC OCEANIA 3-0
Britany SHEED bt Steffi CARRUTHERS 60, 64
Isabelle HOLLAND bt Abigail TERE-APISAH 61, 61
Isabelle HOLLAND bt Steffi CARRUTHERS 62, 61
Sally PEERS Abigail TERE-APISAH

PHILIPPINES lost KOREA (8) 0-3
Noelle Nikki ZOLETA lost Yun-Hee KIM 06, 16
Jessica Marie AGRA lost So-Yeon KIM 46, 36
Jessica Marie AGRA lost Ju-En KIM 64, 36, 36
Noelle Nikki ZOLETA So-Yeon KIM

THAILAND (4) bt CHINESE TAIPEI 3-0
Nicha LERTPITAKSINCHAI bt Yun KU 64, 60
Kanyapat NARATTANA bt Yui-Lynn MIAO 62, 63
Noppawan LERTCHEEWAKARN bt Yung-Hsin CHEN 64, 61
Nicha LERTPITAKSINCHAI Yun KU

MALAYSIA lost INDONESIA (6) 0-3
Lyn See CHOO lost Grace Sari YSIDORA 16, 16
Dorothy Ling CHONG lost Beatrice GUMULYA 16, 16
Dorothy Ling CHONG lost Karyn EMERALDA 76(2), 06, 06
Lyn See CHOO Grace Sari YSIDORA

UZBEKISTAN (3) bt NEW ZEALAND 2-1
Shakhnoza KARIEVA lost Imogen GOLDER 36, 63, 46
Aleksandra KOLESNICHENKO bt Briar PRESTON 64, 62
Albina KHABIBULINA bt Imogen GOLDER 63, 64
Aleksandra KOLESNICHENKO Briar PRESTON

HONG KONG lost CHINA (5) 0-3
Smanatha CHAO lost Xi BAI 16, 36
Chun Wing SHER lost Yi Miao ZHOU 36, 57
Smanatha CHAO lost Xi BAI 36, 06
Pui Wing SHER Xin WEN

JAPAN (2) bt SINGAPORE (Q) 3-0
Misaki DOI bt Li Yun Stefanie TAN 63, 64
Kurumi NARA bt Celina Cassandra GOETTI 63, 60
Kurumi NARA bt Celina Cassandra GOETTI 61, 61
Aki YAMASOTO Hui Carolyn Ann LIM

SRI LANKA (Q) lost INDIA (7) 0-3
Amreetha MUTTIAH lost Kyra SHROFF 06, 26
Jithmie JAYAWICKREMA lost Tanvi SHAH 06, 36
Nilipul GOONASEKERA lost Kyra SHROFF 16, 06
Amreetha MUTTIAH Archana VEERAMACHANENI

Thanks Jiro :)

Australia :yeah: No.1 seed :eek:

Well done Imogen!!! Cant believe she won her singles match!!!!

New Zealand still lost the tie but this is definately Imogens best win to date!!!

Thanks Jiro :yeah:

Grace is playing both ITF 14 and 16 this year. Indonesia and Thailand in the same group :scared:.

Main draw : Knock out stage

QF
11 May 2007
1-AUSTRALIA d. 6-INDONESIA 2-1
3-UZBEKISTAN d. 7-INDIA 2-1
4-THAILAND d. 8-KOREA 3-0
2-JAPAN d. 5-CHINA 3-0

SF
12 May 2007
1-AUSTRALIA d. 3-UZBEKISTAN 2-1
4-THAILAND d. 2-JAPAN 2-1

Final
13 May 2007
4-THAILAND d. 1-AUSTRALIA 2-1

No.2 Singles Nicha LERTPITAKSINCHAI lost Sally PEERS 36 57
No.1 Singles Noppawan LERTCHEEWAKARN bt Isabelle HOLLAND 61 60
Doubles Kanyapat NARATTANA/Noppawan LERTCHEEWAKARN bt Isabelle HOLLAND/Sally PEERS 36 76(5) 75

Third and fourth place play-offs
13 May 2007
2-JAPAN d. 3-UZBEKISTAN 2-1

No.2 Singles Aleksandra KOLESNICHENKO bt Misaki DOI 60, 46, 62
No.1 Singles Albina KHABIBULINA lost Kurumi NARA 57, 63, 57
Doubles Albina KHABIBULINA/Aleksandra KOLESNICHENKO lost Kurumi NARA/Aki YAMASOTO 16, 67(0)

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Thailand beat Australia to win JFC Title

KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia May 13, 2007
Thai girls had a successful campaign to claim the Junior Fed Cup Title with a 2 - 1 upset victory over top seed Australia in the finals ( Knock-out stage ) of Junior Fed Cup Asia/Oceania qualifying Zone at the LTAM National Tennis Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia earlier today.

It was very tightly contested with the results not decided till the final set of the doubles with Thailand won 3-6, 7-6(5), 7-5 in a three hour and 20 minutes marathon decisive doubles match after having split the singles ties.

In all their winning way, Thailand team who has finished 5th place in last year, had cruised through their section of the draw with an impressive 15-3 winning record. The Thais, seeded fourth, had eliminated four seeded along the way, beat sixth-seeded Indonesia 2-1 in a single round robin; defeated eight-seeded Korea 3-0 in the quarter-finals; knocked out second seed Japan 2-1 in the semi-finals; and upset top seed Australia 2-1 in the final.

The top three teams who advanced to the World Group which will held in in Reggio Emilia, Italy are fourth-seeded Thailand ( first place ), top seed Australia ( second place ) and second seed Japan ( third place ), who defeated third-seeded Uzbekistan 2-1.

It was an impressive results for Thai tennis as Thai girls' 14U ( Luksika Kumkhum, Jaruwadee Kaewma and Napatsakorn Sankaew ) also won a title in the World Junior (Under 14) Competition Asia/Oceania qualifying Zone earlier last month.

The 2007 Thailand Junior Fed Cup team comprised Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (ITF-52), Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (ITF-188), and Kanyapat Narattana (ITF-187). Team captain : Mr Virat Baerrohim.

Thanks for the report, Jiro! :)


Noppawan LERTCHEEWAKARN bt Isabelle HOLLAND 61 60 :eek:

Thailand:D

Bad luck Isabella and Australia...good luck in the World Final in September though!

WOW!!!! Thai junior players won both junior and U-14 (Asia/Oceania Zone!)

Good Luck in World Final