Solo C Java (Antara) - Indonesia's women's double players, Beatrice Gumulya/Jessy Rompies, won the International Tennis Tournament "So Good Womens Circuit Series I 2013 in Manahan Solo, on Saturday. The Indonesian women's double team became the champion after beating Indonesia/China's mixed women's double Aldila Sutjiadi/Ai Wen Zhu 6-2, 6-4 in the final. The women's double winner will receive prize money worth US$980 and the runner-up will receive US$340. In the first set, Gumulya/Rompies started to lead 2-0 and kept their advantage and secured the first set with a 6-2 score. Gumulya/Rompies put up the pressure on their opponents with their net game which was hard for the Sutjiadi/Zhu to hit back. In the second set Sutjiadi/Zhu tried to fight back and led a 2-1 score, but Gumulya/Rompies were able to catch up and turned the score into 4-2. But the game was not yet the end for Sutjiadi/Zhu, they kept hitting hard to the corner areas which caused Gumulya/Rompies to lose their pace for a while. They even made the score to rise to 4-4. However, experience remains a decisive factor that would etermine the winner of the game. This brought experienced women's double team Gumulya/Rompies as the champion after they closed the second set with a 6-4 victory. The runner-up, Sutjiadi, admitted her opponents were experienced and talented players. "Gumulya/Zhu are still on top of us. So, the only possible strategy for is to play with nothing to lose in mind," she said. (*)

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