2009 ITF Women's Circuit

This is the first professional tennis tournament ever held in Kuching, Sarawak. The venue of this tournament is at the Sarawak Loan Tennis Association (SLTA) from 4th - 8th Nov 2009. Players from Indonesia, France, Korea, Japan, Belgium and Malaysia. There are suppose to be players from other country but they withdraw from this tournament. The winner of this tournament will bring back USD$10,000.

This event will be my first sports shoot with the Nikon D300s DSLR. Now is a good time to put the 7fps DX format to the test. Pictures below are from Day 1 of the tournament and the pictures are of minimal editing. I just add vignette effect to all my pictures.

Gear: Nikon D300s + 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 VRI

Camera Setting: ISO 200, VR On, Picture Control: Vivid, Color Space: sRGB, WB: Auto


DAY 1

When I arrived at the venue, there were 3 matches going on. The picture below is the match between Ju-Hee You (KOR) VS Shivika Burman #8 (IND) . Take a look at the pictures below. The one in yello is Ju-Hee You of Korea and the Pink is Shivika Burman of India.





























At the same time, the match between our very own Malaysian 11th seeded Jawairiah Noordin and Indonesia's Mahajaroenkul Satjaporn.


Below are some of the pictures of the match between Jawairiah Noordin (M'SIA) & Mahajaroenkul Satjaporn (THAI).







Noordin end their match with the score of 6-1, 6-3.

Soon after that, the rain stop all the ongoing matches. I had to go after that because i still got classes to attend and i can't afford to miss them cuz my final is just around the corner.


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Day 2

I decided to go again today but I have to go around noon because of classes again. Afternoon is all doubles.

The doubles match between Han Sung-Hee (KOR) & Kang Seo-Kyung (KOR) VS Batra Ratnika (IND) & Wang Dan Ni (CHN) was already at the end. The Korean pair won easily with the score 6-1, 6-1. Below are some of their pictures.

Batra Ratnika (IND) & Wang Dan Ni (CHN)

Wang Dan Ni (CHN)

Han Sung-Hee (KOR) & Kang Seo-Kyung (KOR)

Han Sung-Hee (KOR) & Kang Seo-Kyung (KOR)

At the same time, there was also a doubles match between Thailand's Lertpitaksinchai Nicha & Mahajaroenkul Satjaporn against Shivikia Burman & Kumari-Sweta Solanki of India. The pair from Thailand won the match with the score of 6-2, 1-6 (10-7). Here are some of their pictures.

Partners share their face towels.

Almost halfway through their match the Korean pair Jun-Hee You & Jung-Eun Kim was up against Indonesia's Beatrice Gumulya & Jessy Rompies. Both teams fought for winning points under the burning sun and finally the Indonesian pair won the game by 6-1, 6-2. Below are some pictures.

























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*To be Continued*