PLAYER PROFILE

PAST AND PRESENT
Currently the Yayasan has selected 4 players in participating in its training program.

PRESENT PLAYERS

PUTU DARMAWAN
16 years old from Bali, Indonesia. Putu was the NUMBER 1 player in the 16 and under boys division in Indonesia last year and is currently working his way in the 18 and under National and World Junior Rankings (currently ranked 12 in Indonesia and 900 in the ITF juniors). He is the currently Bali's TOP RANKED junior player and a hopeful representative for the next PON GAMES.

TAMI GRENDE
9 years old from Bali, Indonesia. Tami is the latest addition to the program and already she has shown great potential in her game. Started the year ranked in the top 4 in the 10 and under girls division, Tami recently won her 2nd National singles title at the Magelang New Armada Junior Tennis Championships.

KOMANG CAHYADI
13 years old from Bali, Indonesia. Currently the number 1 player in the 14 and under boys in Bali, Komang possesses a chess player's mind on the court.
He is competiting in the national competition and hopes on breaking into the national rankings very soon.

GEDE WIRANATA
18 years old from Bali, Indonesia. Gede is the senior player in the Yayasan Program and has been dubbed the HARDEST WORKER in training.
He is one of Bali's most promising junior players and is preparing himself to go to university and playing in the senior division.

PAST PLAYERS

EKO GUSTI PUTRA
Finished 2nd in the juniors in Indonesia (should have been 1st but due to the fact that he only played a few number of events, he finished 2nd) and won ITF Junior events both in singles and doubles in his final year in the juniors. Eko spent 4 years in Australia attending high school. While there, he had a win streak of 22 matches and has won the 16s and 18s Australian Junior National Championships. He also earned an ATP ranking in doubles while living there. Currently Eko is attending school in Bali, majoring in Economics and is working for a prestigious bank in Bali.

NANCY METRIYA
16 years old from Bali, Indonesia. Nancy has represented Indonesia in the World Youth Cup and has consistently been ranked in the top 4 in the 12s, 14s and 16s in the country. Currently ranked 6th in the 18th (ranking also low due to entering few events) and often compared with Indonesia’s tennis legend, Yayuk Basuki, Nancy is considered one of the best doubles players in the country. Nancy recently graduated from the Yayasan’s guidance and got a contract to play for Kalimantan for the 2008 PON GAMES. She is now training in Surabaya.

NIDYA "Yaya" METRIYA
16 years old from Bali, Indonesia. While training with the Yayasan, Yaya was ranked top 4 in the 12s and 14s in her division. She was a World Youth Cup player for Indonesia and was one of the best players in Indonesian Girls division. Yaya a moved on from tennis to golf and is currently under the GOLF TRAINING program of Gudam Garam in Surabaya.

NADYA KARISA SHERABELLA
11 years old from Kediri, Indonesia. Bella was 2nd ranked player in the girls 10 and under and is currently ranked 2 in the girls 12 and under division.

IBEN ZUKARNAEN
14 years old from Padang, Indonesia. Iben is currently ranked 5th and the boys 14 and under division was a representative of the Boys World Youth Team for Indonesia. He is now training in Jakarta at Indonesia's junior training camp where the BEST junior players are groomed to be champions.