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Riya once again becomes our saving grace beating Eri Shimizu 6-1 6-3 as all others bowed out. Karman lost after winning the first set

Manas is continuing his stay at Manacor for the 3rd week in a row, playing qualifying.

Week 3 at Manacor M15, Spain:

(12) Manas Dhamne (1068) vs Jamie Krattiger (SUI,ITF-1917) UTR: 12.97 vs 11.40.

Likely to face 8th seed Amit Vale’s (UTR:13.24) in the last round for a main draw berth.

There were no matches played today. Monday OOP shows all the QR1 matches. Let’s hope Riya repeats her win against Shimizu from last week and Karman gets her first win on tour after her long break.

^^^ yes, there’s nothing new to see here. These results are on par with the level of our players compared to the competition. Perhaps, Sahaja will save us with a rare win or two.

Anirudh and Karol Drzewiecki made it to the AO doubles draw due to a withdrawal from JP Smith/Escobar. The pair is playing Dzumhur/P Tsitsipas right now.

Maaya is the lone seed left in the draw. Her QF match: (5) Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi (ITFj-65, UTR-10.00) vs (Q) Antonina Sushkova (UKR, ITFj-481, UTR-9.51) :goodluck: Maaya w/ Polina (2nd seeds) as well as Aishwarya Jadhav w/ Yeseo Park are in the doubles semifinals. In the boys section, Hitesh/par...

Manas (12.98) upset the higher ranked Corwin (UTR/13.69) 7-6(8) 6-1.

Up next, 2nd seed Adria Soriano Barrera (COL,ATP/380, UTR/13.74).

Strange that Manas could never put together a couple of wins at home ITFs but always seem to do well abroad. Perhaps the court conditions?

Vaidehi plays someone she’s familiar with as well although trails in H2H 0-3. I remember Vaidehi taking a set off Tatiana last year at Astana ITF only to choke for the rest of the match throwing in a couple of bagels. I never knew what happened there since she played amazingly to win the first set 6...

Pranjala did return to pro tennis but lost in the first round of Q 2&4 to Misaki Matsuda (JPN, 459). None of our other players won their QR1 either, so there will be 7 Indians in the main draw of the W50 Delhi ITF. Ankita, SRB, Vaidehi + potential WCs - Vaishnavi, Riya, Karman, and Akanksha or a...

I changed the title of the thread, dropping the Revathi at the end. That is the mother's name and should not be there really, as confirmed from the parents by PKB today. Thanks, PKB. :Offtopic: ??? What if Maaya wanted to carry both her parents’ names and registered as such when she set up her ITF ...

^^^ And perhaps you don’t seem to understand the simple logic that the same break would have been achieved by gaining some winnable points at W50 Delhi, skipping Bengaluru, finishing off with Pune.

^^^ I sincerely hope you’re not the one voicing these to SY herself as she withdrew from Delhi today. I will never understand someone who misses a W50 ITF only to save themselves to play a bigger, tougher tournament unless they think that they can beat top-150 players. Wait and watch when she draws ...

^^^ That sounds absurd to me. What sounds absurd, though? Not clear in your post. Your reasoning that Sahaja should skip a week because she can’t play 5 weeks in a row is absurd. Here’s why: 1) None of these top-ranked Indian players have reached as far as the QF round in a local ITF/WTA tournament...

Another day, another higher rated UTR opponent (13.24) for Manas to boost his rating up. I think he will

^^^ That sounds absurd to me. These are one of the strongest tennis tournaments in the Indian women’s circuit in a long time and chances are that none of our top-4 players are even guaranteed a win/week given that either they are sneaking into the MD courtesy to these withdrawals or needing a wildca...