AITA Fenesta Nationals

[Omkara]

I completely agree with PKB on use of "Kolkata". Utter shame.

I use Kolkata effortlessly while speaking bengali and I am absolutely fine using Calcutta while in conversion in english. The entire name change was nothing but a hype to cover for years of government apathy.

Btw there was a request to change the name of the state from west bengal to bangla but somehow it didn't happen.

[vatsal323]

Hey Jay, you scared off poor Vatsal, who never did phone me to set up our match!

Haha! Till when are you in Calcutta? We can play tomorrow or day after?

[PKBasu]

Back in Singapore now, Vatsal! I left on 26th night. Played against the markers at Tollygunge Club almost every day that I was there: always a very tough work-out.

[vatsal323]

Oh! Too bad. Maybe we can play the next time we're in Calcutta at the same time

[Rahb]

Fenesta Open 2015 starts from Monday.

The Mens entry list is as follows

VISHNU VARDHAN
MOHIT MAYUR JAYAPRAKASH
VM RANJEET
ANVIT BENDRE
SHAIKH ABDULLAH
SIDHARTH RAWAT
CHANDRIL SOOD
SIDDHARTH VISHWAKARMA
NITTEN KIRRTANE
PC VIGNESH
PRAJWAL DEV S D
RONIT SINGH BISHT
RASHEIN SAMUEL
BASIL KHUMA
VIGNESH VEERABHADRAN
MANISH SURESHKUMAR
SHAHBAAZ KHAN
NIKKI POONACHA
SANDEEP CHOUDHARY
KUNAL ANAND
BYREDDY SAI SARAN REDDY
JAYESH PUNGLIYA
ABHINANSU BORTHAKUR
RUBAL SHANDILYA

Vishnu, Si, Ronit and Mohit the favorites I reckon

On the women side

RISHIKA SUNKARA
DHRUTHI VENUGOPAL
PRERNA BHAMBRI
SOWJANYA BAVISETTI
SNEHADEVI S REDDY
EETEE MAHETA
RIYA BHATIA
SAMHITHA SAI CHAMARTHI
AMRITA MUKHERJEE
AKSHARA ISKA
SHWETA RANA
SNEHA PADAMATA
HIMANI MOR
PREETHI UJJINI
MOULIKA B RAM
ABINIKKA RENGANATHAN
NEERU RAPRIA
AARTHI M
VAIDEHI CHAUDHARI
ARANTXA ANDRADY
NIDA KAMAL
TEERTHA ISKA
PRANJALA YADLAPALLI
SAMRITI PUNYANI


Rishika, Prerna, Sowjanya would be my picks for the title

[Rahb]

Also Bala has accepted a wildcard for the qualifiers of Fenesta. Maybe a late entry here. Makes the mens side more competitive

[prasen9]

Oh, I didn't know that there was an "i" in the Bengali name for Calcutta. By the way, "Bengal" is a wrong spelling too, am I right? It should be closer to Bangal or Bongal or something? Like in the "Banga" in the national anthem (or "Vanga" as I had always seen in sanskrit works)

The formal names are Kolikata and Poschim Bongo. Now the commonly spoken terms are Kolkata and Bangla (or Poschim Bangla).

Some people may not have heard of Kolkata and so when I speak to them, I use Calcutta. Otherwise, I use Kolkata.

[sameerph]

Also Bala has accepted a wildcard for the qualifiers of Fenesta. Maybe a late entry here. Makes the mens side more competitive

Bala is not a wild card here but playing qualifying. Surprising considering that he needs to to improve his ranking from 400+ where it has fallen now.

[Tolamu]

Also Bala has accepted a wildcard for the qualifiers of Fenesta. Maybe a late entry here. Makes the mens side more competitive

Bala is not a wild card here but playing qualifying. Surprising considering that he needs to to improve his ranking from 400+ where it has fallen now.

I think Rahb was right.

[sameerph]

Oh, Ok. My mistake. I somehow thought that he said main draw wild card.

[Rahb]

So the seeds are as follows

Mens

BALAJI
VISHNU VARDHAN
MOHIT MAYUR JAYAPRAKASH
VM RANJEET
ANVIT BENDRE
SIDHARTH RAWAT
SHAIKH ABDULLAH
SIDDHARTH VISHWAKARMA

Women

SNEHADEVI S REDDY
RISHIKA SUNKARA
DHRUTHI VENUGOPAL
PRERNA BHAMBRI
SOWJANYA BAVISETTI
EETEE MAHETA
SAMHITHA SAI CHAMARTHI
RIYA BHATIA

[sameerph]

On mens side only 2 of the top 10 players ( Bala and Vishnu) are there in the fray while a much more competitive field where 5 of India's top 7 players are playing here ( except Ankita Raina and Natasha Palha). Not surprising considering that mens top 10 consist of many challenger level players while in women everyone barring Ankita is ranked below top 500.

[sameerph]

There were 2 upsets on womens side on the first day with second seed Rishika Sunkara getting beaten by Shweta Rana and third seed Dhruti Venugopal losing to Pranjala Yadlapalli.

This is the related article from Hindu -

Shweta Rana eliminates Rishika Sunkara

[Rahb]

Here are the results

Men

Sriram Balaji bt Rubal Shandilya 6-1, 6-2
Gokul Suresh bt Sandeep Choudhary 2-6, 7-6(2), 7-5
Garvit Batra bt PC Vignesh 6-3, 6-4
Siddharth Vishwakarma bt Aryan Goveas 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(2)
Mohit Mayur bt Jayesh Pungliya 7-5, 7-6(6)
Rashein Samuel bt Vignesh Veerabhadran 6-4, 6-1
Sai Saran Reddy bt Digvijay Singh Mehta 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Sidharth Rawat bt Paramveer Singh Bajwa 6-3, 6-0

Would rate Garvit s win over Vignesh as the pick of the results. Want to see Garvit perform to his potential

Women:

Riya Bhatia Arantxa Andrady 6-1, 6-0
Y. Pranjala bt Dhruthi Venugopal 6-2, 6-4
Sai Samhitha bt Nida Kamal 6-1, 6-1
Shivika Burman bt Himani Mor 6-1, 6-2
Aarthi Muniyan bt Dakshata Girishkumar 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
Shweta Rana bt Rishika Sunkara 7-5, 6-1

[Rahb]

V M RANJEET/N SRIRAM BALAJI

CHANDRIL SOOD/LAKSHIT SOOD

SHAIKH ABDULLAH/MOHIT M JAYAPRAKASH

ANVIT BENDRE/NITTEN KIRRTAN

The top four seeds in Mens doubles.


RISHIKA SUNKARA/SOWJANYA BAVISETTI

SNEHADEVI REDDY/DHRUTHI VENUGOPAL

EETEE MAHETA/C SAI SAMHITA

AMRITA MUKHERJEE/ISKA TEERTHA

The top four seeds in Women doubles