Egypt Mens/ Womens ITF tournaments 2017

[bujilover]

Great win for Sowjanya. She always surprise us with these upsets time and again especially on clay but its unfortunate that she is either not funded or inconsistent at times. Mihalikova was a former world #4 Junior.

[sameerph]

I don't think funding is an issue as Sowjanya seems to travel to lot of places to play tournaments. Injuries is one issue which has plagued her and held her back like many other Indian tennis players.

[PKBasu]

Good to see that there is an Indian woman tennis player who may be under-ranked (Sowjanya)!

[bujilover]

I don't think funding is an issue as Sowjanya seems to travel to lot of places to play tournaments. Injuries is one issue which has plagued her and held her back like many other Indian tennis players.

Speaking of inconsistency, she just lost 1 & 2 in over an hour

[sameerph]

This week,

At $15K ITF Women, Cairo

[R1] Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND,733) l. Margaux BOVY (BEL,874) 61 36 67(2)

[R1] (8) Riya BHATIA (IND,606) d. (Q) Tea FABER (CRO,1163) 60 61

Next,

[R2] (8) Riya BHATIA (IND,606) vs. Camila GIANGRECO CAMPIZ (PAR,614)

[sameerph]

At $15K ITF Women, Cairo

[R2] (8) Riya BHATIA (IND,606) l. Camila GIANGRECO CAMPIZ (PAR,614) 36 57

Nobody seems to be going further than 2R/QF here this year with fields getting tougher.

[sameerph]

This week better start for our players.

At $15K ITF Women

[R1] (6) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND,717) d. Anna SLOVAKOVA (CZE,1050) 20 retd.
[R1] (WC) Swara KULKARNI (IND,NR) l. (7) Lisa-Marie MAETSCHKE (GER,742) 26 16
[R1] (3) Riya BHATIA (IND,603) d. Tea FABER (CRO,1163) 60 62
[R1] Rishika SUNKARA (IND,1088) d. Kerstin PECKL(AUT,943) 62 63

Next,

[R2] (6) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND,717) vs. Lamis ALHUSSEIN ABDEL AZIZ (EGY,1026)
[R2] (3) Riya BHATIA (IND,603) vs. Dalila SAID (EGY,1124)
[R2] Rishika SUNKARA (IND,1088) vs. (2) Mariam BOLKVADZE (GEO,583)

[suresh]

At $15K ITF Women, Cairo

[R2] (6) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND,717) d Lamis ALHUSSEIN ABDEL AZIZ (EGY,1026) 6-3 6-1
[R2] (3) Riya BHATIA (IND,603) d Dalila SAID (EGY,1124) 4-1 (retd)
[R2] Rishika SUNKARA (IND,1088) l (2) Mariam BOLKVADZE (GEO,583) 3-6 3-6

[sameerph]

At $15K ITF Women, Cairo

[QF] (6) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND,717) l. (4) Camila GIANGRECO CAMPIZ (PAR,597) 46 16

[QF] (3) Riya BHATIA (IND,603) d. (7) Lisa-Marie MAETSCHKE (GER,742) 06 61 64

Good to see finally see someone enter the SF at this year's series here.

Next,

[QF] (3) Riya BHATIA (IND,603) vs. (2) Mariam BOLKVADZE (GEO,583)

[PKBasu]

Congratulations to Riya for living up to her seeding. She has had a good 6-9 months of steadily improving results.

[sameerph]

Riya lost in the SF.

At $15K ITF Women, Cairo

[SF] (3) Riya BHATIA (IND,603) l. (2) Mariam BOLKVADZE (GEO,583) 46 26

[sameerph]

After a brief break, these tournaments are back again and few of our ladies have gone there.

At $15K ITF Women

[R1] Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND,993) vs. Sasa KLANECEK (SLO,1045)
[R1] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1041) vs. (WC) Natascha KENNIS (NED,NR)
[R1] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1094) vs. Elina VIKHRYANOVA (RUS,1150)
[R1] (Q) Sitara PRABHU (IND,NR) vs. (Q) Sherry SHERRY AYAD ABD ELMALEK WASSEF (EGY,NR)

[sameerph]

First round results -

At $15K ITF Women

[R1] Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND,993) l. Sasa KLANECEK (SLO,1045) 46 36
[R1] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1041) d. (WC) Natascha KENNIS (NED,NR) 60 62
[R1] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1094) d. Elina VIKHRYANOVA (RUS,1150) 62 63
[R1] (Q) Sitara PRABHU (IND,NR) d. (Q) Sherry SHERRY AYAD ABD ELMALEK WASSEF (EGY,NR) 61 60

Next,

[R2] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1041) vs. (8) Francesca SELLA (ITA,910)
[R2] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1094) vs. Elba KASUM (AUT,NR)
[R2] (Q) Sitara PRABHU (IND,NR) vs. (2) Ana Bianca MIHAILA (ROU,590)

[sameerph]

Pranjala and Kanika move thru to the QF.

[R2] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1041) d. (8) Francesca SELLA (ITA,910) 62 60
[R2] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1094) d. Elba KASUM (AUT,NR) 36 64 76(8)
[R2] (Q) Sitara PRABHU (IND,NR) l. (2) Ana Bianca MIHAILA (ROU,590) 46 64 16

Kanika wins a marathon match. Now, both have tough QF's against top 2 seeds.

[QF] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1041) vs. (1) Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK,523)

[QF] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1094) vs. (2) Ana Bianca MIHAILA (ROU,590)

[PKBasu]

Good to see Pranjala and Kanika back in decent form.
Impressive run of matches from Sitara Prabhu too.