Egypt Men's/Women's ITF 2018

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Egypt Men's/Women's ITF 2018

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Starting a similar thread for the Egypt ITF tournaments like last year.

This week, Kanika Vaidya along with a few more Indian players played in Qualifying (including Mihika) , but only Kanika qualified for main draw. She was drawn to play the 6th seed and is few TB points away from upsetting her.
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Re: Egypt Men's/Women's ITF 2018

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AT $15,000 Sharm El Sheikh

QR1

Elisabeth CHANTRAINE (BEL) 6-3 6-4 Angella RAMAN (IND)
Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND) 6-0 6-2 Denisa Elena GHEORGHE (ROU)
Kanika VAIDYA (IND) [5] BYE
Mihika YADAV (IND) 6-0 6-0 Elena DE SANTIS (ITA)
Rishika SUNKARA (IND) [14] BYE

QR2

Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND) 5-7 6-4 6-2 Suzan LAMENS (NED) [13]
Kanika VAIDYA (IND) [5] 1-6 6-1 6-3 Mihika YADAV (IND)
Rimi SO (JPN) 6-3 7-6(5) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) [14]

FQR

Nastja KOLAR (SLO) [1] 6-2 6-1 Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)
Kanika VAIDYA (IND) [5] 4-6 7-5 6-3 Anna KUBAREVA (BLR) [12]

Not too bad from Sowjanya who is playing her first tournament after getting married to former National champ Suresh Krishna. Great win for Kanika over Mihika who is struggling to get into the WTA ranking charts.
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Re: Egypt Men's/Women's ITF 2018

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Main draw

R1 [Q] Kanika VAIDYA (783) 6-3 7-6 [6] Helen SCHOLEN (BEL,463) :clap:
R2 [Q] Kanika VAIDYA (783) vs [Q] Anastasia DETIUC (MDA,682)

The Moldovan player upset Russian Ekaterina Yashina in R1. Hope Kanika keeps winning :goodluck:
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Re: Egypt Men's/Women's ITF 2018

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Impressive form this week from Kanika. Looks like she has worked hard on her game.
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R2 [Q] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,783) d. [Q] Anastasia DETIUC (MDA,682) 6-3 7-6(6)
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Re: Egypt Men's/Women's ITF 2018

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Kanika meets a lucky loser in 18 year old Mai Hontama (JPN) in the QF. Hontama is currently ranked 957 with a career high of 688 (Jan 2017).
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Re: Egypt Men's/Women's ITF 2018

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Another good win for Kanika, albeit over a fellow-qualifier (who is ranked higher than her, and had beaten #533 Yashina, with a career-high of 376, in R1). The fields at Sharm-el-Sheikh are much stronger now, but this week has seen a lot of good upsets by the qualifiers!
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This week, Mihika progressed to the FQR but couldn’t succeed. What’s wrong with her? Below average performance for a once promising junior player.
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Re: Egypt Men's/Women's ITF 2018

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Only Kanika is in the main draw this week after Rishika, Sowjanya, and Mihika failed to qualify.

[R1] Kanika VAIDYA (779) vs [WC] Denisa Elena GHEORGHE (ROU,UNR)

However, In the Men's tournament, Aryan qualified for main draw to join Haadin Bava.

[R1] [Q] Aryan GOVEAS (746) vs [WC] Jannik SINNER (ITA,UNR) - Currently ranked #146 in the junior circuit.
[R1] Haadin BAVA (693) vs [Q] Louis CHAIX (FRA,912)
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Re: Egypt Men's/Women's ITF 2018

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Our singles challenge ended here in second round.

[R1] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,779) d. [WC] Denisa Elena GHEORGHE (ROU,UNR) 61 60
[R2] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,779) l. Helene SCHOLSEN (BEL,467) 63 36 57

[R1] [Q] Aryan GOVEAS (IND,746) l. [WC] Jannik SINNER (ITA,UNR) 46 46
[R1] Haadin BAVA (IND,693) d. [Q] Louis CHAIX (FRA,912) 64 62

[R2] Haadin BAVA (IND,693) l. (1) Pedro MARTINEZ (ESP,256) 16 06

Haadin and Aryan have upset the top seeds and have entered the doubles semi final.
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Re: Egypt Men's/Women's ITF 2018

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At $15,000 Sharm El Sheikh , Egypt F5 Futures

Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI lost in the final qualifying round in Singles.

[WSQ Q1] Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND) d. Janina GEISS (GER) - 6-3, 6-2
[WSQ Q2] Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND) d. Varvara KUZNETSOVA [4] (RUS) - 7-6, 2-6, 6-3
[WSQ Q3] Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND) l. Shaline-Doreen PIPA (RUS) - 7-5, 2-6, 2-6

Natasha Palha and Pranjala Yadlapalli are in the Singles Main Draw

[R1] Natasha PALHA (IND) vs. Helene SCHOLSEN (BEL)
[R1] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND) vs. Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR)

Natasha and Pranjala are playing in the Doubles Main draw as well.

[R1] Natasha PALHA (IND) / Anna PRIBYLOVA (RUS) vs. Federica ARCIDIACONO (ITA) / Claudia COPPOLO (ITA)
[R1] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND) / Bunyawi THAMCHAIWAT (INA) (4) vs. Constanze STEPAN (GER) / Iga SWIATEK (POL)
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Re: Egypt Men's/Women's ITF 2018

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Both lost in first round. :-(

[R1] Natasha PALHA (IND,860) l. (8) Helene SCHOLSEN (BEL,514) 06 26

[R1] (6) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND.478) l. Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR,541) 26 61 36

Bad loss for Pranjala in particular. Smith is a former top 250 player but she is 33 now and Prajala should be winning these matches.
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Re: Egypt Men's/Women's ITF 2018

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Quite a few bad losses by our women in multiple tournaments this week :(
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Re: Egypt Men's/Women's ITF 2018

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It is has been a disastrous week for our tennis players (both men and women) this week.
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Re: Egypt Men's/Women's ITF 2018

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Natasha Palha has qualified for this week.

Qualifying Draw

R1 Natasha PALHA (IND) [4] BYE
R2 Natasha PALHA (IND) [4] 6-2 6-1 Valentina KHREBTOVA (BEL)
R3 Natasha PALHA (IND) [4] 2-6 6-2 5-2 Retired Ivana TOPCIC (CRO)

Main Draw

[Q] Natasha PALHA (832) vs Britt GEUKENS (BEL,637)
[5] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (480) vs [Q] Karolina BERANKOVA (CZE,886)

Pranjala/Pei-Chi Lee are seeded 3rd in doubles.
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