Madhya Pradesh Women's ITF - $15K Bhopal (Mar 5), $25K Gwalior (Mar 12)

[bujilover]

There are a couple of women's ITF tournaments scheduled for the first 2 weeks of March.

Lots of tougher international participants that it would be difficult for one of our girls to win!

Week 1 at Bhopal:

1 Ana VESELINOVIC (MNE) 388 2
2 Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK) 443 3
3 Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND) 478 1
4 Karin KENNEL (SUI) 501 1
5 Berfu CENGIZ (TUR) 503 3
6 Freya CHRISTIE (GBR) 527 5
7 Rutuja BHOSALE (IND) 532 1
8 Bunyawi THAMCHAIWAT (THA) 534 1
9 Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) 541 1
10 Nudnida LUANGNAM (THA) 595 3
11 Albina KHABIBULINA (UZB) 606 1
12 Riya BHATIA (IND) 609 2
13 Zeel DESAI (IND) 623 1
14 Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND) 731 1
15 Kanika VAIDYA (IND) 743 1
16 Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) 849 1
17 Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND) 853 1
18 Natasha PALHA (IND) 860 1

[bujilover]

Nandini made the MD at $15K Solarino, Italy. Looks like Snehadevi withdrew here to play in Egypt but eventually withdrew there as well. She should ask for a WC if she decides to play here.

[sameerph]

This is the entry list of $25K in Gwalior in the week of March 12-

MAIN DRAW - last modified on 28 Feb 2018
Pos Player Ranking Protected National ranking Priority Info
1 Valentyna IVAKHNENKO (RUS) 192 3
2 Ulrikke EIKERI (NOR) 216 4
3 Peangtarn PLIPUECH (THA) 226 1
4 Amandine HESSE (FRA) 231 2
5 Ankita RAINA (IND) 255 2
6 Karman Kaur THANDI (IND) 281 3
7 Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB) 315 1
8 Valeriya STRAKHOVA (UKR) 358 1
9 Despina PAPAMICHAIL (GRE) 369 4
10 Ana VESELINOVIC (MNE) 392 1
11 Maia LUMSDEN (GBR) 421 6
12 Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK) 444 1
13 Natela DZALAMIDZE (RUS) 456 4
14 Yana SIZIKOVA (RUS) 469 3
15 Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND) 478 1
16 Berfu CENGIZ (TUR) 502 2
17 Karin KENNEL (SUI) 507 4
18 Freya CHRISTIE (GBR) 517 3

QUALIFYING - last modified on 28 Feb 2018
Pos Player Ranking Protected National ranking Priority Info
1 Fatma AL NABHANI (OMA) 521 1
2 Rutuja BHOSALE (IND) 534 1
3 Bunyawi THAMCHAIWAT (THA) 536 1
4 Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) 544 1
5 Nicha LERTPITAKSINCHAI (THA) 573 2
6 Nudnida LUANGNAM (THA) 595 1
7 Albina KHABIBULINA (UZB) 608 1
8 Riya BHATIA (IND) 609 1
9 Zeel DESAI (IND) 626 1
10 Shelby TALCOTT (USA) 712 5
11 Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND) 721 1
12 Lulu SUN (SUI) 776 3
13 Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) 853 1
14 Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND) 858 1
15 Natasha PALHA (IND) 866 1
16 Rishika SUNKARA (IND) 954= 1
17 Dan Ni WANG (CHN) 957 3
18 Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND) 996= 1
19 Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND) 1092= 1
20 Monica ROBINSON (USA) 1154= 2
21 Snehal MANE (IND) 1213= 1

Quite strong entry list with only Ankita, Karman and Pranjala getting in directly in the main draw. Rutuja should get in too when special exempts clear.

[bujilover]

No Mahak or Mihika?

[sameerph]

I guess they may be taking their 10th-12th grade exams. That can be the only reason as both have given up playing juniors now.

[suresh]

I see that Ankita has the Gwalior leg as priority number 2 and Karman has it at priority number 3. Looks like they have their eyes on higher ranked tournaments with this one as a fall back.

[sameerph]

That would have been their idea earlier. But, now withdrawals deadline for Gwalior leg is over.So, since they are still here, they would have surely withdrawn from other places and will play at Gwalior.

[suresh]

Thanks Sameer for the clarification.

[Saniapower]

Karman made the mistake of not playing in Bhopal which she will pay in Gwalior.

[sameerph]

This is the main draw for Bhopal ITF which starts from tomorrow-

(1) Ana VESELINOVIC MNE vs wc Snehadevi S. REDDY IND
Kanika VAIDYA IND vs q Abhilasha MEHRA IND
Sowjanya BAVISETTI IND vs LL Deeksha MANJU PRASAD IND
(5) Freya CHRISTIE GBR vs Nidhi CHILUMULA IND
(4) Bunyawi THAMCHAIWAT THA vs q Vanshita PATHANIA IND
Natasha PALHA IND vs Zeel DESAI IND
q Monica ROBINSON USA vs q Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY IND
(7) Emily WEBLEY-SMITH GBR vs Albina KHABIBULINA UZB
(6) Rutuja BHOSALE IND vs q Zoe Gwen SCANDALIS USA
Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL IND vs wc Ganeshi ANIYA IND
Riya BHATIA IND vs wc sara YADAV IND
(3) Pranjala YADLAPALLI IND vs q Yubarani BANERJEE IND
(8) Nudnida LUANGNAM THA vs Rishika SUNKARA IND
Prerna BHAMBRI IND vs wc Shweta Chandra RANA IND
Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI IND vs q Muskan GUPTA IND
(2) Tereza MIHALIKOVA SVK vs q Bhuvana KALVA IND

Very tough field for Indian players.

[bujilover]

Round 1 Results:

Ana VESELINOVIC (MNE) [1] 6-3 6-4 Snehadevi S REDDY (IND)
Kanika VAIDYA (IND) 6-0 6-1 Abhilasha MEHRA (IND)
Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND) 6-1 6-0 Deeksha MANJU PRASAD (IND)
Freya CHRISTIE (GBR) [5] 6-2 6-4 Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND)
Bunyawi THAMCHAIWAT (THA) [4] 6-0 6-2 Vanshita PATHANIA (IND)
Zeel DESAI (IND) 6-2 6-3 Natasha PALHA (IND)
Monica ROBINSON (USA) 4-6 6-3 6-1 Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND)
Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) [7] 3-6 6-4 6-4 Albina KHABIBULINA (UZB)
Rutuja BHOSALE (IND) [6] 7-6(3) 6-3 Zoe Gwen SCANDALIS (USA)
Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND) 6-0 6-2 Ganeshi ANIYA (IND)
Riya BHATIA (IND) 6-4 6-2 Sara YADAV (IND)
Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND) [3] 6-3 6-3 Yubarani BANERJEE (IND)
Nudnida LUANGNAM (THA) [8] 7-6(10) 6-0 Rishika SUNKARA (IND)
Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) 6-2 6-1 Shweta Chandra RANA (IND)
Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND) 6-0 6-2 Muskan GUPTA (IND)
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK) [2] 7-5 6-4 Bhuvana KALVA (IND)

Unfortunate for BK to run into a higher seed when she needed ranking points. Otherwise expected results.

[bujilover]

My predictions:
Round 2
VESELINOVIC 2-0
CHRISTIE 2-0
DESAI 2-1
WEBLEY-SMITH 2-0

BHOSALE 2-0
BHATIA 2-1 [Pranjala's latest form is worrisome]
BHAMBRI 2-0 [Luangnam is 31 yo and having beaten her 1 in 3 meetings, Prerna SHOULD win this]
MIHALIKOVA 2-0

QF
VESELINOVIC 2-0
DESAI 2-0
BHOSALE 2-0
MIHALIKOVA 2-0

SF
VESELINOVIC 2-0
BHOSALE 2-1

WINNER
VESELINOVIC 2-0

[sameerph]

Second round results -

Kanika VAIDYA (IND) 6-3 4-0 Retired Ana VESELINOVIC (MNE) [1]
Freya CHRISTIE (GBR) [5] 6-4 1-6 6-3 Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)
Bunyawi THAMCHAIWAT (THA) [4] 6-2 6-3 Zeel DESAI (IND)
Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) [7] 3-6 6-0 6-1 Monica ROBINSON (USA)
Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND) 6-3 6-0 Rutuja BHOSALE (IND) [6]
Riya BHATIA (IND) 7-5 6-2 Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND) [3]
Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) 5-7 7-6(3) 6-4 Nudnida LUANGNAM (THA) [8]
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK) [2] 6-3 6-1 Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND)

Strange results as our top 3 ranked players left- Pranjala, Rutuja and Zeel all exited. But, upset wins for Kanika and Prerna against the foreign seeds and Dhruti and Riya against the Indian seeds make it 5 Indians in the QF.

[PKBasu]

I don't see why the results should be labelled "strange".

Spectacular victory for Kanika over the top-seed:

Kanika VAIDYA (IND, 743) d. 1-Ana VESELINOVIC (MNE, 388) 63 40 (retd) -- how pathetic to retire at 0-4 down.

And superb win for Prerna as well:

Prerna BHAMBRI (IND, 849) d. 8-Nudnida LUANGNAM (THA, 534) 57 76(3) 64 - what a fightback!!

And excellent that we have 5 Indian women in the quarterfinal, even though the precise line-up is a mild surprise to some.

[arjun2761]

And excellent that we have 5 Indian women in the quarterfinal, even though the precise line-up is a mild surprise to some.

There are 4 Indians in the QF with two of them playing each other.