Nov/Dec Women's $25K ITF tournaments - India

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Re: Nov/Dec Women's $25K ITF tournaments - India

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First round results at Muzzafarnagar-

Hiroko KUWATA (JPN) [1] 6-2 6-1 Albina KHABIBULINA (UZB)
Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND) 6-2 6-0 Snehal MANE (IND)
Aldila SUTJIADI (INA) 6-0 6-0 Humera Begum SHAIK (IND)
Viktoria MORVAYOVA (SVK) 6-4 6-4 Ksenia PALKINA (KGZ) [8]
Natalija KOSTIC (SRB) [3] 6-2 6-4 Mahak JAIN (IND)
Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND) 6-2 6-1 Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND)
Anna SISKOVA (CZE) 6-2 6-0 Sai Dedeepya YEDDULA (IND)
Sarah-Rebecca SEKULIC (GER) [6] 6-2 7-6(2) Natasha PALHA (IND)
Aleksandrina NAYDENOVA (BUL) [7] 6-3 3-6 6-4 Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND)
Melanie KLAFFNER (AUT) 7-6(5) 6-1 Natalia SIEDLISKA (GER)
Zeel DESAI (IND) 6-3 7-6(2) Michika OZEKI (JPN)
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK) [4] 6-3 6-3 Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND)
Kyoka OKAMURA (JPN) [5] 6-0 6-2 Dan Ni WANG (CHN)
Karin KENNEL (SUI) 6-4 6-3 Anna MAKHORKINA (RUS)
Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) 6-2 6-0 Alexandra RILEY (USA)
Nastja KOLAR (SLO) [2] 6-1 6-3 Riya BHATIA (IND)

Only 4 Indians are thru to the second round and they are meeting the top 4 seeds in the second round. We will be lucky to get any quarter finalists here.
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Re: Nov/Dec Women's $25K ITF tournaments - India

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Omkara wrote: Sun Nov 11, 2018 3:12 pm This tournament has a history which I didn't know. We must market such stories.
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Re: Nov/Dec Women's $25K ITF tournaments - India

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Daniel, I think this is what Sumanta (@omkara) was referring to:

An ITF event in M’nagar is UP bizman’s way of remembering his daughter
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Re: Nov/Dec Women's $25K ITF tournaments - India

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Thanks Suresh
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suresh wrote: Wed Nov 14, 2018 9:36 am Daniel, I think this is what Sumanta (@omkara) was referring to:

An ITF event in M’nagar is UP bizman’s way of remembering his daughter
Thanks, Suresh. That's quite a tribute.
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Re: Nov/Dec Women's $25K ITF tournaments - India

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Our singles challenge ended in singles.

Hiroko KUWATA (JPN) [1] 6-1 6-4 Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)
Aldila SUTJIADI (INA) 6-3 6-1 Viktoria MORVAYOVA (SVK)
Natalija KOSTIC (SRB) [3] 6-3 6-1 Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND)
Sarah-Rebecca SEKULIC (GER) [6] 6-3 6-0 Anna SISKOVA (CZE)
Aleksandrina NAYDENOVA (BUL) [7] 6-0 7-5 Melanie KLAFFNER (AUT)
Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK) [4] 7-6(7) 2-6 6-2 Zeel DESAI (IND)
Kyoka OKAMURA (JPN) [5] 6-3 6-4 Karin KENNEL (SUI)
Nastja KOLAR (SLO) [2] 4-6 7-5 6-0 Prerna BHAMBRI (IND)

So, our top 4 did not play this week and lower ranked players could not upset the higher ranked players.
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Unfortunate that all four Indians in R2 faced the top 4 seeds. Good that Prerna and Zeel managed to win a set each, but sad that they couldn't pull off victories. Mihalikova (who beat Zeel) is ranked 395, and Nastja Kolar is 340 (CH 178). On home soil, the Indian girls should have been able to upset them...
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Pranjala withdrew from the Nov-26th Pune tournament as well. I guess she will rest/train and enter the AO qualifying wildcard playoff. She is still in the entry list for the Solapur $25K ITF the week after Pune.
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Entry list for Pune ITF:

Pos Player Ranking Protected National ranking Priority Info
1 Tamara ZIDANSEK (SLO) 70 1
2 Ankita RAINA (IND) 192 1
3 Jia-Jing LU (CHN) 197 1
4 Karman Kaur THANDI (IND) 198 1
5 Olga DOROSHINA (RUS) 236 1
6 Katy DUNNE (GBR) 237 1
7 Junri NAMIGATA (JPN) 246 1
8 Deniz KHAZANIUK (ISR) 253 1
9 Quirine LEMOINE (NED) 255 1
10 Kai-Lin ZHANG (CHN) 260 1
11 Ya-Hsuan LEE (TPE) 272 1
12 Risa OZAKI (JPN) 281 1
13 Jaqueline Adina CRISTIAN (ROU) 284 1
14 Valeriya STRAKHOVA (UKR) 289 1
15 Katarzyna KAWA (POL) 290 1
16 Katarzyna PITER (POL) 297 1
17 Reka-Luca JANI (HUN) 311 1
18 Amina ANSHBA (RUS) 315 1
19 Marina MELNIKOVA (RUS) 325 1
20 Eva GUERRERO ALVAREZ (ESP) 332 1

Rutuja is 5 out of MD. What in the world is a top-70 player doing here? :damn:
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Re: Nov/Dec Women's $25K ITF tournaments - India

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Disappointing show in the qualifiers of Pune 25K by our women. None of our 8 Indian players in the qualifying could win a round. Mahak,Zeel, Natasha and Humera Shaik took a set off their higher ranked opponent but could not force a win.

These are the main draw match-ups for our players -

[R1] (WC) Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND,1117) vs. Marina MELNIKOVA (RUS,343)
[R1] (WC) Snehal MANE (IND,NR) vs. (6) Deniz KHAZANIUK (ISR,245)
[R1] (WC) Riya BHATIA (IND,634) vs. (Q) Katharina GERLACH (GER,350)
[R1] (4) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,223) vs (Q) Aleksandrina NAYDENOVA (BUL,448)
[R1] (2) Ankita RAINA (IND,198) vs. Amina ANSHBA (RUS,327)

Ankita and Karman are playing together again and are top seeds in doubles.
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Riya lost tamely. Karman in trouble facing an early exit. Joke of a wildcard system followed in this tournament omitting ones to Mahak and Zeel.
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Karman managed an escape act against the qualifier and won her R1 in 3 sets.

Singles
[R1] (4) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,223) d. (Q) Aleksandrina NAYDENOVA (BUL,448) : 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
[R1] (WC) Riya BHATIA (IND,634) l. (Q) Katharina GERLACH (GER,350) : 0-6, 3-6

[R1] (WC) Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND,1117) vs. Marina MELNIKOVA (RUS,343)
[R1] (WC) Snehal MANE (IND,NR) vs. (6) Deniz KHAZANIUK (ISR,245)
[R1] (2) Ankita RAINA (IND,198) vs. Amina ANSHBA (RUS,327)
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,377) vs. Kai-Lin Zhang (CHN,262)

Doubles
[R1] Snehal Mane (IND) / HO Ching Wu (HKG) l. Chieh-Yu Hsu (TPE) / Jia-Jing Lu (CHN) : 2-6, 4-6
[R1] Natasha Palha (IND) / Rishika Sunkara (IND) l. Amina Anshba (RUS) / Paula Kania (POL) : 0-6, 2-6
[R1] (1) Ankita Raina (IND) / Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) d. Pei-Chi Lee (TPE) / Kaylah Mcphee (AUS) : 6-2, 6-4
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Let's hope that Rutuja creates an upset in R1 and we get three players in R2.
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Singles

Jennifer Luikham put up a fight against her higher ranked opponent before going down in straight sets. Snehal lost tamely in straight sets 3 & 1. Ankita breezes past the Russian Amina in straight sets 2 & 1. Rutuja fought bravely but couldn't overpower her opponent and lost in 2 close tie breaks 7-6 and 7-6.

[R1] (4) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,223) d. (Q) Aleksandrina NAYDENOVA (BUL,448) : 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
[R1] (WC) Riya BHATIA (IND,634) l. (Q) Katharina GERLACH (GER,350) : 0-6, 3-6
[R1] (WC) Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND,1117) l. Marina MELNIKOVA (RUS,343) : 6-7, 3-6
[R1] (WC) Snehal MANE (IND,NR) l. (6) Deniz KHAZANIUK (ISR,245) : 3-6, 1-6
[R1] (2) Ankita RAINA (IND,198) d. Amina ANSHBA (RUS,327) : 6-2, 6-1
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,377) vs. Kai-Lin Zhang (CHN,262) : 6-7, 6-7

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[R2] (2) Ankita RAINA (IND,198) vs. (Q) Ekaterina Yashina (RUS,369)
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Re: Nov/Dec Women's $25K ITF tournaments - India

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meyyis wrote: Tue Nov 27, 2018 8:07 am Singles

Jennifer Luikham put up a fight against her higher ranked opponent before going down in straight sets. Snehal lost tamely in straight sets 3 & 1. Ankita breezes past the Russian Amina in straight sets 2 & 1. Rutuja fought bravely but couldn't overpower her opponent and lost in 2 close tie breaks 7-6 and 7-6.

[R1] (4) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,223) d. (Q) Aleksandrina NAYDENOVA (BUL,448) : 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
[R1] (WC) Riya BHATIA (IND,634) l. (Q) Katharina GERLACH (GER,350) : 0-6, 3-6
[R1] (WC) Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND,1117) l. Marina MELNIKOVA (RUS,343) : 6-7, 3-6
[R1] (WC) Snehal MANE (IND,NR) l. (6) Deniz KHAZANIUK (ISR,245) : 3-6, 1-6
[R1] (2) Ankita RAINA (IND,198) d. Amina ANSHBA (RUS,327) : 6-2, 6-1
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,377) vs. Kai-Lin Zhang (CHN,262) : 6-7, 6-7

Up next

[R2] (2) Ankita RAINA (IND,198) vs. (Q) Ekaterina Yashina (RUS,369)

Jennifer's loss was closer than I expected. But it's sad to see Indians lose all 3 tiebreakers.
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