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bujilover wrote: ↑Fri Dec 21, 2018 1:35 pm
Looks like Yuki needs to qualify for the MD, if they decide to give the 3rd WC for Arjun.
Yuki is skipping this tournament as per report in TOI as he he is still not ready to play. So, third wild card will either go to Arjun or some other higher ranked foreign player who did not put his name in the entry list.
I also hope the cut drops more Indians get to play qualifying, especially Sumit who had qualified thru to the main draw last time.
Any additional news on the third main-draw wildcard?
Presumably the qualifying draw should be out within the next day or two, with Saketh and Mukund receiving the qualifying wildcards. Where does that leave Arjun Kadhe?
No news yet on third singles wild card. Does not look like they are getting any higher ranked player. So, it should go to Arjun Kadhe. Qualies draw will be out by Friday night.
Marin Cilic has withdrawn from the tournament. But, surprisingly no other withdrawals from main or qualifying draw still. Last year the qualifying draw cut had gone down to 323. So, I was hoping Sumit to get in and also for Mukund, Saki to get in on their rankings so that their wild cards can be given to other Indians. But this year it seems to be holding on now which means we may see only 2 Indians in the qualifying draw which will be the least in many years.
Good. Since the event has moved to Pune last year, all 3 wild cards have gone to Indians.
In the meantime, finally there is some movement in the qualies entry list and the cut drops to 220 now. Saketh and Mulund are now 3 and 4 out from qualies draw. Hope at least 1 of them makes the cut directly so that their wild card can go to Sumit Nagal.
Q-draw is out. Have to say this is a pretty strong draw compared to previous years.
Sasi faces Italian Gianluigi Quinzi (who featured in the maiden NextGen Finals as a wildcard) and Saketh plays Jason Jung. Both are winnable opponents with some home support.
Ullhas wrote: ↑Fri Dec 28, 2018 6:18 am
A small correction. Last year not all 3 were Indian WCs. Benoit Paire had one WC alongwith RamK and Arjun.
True, initially all 3 were awarded to Indians but then Yuki got in on his own ranking and they gave that to Paire. But, this year will probably for the first time in many years that 3 Indians will actually play as wild cards.
bujilover wrote: ↑Fri Dec 28, 2018 2:26 pm
Q-draw is out. Have to say this is a pretty strong draw compared to previous years.
Sasi faces Italian Gianluigi Quinzi (who featured in the maiden NextGen Finals as a wildcard) and Saketh plays Jason Jung. Both are winnable opponents with some home support.
Yes, very strong qualifying with the cut almost 100 places higher than last year which leads to only 2 Indians in the qualies draw as compared to 6 last year. Sumit too missed out after qualifying thru last year. Hope Mukund/Saketh can do something in the qualifying draw.
Khade v Laslo Djere, Prajnesh v Michael Mmoh and Ram v Marcel Granollers and amongst the 3 , Prajnesh seems to have an easiest of the openers.
First tourney of the season and the foreigners could be rusty and fingers crossed for upsets.
Meanwhile Saki completes a creditable win 3 set win over Jason Jung, inspite the gap in rankings, hardly a surprising result as a fit Saki would always be a match for 124 ranked Jung and how well did he prove himself, could have finished it off in straight sets had he not squandered 3 BP's in the second set.
Yes, Saki started with an impressive win over the top-125 ranked Jason Jung in three sets ... Other hand Mukund failed to challenge the Italian Quinzi.
At $590K Tata Open Maharashtra 2019, Pune, India
[Q1] (WC) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,336) l (7) Gianluigi Quinzi (ITA,146) 16 16
[Q1] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND,259) bt (4) Jason Jung (TPE,124) 61 57 62
A decent draw for our players in the singles main draw, as all avoided the seeded players and are facing lower ranked players from the draw.
In the doubles, as expected Rohan and Divij r the top-seeds ... They can meet Lee and Miguel if both pairs win their respective first-round matches ... Jeevan and Monroe r facing the 4th seeds Granollers brothers ... Purav is playing with Ram and they r facing the British pair ... Bala is playing with Arjun and they r having a tough match against the 2nd seeds Oswald and Puetz.
At $590K Tata Open Maharashtra 2019, Pune, India
[R1] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND,392) vs Laslo Djere (SRB,94)
[R1] (WC) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,107) vs Michael Mmoh (USA,103)
[R1] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,133) vs Marcel Granollers (ESP,97)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Radu Albot (MDA)/ Malek Jaziri (TUN)
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs David Marrero (ESP)/ Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)
[R1] Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (4) Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP)
[R2] (WC) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR)
[R1] (WC) N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) vs (2) Philipp Oswald (AUT)/ Tim Puetz (GER)
Saki plays Gerasimov ranked almost 40 spots below Jason Jung whom he beat yesterday, Everything looks favorable for a Saki win and create history by having 4 Indians in the MD of an ATP 250.