$25K ITF Women,Jodhpur,Jan 28-Feb.3, 2019

[sameerph]

So, the only womens tournament which seems to be scheduled in India for first half of the year started this Monday in Jodhpur.

Unfortunately, our top 4 players are not playing. Ankita and Karman preferred to play qualies in WTA Thailand while Pranjala and Rutuja are injured.

These are the qualifying results -

Round 1
Vaidehi CHAUDHARI (IND) [11] 6-1 7-5 Avika SAGWAL (IND)
Lulu SUN (SUI) [2] BYE
Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND) [7] 6-1 6-1 Anoushka SHARMA (IND)
Verena MELISS (ITA) [3] BYE
Sathwika SAMA (IND) [12] 6-0 6-0 VAIDEHI NARSINGHANI (IND)
Yuuki TANAKA (JPN) [4] BYE
Soha SADIQ (IND) 6-1 6-3 Alexandra RILEY (USA) [9]
Mihaela DJAKOVIC (SRB) [5] 6-0 6-4 Aayushi TANWAR (IND)
Mihika YADAV (IND) [8] 6-2 7-5 Saumya VIG (IND)
Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND) [6] 6-2 6-2 Farhat ALEEN QAMAR (IND)
Bhuvana KALVA (IND) [10] 7-6(3) 6-4 Natasha PALHA (IND)

Round 2
Vaidehi CHAUDHARI (IND) [11] BYE
Lulu SUN (SUI) [2] 6-1 6-0 Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND) [7]
Verena MELISS (ITA) [3] 6-2 6-0 Sathwika SAMA (IND) [12]
Yuuki TANAKA (JPN) [4] 6-1 6-2 Soha SADIQ (IND)
Mihaela DJAKOVIC (SRB) [5] 6-3 6-2 Mihika YADAV (IND) [8]
Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND) [6] 6-1 2-1 Retired Bhuvana KALVA (IND) [10]

So, 2 Indians qualify to join 4 Indians wild cards in the main draw.

[sameerph]

Main draw match-ups for our players with 1 all Indian match being completed today-

[R1] (WC) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND,743) vs. Paige HOURIGAN (NZL,544)
[R1] (Q) Vaidehi CHAUDHARI (IND,NR) vs. (Q) Mihaela DJAKOVIC (SRB,766)
[R1] (WC) Mahak JAIN (IND,518) vs. Fatma AL NABHANI (OMA,439)
[R1] (WC) Riya BHATIA (IND,555) d. (WC) Zeel DESAI (IND,770) 62 75
[R1] (Q) Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND,796) vs. (3) Valeriya STRAKHOVA (UKR,287)

Riya got a comfortable win over Zeel in a way justifying her selection in the fed cup squad. Other first round matches to be played tomorrow.

[bujilover]

Mahak, Vaidehi, Sowjanya can defeat their opponents.

I don’t think Rutuja is injured, she has joined some academy (Europe?!) and has been training there since last week. I couldn’t tell which academy since she hasn’t tagged them but it seems to be a colder region.

[sameerph]

Ok, but then Rutuja did pull out of Fed cup which is next week due to injury as reported.

[sameerph]

None of the Indians could win today.

[R1] (WC) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND,743) l. Paige HOURIGAN (NZL,544) 57 36
[R1] (Q) Vaidehi CHAUDHARI (IND,NR) l. (Q) Mihaela DJAKOVIC (SRB,766) 36 36
[R1] (WC) Mahak JAIN (IND,518) l. Fatma AL NABHANI (OMA,439) 46 46
[R1] (Q) Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND,796) l. (3) Valeriya STRAKHOVA (UKR,287) 46 16

Only Riya remains for us in second round.

[R2] (WC) Riya BHATIA (IND,555) vs. (6) Miyabi INOUE (JPN,362)

[jaydeep]

I don’t think Rutuja is injured, she has joined some academy (Europe?!) and has been training there since last week. I couldn’t tell which academy since she hasn’t tagged them but it seems to be a colder region.

Rutuja is still recovering from injury ... In January 2019, she has shifted her base (initially at least for a few months) to Barcelona, Spain ... And going to train and play there ... Her training is started but she is still far away from match fitness.

[IndiaSports]

Been a horrible tournament for us. Honestly a waste of money.
The best players from country dont show up and those who play cant even win a single match.

[sameerph]

Yes, the only remaining Indian, Riya got beaten in second round.

[R2] (WC) Riya BHATIA (IND,555) l. (6) Miyabi INOUE (JPN,362) 57 26

Quick end to this thread.