ITF Womens 15K circuit India- Feb 2022

[jaydeep]

Vaidehi scored an upset win over Zeel ... In the final, she is facing a Thai girl.

[SF] Vaidehi Chaudhari (IND,864) bt Zeel Desai (IND,608) 7-6(5) 6-2
[SF] Punnin Kovapitukted (THA,836) bt Yubarani Banerjee (IND,UNR) 6-4 6-2

[sameerph]

Vaidehi lost in the final against her Thai opponent.

[F] Vaidehi Chaudhari (IND,864) l. Punnin Kovapitukted (THA,836) 16 26

Sad that in first 2 weeks maximum advantage of these home tournaments is being taken by only 2 good foreign players who were in the field.

[suresh]

True. But Vaidehi has definitely made a breakthrough during these two weeks.

[sameerph]

These are the first round results this week at Ahmedabad-

(1) Zeel DESAI IND d. Farhat Aleen QAMAR IND 61 31 retd
Sravya Shivani CHILAKALAPUDI IND d. Pratyusha RACHAPUDI IND 75 57 64
Shreya TATAVARTHY IND d. wc Jagmeet Kaur GREWAL IND 61 75
q Shachf LIEBERMAN ISR d. (8) Mihika YADAV IND 62 46 63
(4) Punnin KOVAPITUKTED THA d, Sahaja YAMALAPALLI IND 76(4) 64
Humera BAHARMUS IND d. Soha SADIQ IND 76(4) 62
q Ilaria SPOSETTI ITA d, Arthi MUNIYAN IND 64 16 63
Shrivalli Rashmikaa BHAMIDIPATY IND d. (6) Jennifer LUIKHAM IND 62 62
(5) Vaidehi CHAUDHARI IND d, wc Khushali MODI IND 62 62
q Sharmada BALU IND d. q Ishwari MATERE IND 75 63
Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI IND d. Nidhi CHILUMULA IND 67(6) 60 61
(3) Emily SEIBOLD GER d. Saumya VIG IND 64 61
(7) Sathwika SAMA IND d. wc Riya UBOVEJA IND 61 61
q Yubarani BANERJEE IND d, q Niditra RAJMOHAN IND 64 63
Elena JAMSHIDI DEN d. wc Kashish BHATIA IND 62 61
Akanksha Dileep NITTURE IND d. (2) Anna UREKE RUS 36 64 75

Excellent upset win by Akanksha against second seeded Russian. 18 year old Akanksha has been having some really good results of late.

Overall competition got tougher this week with third seeded German player entering the fray. She will be the player to beat this week along with last week's winner fourth seeded Thai for the Indian players.

[sameerph]

Second round results at Ahmedabad-

2nd round

(1) Zeel DESAI IND d. Sravya Shivani CHILAKALAPUDI IND 62 62
Shreya TATAVARTHY IND d. q Shachf LIEBERMAN ISR 46 64 62
(4) Punnin KOVAPITUKTED THA d. Humera BAHARMUS IND 62 62
Shrivalli Rashmikaa BHAMIDIPATY IND d. q Ilaria SPOSETTI ITA 61 60
(5) Vaidehi CHAUDHARI IND d. q Sharmada BALU IND 62 62
(3) Emily SEIBOLD GER d. Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI IND 61 60
q Yubarani BANERJEE IND d. (7) Sathwika SAMA IND 63 61
Akanksha Dileep NITTURE IND d. Elena JAMSHIDI DEN 63 62

So, 6 Indians in QF except 2 top foreign players- Thai and German.

[sameerph]

Quarter final results at Ahmedabad-

[QF] (1) Zeel DESAI (IND,600) d. Shreya Tatavarti (IND,1487) 62 64
[QF] Shrivalli Rashmikaa BHAMIDIPATY (IND,1020) d. (4) Punnin KOVAPITUKTED (THA,803) 46 62 61
[QF] (3) Emily SEIBOLD (GER,754) d. (5) Vaidehi CHAUDHARI (IND,831) 75 60
[QF] Akanksha Dileep NITTURE (IND,1325) d. (Q) Yubarani BANERJEE (IND,1591) 75 64

Excellent upset win by Shrivalli over last week's winner and fourth seeded Thai player. So, our players have eliminated second and fourth seeded foreign winners of last 2 weeks before semi finals. German third seed remains a thorn for an Indian title.

I am guessing Zeel might be getting a little tired having played a lot of matches in last 3 weeks- Final in first week, SF in second week and now another SF. So, calling for another upset by Shrivalli. Hope Akaskhsha also gets another upset.

[sameerph]

No upsets as top seed Zeel and third seeded Seibold won their SF in straight sets.

[SF] (1) Zeel DESAI (IND,600) d. Shrivalli Rashmikaa BHAMIDIPATY (IND,1020) 75 75

[SF] (3) Emily SEIBOLD (GER,754) d. Akanksha Dileep NITTURE (IND,1325) 63 61

[jayakris]

^^^ But a good fight from Srivalli again, versus Zeel. Not bad.

[sameerph]

One sided loss for Zeel in the final though.

[F] (1) Zeel DESAI (IND,600) l. (3) Emily SEIBOLD (GER,754) 26 16

Indian players have reached finals in this series but titles keep going foreign players way. A Russian, a Thai and a German have won the titles in 3 weeks. Zeel getting beaten in final in 2 of the weeks, Vaidehi in 1 week.

[sameerph]

Last week of this series began in Nagpur. First time seeing an international tournament in Nagpur.

These are first round results-

(1) Zeel DESAI IND d. Saumya VIG IND 60 61
Elena JAMSHIDI DEN d. wc Sudipta KUMAR IND 62 26 64
q Shreya TATAVARTHY IND d, q Jagmeet Kaur GREWAL IND 63 57 63
(7) Sathwika SAMA IND d. wc Adithi ARE IND 75 62
(3) Emily SEIBOLD GER d. Nidhi CHILUMULA IND 64 61
Shrivalli Rashmikaa BHAMIDIPATY IND d. q Sharmada BALU IND 64 63
wc Yubarani BANERJEE IND d. wc Ishwari MATERE IND 46 62 76(5)
(5) Vaidehi CHAUDHARI IND d. Soha SADIQ IND 64 63
(6) Jennifer LUIKHAM IND d. Arthi MUNIYAN IND 60 62
Humera BAHARMUS IND d. q Kashish BHATIA IND 63 64
Sahaja YAMALAPALLI IND d. Sravya Shivani CHILAKALAPUDI IND 61 60
(4) Punnin KOVAPITUKTED THA d. Akanksha Dileep NITTURE IND 76(3) 61
q Smriti BHASIN IND d. (8) Mihika YADAV IND 63 61
Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI IND d. q Vanshita PATHANIA IND 46 63 61
Pratyusha RACHAPUDI IND d. q Avishka GUPTA IND 62 57 63
(2) Anna UREKE RUS vs q Niditra RAJMOHAN IND 63 61

No surprises in first round.

[sameerph]

Second round results -

(1) Zeel DESAI IND d. Elena JAMSHIDI DEN 62 61
(7) Sathwika SAMA IND d. q Shreya TATAVARTHY IND 64 62
(3) Emily SEIBOLD GER d. Shrivalli Rashmikaa BHAMIDIPATY 76(4) 63
(5) Vaidehi CHAUDHARI IND d. wc Yubarani BANERJEE IND 62 61
(6) Jennifer LUIKHAM IND d. Humera BAHARMUS IND 26 63 61
Sahaja YAMALAPALLI IND d. (4) Punnin KOVAPITUKTED THA 62 61
Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI IND d. q Smriti BHASIN IND 64 63
(2) Anna UREKE RUS d. Pratyusha RACHAPUDI IND 36 63 63

So, an excellent upset win by Sahaja against fourth seeded Thai who won the title in second week. 6 Indians in QF but first week winner from Russia and third week winner from Germany remain as hurdles in Indian title win.

[sameerph]

Quarter final results-

[QF] (1) Zeel DESAI (IND,585) d (7) Sathwika SAMA (IND,969) 62 62

[QF] (3) Emily SEIBOLD (GER,750) d. (5) Vaidehi CHAUDHARI (IND.769) 60 67(5) 60

[QF] Sahaja YAMALAPALLI (IND,1293) d. (6) Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND,877) 64 64

[QF] (2) Anna UREKE (GER,651) d. Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND,1257) 63 63


So, 2 foreign players still remain in the SF . Zeel makes the SF for fourth straight week and good run by Sahaja.

[sameerph]

Zeel lost against German last week champion by Sahaja Yamlapalli makes it to her first ITF final.

[SF] (1) Zeel DESAI (IND,585) l. (3) Emily SEIBOLD (GER,750) 46 26

[SF] Sahaja YAMALAPALLI (IND,1293) d. ] (2) Anna UREKE (RUS,651) 63 30 retd.

Zeel was top seed in all 4 weeks but lost in Semi finals in 2 weeks and in final in other 2. Don't think satisfactory performance on home courts.

[suresh]

Yes, it has been a disappointing four weeks for Zeel. However, we saw several players benefit by going deeper than before which makes this ITF series a moderate success. Ideally, we should have won at least two of the four weeks.

[sameerph]

And finally an Indian winning singles title as German retired in her final in the first set.

[F] Sahaja YAMALAPALLI (IND,1293) d. (3) Emily SEIBOLD (GER,750) 65 retd.

A bit lucky for her as German was playing her 10th match in 2 weeks but still great week for Sahaja Yamlapalli to win her first ITF title.

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