Sandhya Nagaraj thread....

[jayakris]

[R2] (7) Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND,577)  l. (Q) Nastassya BURNETT (ITA,1381), 36 36

That was an unexpected loss.  Damn.  No upward move for Sandhya for a while now.  I find that she has withdrawn from the Madrid $25K next week, where she would have been about an 8th seed in the qualies.  May be something is bothering her?
.. She has also stayed away from doubles for a couple of weeks.

Jay

[jaydeep]

This was bad result ... I hope Sandhya shows improvement in result in next week's challenger qualies.

Jaydeep.

[amr090]

Hey guys, Sandhya emailed me and she is probably going to be playing some futures in England and is even considering a trip to the US soon!  Samarth, and anyone else in the UK are you willing to host her, if she comes up?

As far as the US if people can write in and let me know if they are willing to host that would be good too.  She is going to send mea list of the futures she is planning to play in.

[amr090]

Shes thinking of playing in Nottingham, England in a tournament that starts September 14th.

[jayakris]

I would be glad to help her whichever way.  The problem is that there aren't that many great events in the US.  Here is the remaining schedule for women's events in the US.  No $10K left and only a couple of $25K events.  And they are all over the place too.  It does not look like a great calendar for her to come to the US ...

17 Sep $75,000 ALBUQUERQUE, NM, USA
24 Sep $50,000 ASHLAND, KY, USA
01 Oct $50,000 TROY AL, USA
08 Oct $50,000 SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA
15 Oct $50,000 LAWRENCEVILLE, GA, USA
22 Oct $25,000 AUGUSTA, GA, USA
05 Nov $25,000 TORONTO, Canada
05 Nov $75,000 PITTSBURGH, PA, USA
12 Nov $50,000 SAN DIEGO, CA, USA

I am sure Nirupama Sanjeev or any of our bay area friends could help in San Francisco.  San Diego is an hour and half away - so commuting from our place may not be easy, but we could certainly have he stay with us if she needs to fly in early and needs a place to stay before or after she is at the tournament.  I don't know if Kujo could help her Toronto. 

Could you find out when she is planning to come to the US, or put me in touch?

Jay

[gbelday]

I have a friend in ALBUQUERQUE that I can ask.  Arun, let me know whenever you find out.

[amr090]

Sorry if I wasn't clear, she isn't planning on coming to the US immediately,  she is planning to go to England for the Nottingham tournament in the 2nd week of September.  However, in the near future she does plan on making a trip to the US.  I am not sure if that will be this year or early next year when there are more 10k events and some 25k challengers.

I was just making sure that people in the forum would be willing to host.  Obviously she would be more comfortable with familes. 

Do we have any other members in England, I know we have Samarth...don't know how far away he is from Nottingham though.

[Kothai]

I can help her in accomodation in Atlanta GA which is near to Lawrenceville GA...
but Augusta GA and TROY AL are more than 2 hrs Journey... can try to find somebody...

let me know

[kujo]

No probs in Toronto. Not just for Sandhya, but for other indian sport persons as well.

cheers
-kujo

[sameerph]

Sandhya is back to playing in Spain on clay after a long time & arts off well.

At $10K Mallorca, Spain

[R1] NAGARAJ, Sandhya (IND,572) d. (Q) RODIER, Charlotte (FRA,782) 64 62

Next,

[R2]  NAGARAJ, Sandhya (IND,572) v. (4) HERCOG, Polona (SLO,390)  

[jaydeep]

Good positive start for Sandhya ... Now interesting to see how she perform against Slovakian 4th seed in second round.

Jaydeep.

[tonytharakan]

At $10K Mallorca, Spain
[R2]  NAGARAJ, Sandhya (IND,572) lost to (4) HERCOG, Polona (SLO,390)  3-6,2-6

[jaydeep]

At $10K Mallorca F2 Women's Futures, Spain (Clay)

[R1]  NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,572) vs (5) VOGT Stephanie (LIE,478)

Doubles -
[R1] KRETSCH Vanessa (GER)/ NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND) vs COSTAS-MOREIRA Leticia (ESP)/ GABARRUS-ALONSO Maite (ESP)

Sandhya having tough first round match against top 475 European player ... Hopefully she will raise her game to challenge.

[jaydeep]

At $10K Mallorca  Women's Futures, Spain (Clay)

[R1]  NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,572) l (5) VOGT Stephanie (LIE,478) 26 16

Hmm ... So currently Sandhya is finding tough to handle higher ranked players on clay.

[jaydeep]

At $10K Mallorca F2 Women's Futures, Spain (Clay)

[R1] KRETSCH Vanessa (GER)/ NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND) l COSTAS-MOREIRA Leticia (ESP)/ GABARRUS-ALONSO Maite (ESP) 57 06