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Re: Kanika Vaidya thread

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Kanika scored an excellent comeback win against her higher-ranked Danish player ... After losing the first set she gave a strong performance for winning next two sets ... Next, she is facing top-500 type and her doubles partner for this week, Pei-Chi Lee.

At $15K ITF Women's Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[QF] Kanika Vaidya (IND, 896) bt Emilie Francati (DEN,794) 26 62 61

[SF] Kanika Vaidya (IND, 896) vs (2) Pei-Chi Lee (TPE,503)
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At $15K ITF Women's Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[SF] [1] Pei-Chi Lee (TPE) / Kanika Vaidya (IND) d. Morales Melissa (GUA) / Weedon Kirsten-Andrea (GUA) 6-1 6-0
[F] [1] Pei-Chi Lee (TPE) / Kanika Vaidya (IND) vs Chen Pei Hsuan [TPE] / Wu Fang-Hsien [TPE]
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Re: Kanika Vaidya thread

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Kanika lost against her doubles partner, Pei-Chi Lee, in the straight sets.

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[SF] Kanika Vaidya (IND, 896) l (2) Pei-Chi Lee (TPE,503) 36 46
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Re: Kanika Vaidya thread

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Bad day for Kanika I guess, she lost in the doubles final too :-(

[F] [1] Pei-Chi Lee (TPE) / Kanika Vaidya (IND) l Chen Pei Hsuan [TPE] / Wu Fang-Hsien [TPE] 0-6 6-1 7-10
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Decent week, especially in singles, for Kanika -- with a couple of nice wins over good European opponents.
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Kanika thru to second round this week.

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[R1] Kanika Vaidya (IND, 898) d. Alena Yurchenko (RUS, UNR) 60 62

She has a tough second round match against a former top 200 player.

[R2] Kanika Vaidya (IND, 898) vs. (2) Nastja Kolar (SLO, 529)
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Excellent upset win by Kanika over a former top 200 player.

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[R2] Kanika Vaidya (IND, 898) d. (2) Nastja Kolar (SLO, 529) 61 75

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[QF] Kanika Vaidya (IND, 898) vs. (5) Britt Geukens (BEL,607)
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Wow, that is indeed a good win over a 23 year old who was ranked as high as 178 three years ago (and was a junior #4).
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Whoa, this is great stuff from Kanika!
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Kanika in the semis with comeback win over top-600 type Belgian opponent ... In the semis, she is facing same ranked young Swiss girl.

At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[QF] Kanika Vaidya (IND, 898) bt (5) Britt Geukens (BEL,607) 46 60 64

[SF] Kanika Vaidya (IND, 898) vs Arlinda Rushiti (SUI,898)
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Go Kanika. Back to back upsets of seeds!!
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jaydeep wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2017 4:45 pm [SF] Kanika Vaidya (IND, 898) vs Arlinda Rushiti (SUI,898)
This is not the first time I saw this name, but each time I get excited (I read it as Aravinda Rushitha or something like that) thinking it's an NRI. :p :p :p :p

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Re: Kanika Vaidya thread

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Yes, this girl Rushiti has played a few Indian players this year in Egypt. She beat Zeel in a 3 setter in April,lost to Pranjala in 3 sets in July and beat Kanika in staight sets in July. So, she is a good player. But, I think Kanika has run into higher level of form this week and will beat Rushiti.
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Sounded like an Italian-origin name to me. But, she played Fed Cup for Kosovo before. Now, she is representing Switzerland!
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Re: Kanika Vaidya thread

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Another good run to the SF in singles for a second consecutive week for Kanika. Her next opponent shares exactly the same ranking (898) and the same Birthday (27th March) but is 4 years younger than Kanika. Time to avenge the previous close loss!
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