Egypt Mens/ Womens ITF tournaments 2017

[bujilover]

According to her Instagram profile, it looks like she got married last year in August and she is also a mother now. She was working as a commentator last year for Eurosport TV during USO and she also ran the Moscow marathon this year in May. She played a $25K challenger in Uzbekistan earlier this year. Would be great to see her forging a comeback in her career.

[PKBasu]

Vera Zvonareva made the final of both Wimbledon and the US Open in 2010, and was ranked #2 in the world at her peak. Maybe she is just playing for fun at age 33, otherwise she could surely have received a wildcard at Wimbledon. Beating her will be tough, I'm sure.

[sameerph]

First of all Kanika will have to meet her in second round. Kanika made it in as a lucky loser and got the first round win.


[R1] (LL) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1100) d. Angelina SHAKHRAYCHUK (UKR,NR) 46 64 61
[R1] (SE) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1054) d. (Q) Arlinda RUSHITI (SUI,1046) 62 63
[R1] Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND,1004) l. Verena HOFER (ITA,788) 61 26 57

Next,

[R2] (LL) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1100) vs. Vera ZVONAREVA (RUS,NR)

[R2] (SE) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1054) vs. (1) Jacqueline CABAJ AWAD (SWE,512)

Winners of those 2 matches will play each other in QF.

[PKBasu]

Zvonareva lost 06 64 46 to world #423 in Ferghana (R2), where she had to go through two rounds of qualifying (which I find bizarre in the WTA). Here, she has a wildcard, and won R1 against someone ranked in the 600s 62 63. She may be gradually finding form, but seems to lack endurance.

[sameerph]

Both lost in second round.

[R2] (LL) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1100) l. Vera ZVONAREVA (RUS,NR) 06 26

[R2] (SE) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1054) l. (1) Jacqueline CABAJ AWAD (SWE,512) 57 36

Pranjala could not produce a win against the top seed for second consecutive week.

[sameerph]

This week Kanika qualified thru to the main draw .

Q1
Kanika VAIDYA (IND) [2] BYE
Snehal MANE (IND) 6-2 6-0 Nadia BRUNZLOW (POL)
Ellen ASHLEY (AUS) 6-0 6-0 Meenal MAHARWAL (IND)
Swara KULKARNI (IND) BYE

Q2
Kanika VAIDYA (IND) [2] 6-1 7-5 Pauline COURCOUX (FRA)
Janina GEISS (GER) 6-3 6-3 Snehal MANE (IND)
Valentina LIA (ITA) 2-6 2-2 Retired Swara KULKARNI (IND)

Q3
Kanika VAIDYA (IND) [2] 6-0 6-1 Viktoria GLOTOVA (RUS)

[sameerph]

So, 3 Indians in the main draw.

[R1] (Q) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1100) vs. (Q) Elina VIKHRYANOVA (RUS,1162)

[R1] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,820) vs. Andrina PEER (SUI,1044)

[R1] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1054) vs. Oleksandra ANDRIEIEVA (UKR,923)

[jaydeep]

Pranjala started with dominating win over Ukrainian girl ... Rutuja also joined her in the second round with a convincing win over her Swiss opponent.

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

[R1] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,820) bt Andrina PEER (SUI,1044) 75 60
[R1] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1054) bt Oleksandra ANDRIEIEVA (UKR,923) 62 61

[Varma]

I like the way Pranjala is dominating her opponents. Except for that 5-7, 3-6 loss to the top seed (521) last week, she hasn't lost a set in her other 7 matches in the past 3 weeks. She is putting up a real strong show to get back to where she truly belongs in the rankings.

Thmping victory for Rituja as well.

- Varma

[PKBasu]

Kanika won her R1 against a Russian fellow-qualifier 16 61 75

[R1] (Q) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1100) bt (Q) Elina VIKHRYANOVA (RUS,1162) 16 61 75

[sameerph]

Second round match-ups-

[R2] (Q) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1100) vs. (Q) Arlinda RUSHITI (SUI,1146)

[R2] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,820) vs. (3) Jacqueline CABAJ AWAD (SWE,512)

[R2] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1054) vs. (5) Ana Bianca MIHAILA (ROM,596)

Kanika's opponent upset the top seed in first round. So, all 3 of them are having tough opponents in second round.

[Abish arul]

Isn't she the girl lost to pranjala last week sameer ?

[sameerph]

Head to head on ITF does not show any match between Mihaila and Pranjala. Mihaila had beaten Zeel in a close final last year in Egypt but she lost to Riya Bhatia in another final the week after that.

[Abish arul]

Head to head on ITF does not show any match between Mihaila and Pranjala. Mihaila had beaten Zeel in a close final last year in Egypt but she lost to Riya Bhatia in another final the week after that.

I mean arlinda rushiti

[bujilover]

All our girls lost today