$50K / $50K (+H) Indore, Pune Challengers, Oct.13-25, 2014

[sameerph]

Time to open a thread for the second series of Indian challangers this year coming in October Indore ($50K) and Pune ($50K+H).

This is the entry list for first week at Indore -

Main Draw
Nedovyesov, Aleksandr KAZ 119
Kudryavtsev, Alexander RUS 127
Devvarman, Somdev IND 141
Bedene, Aljaz SLO 151
Moriya, Hiroki JPN 160
Menendez-Maceiras, Adrian ESP 162
Buchanan, Chase USA 179
Bhambri, Yuki IND 187
Coppejans, Kimmer BEL 196
Travaglia, Stefano ITA 228
Chen, Ti TPE 240
Pavlasek, Adam CZE 245
Uchiyama, Yasutaka JPN 257
Udomchoke, Danai THA 289
Martin, Fabrice FRA 292
Gigounon, Germain BEL 296
Ramanathan, Ramkumar IND 311
Huang, Liang-Chi TPE 319
Quinzi, Gianluigi ITA 321
Nedunchezhiyan, Jeevan IND 322
Balaji, N.Sriram IND 326
Giannessi, Alessandro ITA 330

Alternates
1. Reuter, Yannik BEL 336
2. Horansky, Filip SVK 354
3. Willis, Marcus GBR 365
4. Meister, Nicolas USA 368
5. Milton, Joshua GBR 376
6. Schmid, Michal CZE 385
7. Pashanski, Boris SRB 393
8. Singh, Sanam IND 397
9. Li, Zhe CHN 398
10. Djere, Laslo SRB 405
11. Pulgar-Garcia, Jaime ESP 412
12. Kim, Cheong-Eui KOR 414
13. Becker, Richard GER 417
14. Myneni, Saketh IND 431
15. Matsui, Toshihide JPN 439

Great that 5 Indians have directly made the main draw. Saketh/Sanam should get wild cards.

[vatsal323]

One wildcard should surely go to Sumit Nagal. Otherwise Indian tennis will stay where it is

[Sin Hombre]

Sumit Nagal has done squat to deserve one.

[Omkara]

Excellent tournament for Indian players.. Hope they can collect enough fodder to kick start the next season

[PKBasu]

Nice to see a high-quality field! Our players will really have to earn their points from Indore.

[nitin28]

Entry List for Second Week of Pune challengers:

Main Draw
Nedovyesov, Aleksandr KAZ 119
Kudryavtsev, Alexander RUS 130
Devvarman, Somdev IND 137
Sugita, Yuichi JPN 145
Bedene, Aljaz SLO 148
Moriya, Hiroki JPN 161
Menendez-Maceiras, Adrian ESP 164
Buchanan, Chase USA 178
Bhambri, Yuki IND 185
Coppejans, Kimmer BEL 192
Travaglia, Stefano ITA 219
Pavlasek, Adam CZE 240
Chen, Ti TPE 241
Reid, Matt AUS 254
Uchiyama, Yasutaka JPN 258
Androic, Toni CRO 259
Ramanathan, Ramkumar IND 281
Gigounon, Germain BEL 286
Udomchoke, Danai THA 289
Martin, Fabrice FRA 293
Nedunchezhiyan, Jeevan IND 320
Huang, Liang-Chi TPE 325

Alternates
1. Balaji, N.Sriram IND 332
2. Niki, Takuto JPN 341
3. Reuter, Yannik BEL 342
4. Horansky, Filip SVK 353
5. Quinzi, Gianluigi ITA 359
6. Milton, Joshua GBR 376
7. Schmid, Michal CZE 383
8. Li, Zhe CHN 394
9. Singh, Sanam IND 395
10. Takeuchi, Kento JPN 411
11. Pulgar-Garcia, Jaime ESP 414
12. Kim, Cheong-Eui KOR 416
13. Matsui, Toshihide JPN 419
14. Singh, Karunuday IND 425
15. Becker, Richard GER 437
16. Pashanski, Boris SRB 439
17. Sekiguchi, Shuichi JPN 443
18. Vega Hernandez, David ESP 444
19. Myneni, Saketh IND 450
20. Kondo, Hiroki JPN 461
21. Watanuki, Yusuke JPN 477
22. Singh, Karunuday IND 527
23. Lee, Duckhee KOR 565
24. Marrai, Matteo ITA 594
25. Giacalone, Omar ITA 663

4 Indians in Main Draw while 3 in alternate list.

[bujilover]

You just forgot Saketh Myneni as an Indian there :P

[bujilover]

I hope Sanam , Saketh , Sumit gets MD WCs. Good chance for our guys to grab some wins!

[vatsal323]

Sumit just needs to get a WC here. In both Indore and Pune infact.

[Ravishankar Krishnan]

I completely fail to comprehend this forum's obsession over Sumit Nagal. He might be talented, he might have potential, but has done absolutely nothing to deserve a WC. Even if he is given one, he will surely get completely annihilated. Forget the fact that he has hardly won any points on the pro tour, forget the fact that by his age Somdev and Yuki had already won ITF titles, he has hardly done anything of note even in the junior circuit. Sanam, Yuki, Vivek and Jeevan all had better rankings. Give it to KU or Prajnesh, makes far more sense.

[Omkara]

Well they gave Kyra a wc for a wta before time. Didn't help. Hence for me wc to next 4 ranked guys who don't make it to main draw

[vatsal323]

Well KU and Prajnesh are never going to be even in the top 200, let alone top 100. When a guy has potential to be in the top 100 at least(even mentioned by Brad Gilbert),we need to take our chances. Otherwise we'll just dream of having top players. Guys like Francis Tiafoe and James Duckworth also had not done anything substantial, but they kept on getting WC's to ATP 250 and 500 events. See where Duckworth is now, and Francis is on his way. So Sumit at least deserves a WC to a 50K Challenger event.

[sameerph]

I agree. 2 of the wild cards should surely go to Sanam and Saketh which leaves 2 wild cards open. I don't think Prajnesh is even going to play here. He is still injured. KU has also not played in quite a while. So, better to blood Sumit in big league if nothing but for exposure. It would have been a different story if RamK, Jeevan etc, would not have made the main draw.

[Sin Hombre]

I completely fail to comprehend this forum's obsession over Sumit Nagal. He might be talented, he might have potential, but has done absolutely nothing to deserve a WC. Even if he is given one, he will surely get completely annihilated. Forget the fact that he has hardly won any points on the pro tour, forget the fact that by his age Somdev and Yuki had already won ITF titles, he has hardly done anything of note even in the junior circuit. Sanam, Yuki, Vivek and Jeevan all had better rankings. Give it to KU or Prajnesh, makes far more sense.

The clamour for Sumit Nagal is one of the biggest mysteries for me - at this moment, his career is probably on track to have a best senior ranking of around 500.


If we really desperately want to give a WC to a teenager, give it to Ronit or Sasi. Both have achieved very good wins at the senior level and are only a year older.

[Ravishankar Krishnan]

Vatsal, please don't compare him to tiafoe. That guy won the orange bowl and was ranked in the top 3 among juniors. Duckworth too reached sf in French open. Granted, duckworth was 18 at that point, but duckworth is a guy who tried his hand at futures from when he was 14, while naval has hardly tried his hand at futures. Give nagal a wc for the futures that are to follow the challengers. He is not ready at all for this stage. I think it'll do more harm than good giving him a WC at such a premature stage. ( Forgive me for the typos, posted from my phone)