WTA Mumbai Open 125 February 2024

[sameerph]

It starts with qualifying this weekend. 92nd ranked American Kayla Day is top ranked acceptance with main draw cut-off at 193.

4 Indians - Ankita Raina, Rutuja Bhosale, Sahaja Yamalapalli and Vaishnavi Adkar have got main draw wild cards. This is related news-

WTA Mumbai Open: Ankita Raina, three other Indians receive main draw wildcards

[Dinesh]

Adkar is lucky to get this wildcard being a local? Vaidehi and Shrivalli will have a tough task to qualify for main draw but perhaps the qualifying field isn’t as tough as the MD, here’s hoping.

[Dinesh]

H. Sakatsume (1) v A. Nitture
Z. Desai v S. Sakellaridi (7)

V. Grammatikopoulou (2) v S. Bhamidipaty
V. Morvayova v C. Perrin (12)

N. Abduraimova (3) v C. Tsao
P. Plipuech v D. Marcinkevica (8)

D. Radanovic (4) v V. Chaudhari
S. Shroff v A. Hesse (9)

E. Liang (5) v L. Glushko
Z. Kulambayeva v C. Rosatello (11)

F. Stollar (6) v N. Bains
M. Sawant v S. Park (10)

Taken from TennisForum. Vaidehi has the slightest chance to cause an upset. Not expecting any other Indian to win here.

[jayakris]

Vaidehi has the slightest chance to cause an upset. Not expecting any other Indian to win here.

Shrivalli says Hello to you!

[Q1] Shrivalli Bhamidipaty (IND,374) d. (2) Valentini Grammatikopoulou (GRE,206), 62 63

Wow, what a win for her! Up next in Q2 is Viktoria Morvayova (SVK,482) who upset the 12th seed Conny Perrin (CAN,349)

[sameerph]

Excellent upset win by Shrivalli. Best win of her career thus far.

Now Zeel takes the first set 6-2 against 7th seed Sapfo Sakellearidi. Can we get one more upset ?

[jayakris]

And Zeel also says Hello to Dinesh

[Q1] Zeel Desai (IND,522) d. (7) Sapfo Sakellaridi (GRE,279) 62 61

She gets the top seed Himeno Sakatsume (JPN,179) next

[sameerph]

And Vaidehi gets a retirement at 3-2 in first set against 4th seed.

So, we have all 3 of our highest ranked players in qualies draw alive in final qualifying round.

[Q2] Shrivalli Bhamidipaty (IND,521) vs. Viktoria Morvayova (SVK,482)

[Q2] Zeel Desai (IND,522) vs. (1) Himeno Sakatsume (JPN,179)

[Q2] Vaidehi Chaudhari (IND,481) vs. (9) Amandine Hesse (FRA,308)

[Atithee]

What an awesome day for our ladies! Let’s keep it going.

[jayakris]

Let us hope for at least one of them to make it to the main draw. That would be so unexpected.

[sameerph]

And Shrivalli qualifies for main draw with another very good performance.

[Q2] Shrivalli Bhamidipaty (IND,521) d. Viktoria Morvayova (SVK,482) 63 36 63

[Q2] Zeel Desai (IND,522) l. (1) Himeno Sakatsume (JPN,179) 57 retd.

[Q2] Vaidehi Chaudhari (IND,481) l. (9) Amandine Hesse (FRA,308) 36 16

[sameerph]

So, we have 5 players in main draw.

[R1] (WC) Sahaja Yamlapalli (IND,335) vs.. (1) Kayla Day (USA,92)

[R1] (WC) Ankita Raina (IND,225) vs. (8) Katie Volynets (USA,125)

[R1] (WC) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,348) vs. (Q) Peangtarn Plipuech (THA,477)

[R1] (WC) Vaishnavi Adkar (IND,858) vs. (Q) Himeno Sakatsume (JPN,179)

[R1] (Q) ] Shrivalli Bhamidipaty (IND,521) vs. (2) Nao Hibino (JPN,94)

Can Rutuja ( who is the only playing lower ranked player) win and hoping for 1 more upset although these are all very tough match-ups,

[jayakris]

Sahaja cannot get a break in these draws

[Omkara]

Sahaja cannot get a break in these draws

I guess she has to keep mixing it up. Play lower level tournaments were she should dominate. And then play these tournaments where once in while, she gets an easy draw to move up.

Unfortunately none of these players really dominate 25k/50k challengers. So I guess 125k tournaments are only for exposure and experience.

[prasen9]

If Ankita is fit, maybe she is the one capable on a good day.

[Dinesh]

Sahaja sends home the top seed 6-4 1-6 6-4