$25K Women's ITF - Mumbai (Nov 1)

[jayakris]

Here is the entry list:

$25,000 Mumbai

Pos Name Nation Ranking Special Points Priority Information

1 MATIC, Antonia GER 227
2 BLAHOTOVA, Olga CZE 231
3 SROMOVA, Hana CZE 237
4 MIRZA, Sania IND 258
5 TONGSALEE, Napaporn THA 300
6 NAVRATILOVA, Gabriela CZE 318
7 AMANMURADOVA, Akgul UZB 334
8 CHAKRAVARTHI, Rushmi IND 337
9 TIMOTIC, Ana SCG 339
10 TANGPHONG, Montinee THA 351
11 STEPHENS, Shelley NZL 353
12 BHAMBRI, Ankita IND 417
13 HARING, Florence FRA 435
14 KLEPAC, Andreja SLO 456
15 JAYALAKSAMY, Jayaram-Sai IND 491
16 LAKHANI, Isha IND 503
17 VOROBIEVA, Julia RUS 536
18 CETKOVSKA, Petra CZE 542

Qualifyng

1 ABRAMOVIC, Maria CRO 553
2 VITAYAVIROJ, Thassha THA 565
3 CHAN, Yung-Jan TPE 590=
4 VENKATARAMAN, Archana IND 669
5 PHADKE, Sonal IND 672
6 BHAMBRI, Sanaa IND 717
7 MANOHAR, Geeta IND 721
8 CHOPTANG, Wilawan THA 730
9 RAI, Iciri IND 781=
10 PEREIRA, Liza IND 785
11 VAN DER VORT, Alana USA 851=
12 HORIKAWA, Naoko JPN 859
13 BELLER, Verena GER 873=
14 PERUMAL, Nandini IND 932=
15 ROMA, Geraldine SWE 961=
16 POWASKA, Anna POL 972=
17 GOSWAMI, Parul IND 987=
18 REDDY, Punam IND 987=
19 PATEL, Karishma IND 989
20 NAGRAJ, Sandhya IND 1008=
21 GOUTHAM, Sheethal IND 1020
22 RAO, Preeti IND 1033=
23 CHHEDA, Krushmi IND 1037=
24 FEUERSTEIN, Claire FRA 1078
25 KUMAR, Rati IND 1113=
26 WATANABE, Ryoko JPN 1126

[jayakris]

Pretty poor field. Only the usual culprits from abroad are coming. Well, when will we see the Uberoi sisters showing up?? .. They were there for Hyderabad WTA but no trips after that. I guess it is alwasy quite expensive to fly to India for just a one week event - that is the big reason for not getting good foreign participation for Indian events.

Jay

[sanjay8886]

Jay,
Uberoi sisters would be playing in advanta wta championship in Philadelphia( as was indicated by me in uberoi post) which is at the same time as this one.
I am not sure if Shikha got a wild card or will be playing in qualifying rounds.

Thanks
sanjay

[indiansportsfan]

where is megha vakharia?

[jayakris]

Good question. She was there for the week before at Pune. Why would she skip this one? ..

Jay

[PKBasu]

Good to see Isha back after a long time. Sania should be the hot favourite for this title. She's come a long way since November last year...

[jayakris]

Heard from Megha. She had entered the $10K and the $25K but then withdrew because it seems she has to rest an injury. In fact, she had withdrawn from the doubles at the Lafayette challenger 2 weeks back due to injury (incidentally, Stanciute whom Megs took to three sets there, ended up winning the title). She will be fine, but not sure of the time-frame on when she will play next.

Jay

[jaydeep]

Wishing fast recovery to Megha ... Hope its minor injury, which sportsperson faces.

Jaydeep.

[nkoth]

The field has weakened further, with the main draw cut falling into the 700's (!):

25,000 Mumbai
Main Draw - Last Updated : 21/10/2004

1 SROMOVA, Hana CZE 237
2 TONGSALEE, Napaporn THA 300
3 NAVRATILOVA, Gabriela CZE 318
4 AMANMURADOVA, Akgul UZB 334
5 CHAKRAVARTHI, Rushmi IND 337
6 TANGPHONG, Montinee THA 351
7 BHAMBRI, Ankita IND 417
8 KLEPAC, Andreja SLO 456
9 JAYALAKSAMY, Jayaram-Sai IND 491
10 LAKHANI, Isha IND 503
11 CETKOVSKA, Petra CZE 542
12 ABRAMOVIC, Maria CRO 553
13 VITAYAVIROJ, Thassha THA 565
14 CHAN, Yung-Jan TPE 590
15 VENKATARAMAN, Archana IND 669
16 PHADKE, Sonal IND 672
17 BHAMBRI, Sanaa IND 717
18 MANOHAR, Geeta IND 721

Qualifyng
 
1 CHOPTANG, Wilawan THA 730
2 RAI, Iciri IND 781
3 PEREIRA, Liza IND 785
4 VAN DER VORT, Alana USA 851
5 PERUMAL, Nandini IND 932
6 ROMA, Geraldine SWE 961
7 POWASKA, Anna POL 972
8 GOSWAMI, Parul IND 987
9 REDDY, Punam IND 987
10 PATEL, Karishma IND 989
11 NAGRAJ, Sandhya IND 1008
12 GOUTHAM, Sheethal IND 1020
13 RAO, Preeti IND 1033
14 CHHEDA, Krushmi IND 1037
15 KUMAR, Rati IND 1113
16 WATANABE, Ryoko JPN 1126
17 UCHIDA, Yuko JPN 1130
18 RAJUR, Chirashantha IND 1154
19 RAJUR, Anupama IND 1180
20 LUKIC, Vojislava SCG
21 TULPULE, Radhika IND
22 LIPOVSKA, Andrea AUS
23 WEIGERT, Anabella GER
24 IYER, Tara IND
25 PHADKE, Sagarika IND
26 RANGANATHAN, Madura IND

-neil

[PKBasu]

Why has Sania dropped out of the draw? I presume she would now be the top seed (her ranking will be inside top-200 this coming week, I think). Perhaps she is, understandably, seeking bigger challenges now.

[amr090]

from the report i read sania said she was taking a few weeks off to recover her knee. she wanted to then play a challenger i forget which and then get ready for AUSOPEN.

[jayakris]

I would think she will play the big $75K in Dubai in mid december. Probably that ABN Amro exhibition in Mumbai the week before too, I suppose.

Jay

[PKBasu]

With a relatively weak field, I hope our girls can capitalise fully. Isha, in particular, needs to do well as she is defending her runner-up points from last year. Sadly she has been out of action almost the whole of this year after those heroics 10-12 months ago.

[jayakris]

AITA site says,

The following have been given Wild Cards for the the above tournament : -

Main Draw
1) Krushmi Chheda - DOB - 25 May 85
2) Radhika Tulpule - DOB - 9 Feb 82
3) Tara Iyer - DOB - 8 July 88
4) Kakhandaki Shweta - DOB - 3 June 89

Qualifying
The WildCards for the qualifying are left to the organizers
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Good to see Tara, Radhika and Shweta getting the wildcards. I would have picked 19 yr old Iciri Rai over 19 yr old Krushmi though. After all Iciri beat Krushmi 63 63 just last week in Pune. But Iciri was 2 out from the list when I saw last and might have made it in anyway and that may be why AITA gave it to Krushmi?

Jay

[jaydeep]

Great to see name of Radhika, Tara and Shweta in wild card enterants ... Good break for all these gals ... Yes Jay Iciri should consider for Wild Card ... She is improving tournament by tournament.

Jaydeep.