Hyderabad Open 2005 (Sania, Shikha! ...)

[jayakris]

Here is the entry list

Main Draw:

1 Tamarine TANASUGARN THA 66
2 Anna-lena GROENEFELD GER 68
3 Arantxa PARRA-SANTONJA ESP 70
4 Marta DOMACHOWSKA POL 73
5 Tatiana PANOVA RUS 77
6 Na LI CHN 78
7 Jie ZHENG CHN 79
8 Mara SANTANGELO ITA 86
9 Lubomira KURHAJCOVA SVK 88
0 Ludmila CERVANOVA SVK 96
11 Maria KIRILENKO RUS 107
12 Alyona BONDARENKO UKR 110
13 Tzipora OBZILER ISR 111
14 Maria-Emilia SALERNI ARG 115
15 Roberta VINCI ITA 116
16 Marie-gayanayMIKAELIAN SUI 121
17 Jelena DOKIC SCG 124
18 Evie DOMINIKOVIC AUS 125
19 Tiantian SUN CHN 126
20 Melinda CZINK HUN 128
21 Aiko NAKAMURA JPN 135
22 Galina VOSKOBOEVA RUS 140
23 Lenka NEMECKOVA CZE 146
24 Marie-eve PELLETIER CAN 148

[Plus one feed-up player -winner of Deuville CH, Nov-4,2004,
Four qualifiers and Three wildcards, one could be a Gold Exempt player]


Main Draw NEXT-IN List

1 Delia SESCIOREANU ROM 154
2 Ekaterina BYCHKOVA RUS 155
3 Eva BIRNEROVA CZE 157
4 Yuka YOSHIDA JPN 158
5 Shikha UBEROI USA 159
6 Rika FUJIWARA JPN 161
7 Meilen TU USA 162
8 Sania MIRZA IND 169
9 Bahia MOUHTASSINE MAR 171
10 Ting LI CHN 174
11 Sybille BAMMER AUT 175
12 Shahar PEER ISR 176
13 Sandra KLOESEL GER 177
14 Maret ANI EST 183
15 Martina MULLER GER 189
16 Vanessa HENKE GER 190
17 Elise TAMAELA NED 192
18 Suchanan VIRATPRASERT THA 194
19 Samantha REEVES USA 198
20 Stanislava HROZENSKA SVK 201
21 Angelika BACHMANN GER 202
22 Eva FISLOVA SVK 203
23 Lana POPADIC CRO 204
24 Frederica PIEDADE POR 206
25 Asa SVENSSON SWE 207
26 Chia-jung CHUANG TPE 211
27 Anastassia RODIONOVA RUS 212
28 Shiho HISAMATSU JPN 217
29 Olha LAZARCHUK UKR 218
30 Hana SROMOVA CZE 219

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Qualifying List

1 Delia SESCIOREANU ROM 154
2 Ekaterina BYCHKOVA RUS 155
3 Eva BIRNEROVA CZE 157
4 Yuka YOSHIDA JPN 158
5 Shikha UBEROI USA 159
6 Rika FUJIWARA JPN 161
7 Sania MIRZA IND 169
8 Bahia MOUHTASSINE MAR 171
9 Ting LI CHN 174
10 Sybille BAMMER AUT 175
11 Shahar PEER ISR 176
12 Sandra KLOESEL GER 177
13 Maret ANI EST 183
14 Martina MULLER GER 189
15 Vanessa HENKE GER 190
16 Elise TAMAELA NED 192
17 Suchanan VIRATPRASERT THA 194
18 Samantha REEVES USA 198
19 Stanislava HROZENSKA SVK 201
20 Angelika BACHMANN GER 202
21 Eva FISLOVA SVK 203
22 Lana POPADIC CRO 204
23 Frederica PIEDADE POR 206
24 Asa SVENSSON SWE 207
25 Chia-jung CHUANG TPE 211
26 Anastassia RODIONOVA RUS 212
27 Shiho HISAMATSU JPN 217

[Plus one Feed-up Entry - winner of Sunderland $10K, Oct-11,2004
and FOUR wildcards]

Qualifying Next in.

Olha LAZARCHUK UKR 218
Hana SROMOVA CZE 219
Jarmila GAJDOSOVA SVK 222
Tatiana POUTCHEK BLR 223
Ivana ABRAMOVIC CRO 228
Nina BRATCHIKOVA RUS 230
Zuzana KUCOVA SVK 231
Kyra NAGY HUN 232
Rita KUTI-KIS HUN 234
Maria KONDRATIEVA RUS 239
Adriana BARNA GER 243
Jessica KIRKLAND USA 245
Olga BLAHOTOVA CZE 256
Tiffany DABEK USA 257
Adriana SERRA-ZANETTI ITA 258
Ayami TAKASE JPN 263
Julie DITTY USA 264
Seiko OKAMOTO JPN 265
Kelly LIGGAN IRL 268
Antonia MATIC GER 275
Katarina KACHLIKOVA SVK 276
Tiffany WELFORD AUS 278
Giulia CASONI ITA 280
Jin-hee KIM KOR 283
Nadejda OSTROVSKAYA BLR 289
Chin-wei CHAN TPE 290
Angelique KERBER GER 293
Neha UBEROI USA 295
Zi YAN CHN 296
Mariya KORYTTSEVA UKR 297
Valentina SASSI ITA 305
Ryoko FUDA JPN 315
Katerina BONDARENKO UKR 316
Ipek SENOGLU TUR 324
Katalin MAROSI HUN 326
So-Jung KIM KOR 328
Mandy MINELLA LUX 331
Maria GEZNENGE BUL 333
Emmanuelle EDON FRA 335
Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI IND 339
Lauren BREADMORE AUS 340
Ana VRLJIC CRO 344
Kildine CHEVALIER FRA 345
Anne MALL USA 350
Montinee TANGPHONG THA 352
Olena ANTYPINA UKR 353
Leslie BUTKIEWICZ BEL 360
Monique ADAMCZAK AUS 365
Tomoko DOKEI JPN 371
Akgul AMANMURADOVA UZB 380
Jana HLAVACKOVA CZE 397
Emily HEWSON AUS 402
Natsumi HAMAMURA JPN 407
Svetlana KRIVENCHEVA BUL 413
Ankita BHAMBRI IND 420
Su-wei HSIEH TPE 430
Sandy GUMULYA INA 439
Tomoyo TAKAGISHI JPN 441
Mireille DITTMANN AUS 445
Andreea VANC ROM 448
Remi TEZUKA JPN 451
Akiko YONEMURA JPN 455
Yung-jan CHAN TPE 458
Liga DEKMEIJERE LAT 459
Julia VOROBIEVA RUS 481
Francesca LUBIANI ITA 495
Ekaterina KOZHOKINA RUS 496
Kyung-mi CHANG KOR 500
Leanne BAKER NZL 523
Thassha VITAYAVIROJ THA 525
Marija ABRAMOVIC CRO 530
Maki ARAI JPN 542
Iroda TULYAGANOVA UZB 550
Shizu KATSUMI JPN 557
Jayaram-Sai JAYALAKSHMY IND 562
Sanaa BHAMBRI IND 570
Punam REDDY IND 576
Kumiko IIJIMA JPN 580
Jennifer ELIE USA 584
Yurika SEMA JPN 603
Archana VENKATARAMAN IND 614
Arpi KOJIAN USA 636
Vladimira UHLIROVA CZE 669
Geeta MANOHAR IND 689
Sonal PHADKE IND 722
Shruti DHAWAN IND 732
Bryanne STEWART AUS 739
Iciri RAI IND 746
Valeria BONDARENKO UKR 783
Caroline SCHNEIDER GER 859
Sheethal GOUTHAM IND 870
Trudi MUSGRAVE AUS 875
Haruka FUJISHIRO JPN 889
Krushmi CHHEDA IND 923
Madura RANGANATHAN IND 936
Elizabeth KOBAK USA 1008
Tomoko SUGANO JPN 1231
Tea POPAJA BIH 1243
Arthi VENKATARAMAN IND
Gracie WILSON USA
Sandhya NAGARAJ IND
Vandana MURALI IND

Jay

[jayakris]

... And we await the name of who the Gold Exempt player is, if anybody shows up.

Sania's rank was low at the time of the close of entry three weeks back. At least Shikha would make it in as a direct entry. Outside chance for Sania also to make it in directly.

I don't know why it is taking this long to have Shikha's country affiliation changed to IND.

Sadly, no Sunitha Rao ...

Jay

[PKBasu]

Will they still use these rankings (and not the relevant ones at the start of the event) to determine entries? Sania should comfortably make it in based on her ranking at the start of that week. Shikha and Sania should be automatic entries so that the WCs can go to others...

[PKBasu]

A solid entry list for this type of event, with the entire galaxy of Asian (including Chinese) talent well represented. It should be an exciting event.

[gvhvhg]

Shikha will probably make it in directly...I dont think Sania should be made to play qualies even if she were to be a top seed....she should definitley get a WC if she doesn't make it in directly...that leaves two WC's for Rushmi and i guess Ankita.....people such as Sai, Sanaa,
Shruti, Sonal and perhaps Neha should be in contention for those WC's

Whats all this about people winning challenger's abroad getting entry to the main draw and qualifying draw

Looking forward to Sania's maiden WTA title....the first of many

[jaydeep]

Tough draw ... Almost all asian big guns (Below 70) r playing ... As usually Chinese gals looking solid ... Yeah Sania will get wild card ... Sunitha should be here, but ... This time Sania will have to play with expectation from home crowd ... how she took that its interesting to see ... I think Shikha's affilation will change inend of February or first week of March ... But this time we r also having solid line up for Hyderabad open.

Jaydeep.

[gvhvhg]

did pratt win it last year? I thought it was tamarine...


Jay...if nobody shows up for the Gold Exempt then what...?

[jayakris]

Then it will become a regular wildcard spot.

Jay

[jayakris]

I don't think there has ever been a more assured wildcard in the history of tennis, but ...

There is official word today that Sania Mirza has been given a wildcard to the Hyderabad Open!

Jay

[vishnureddy]

Tulyaganova has been given the second wildcard. Good choice i suppose since she seemed to be the crowd favourite in the first edition. I also noticed Meghann Shaugnessy's name being mentioned in the papers as the highest ranked player in the entry list . Maybe she was a late entrant

[amr090]

i hope sania recovers quickly from this and doesnt risk playing her if it means serious injury. this is a big yr for her and stuff will really get screwed up if she has nagging injuries. itd be better to miss an event and completely heal rather than having it bother her the whole year.

in order to move into the top 50 you need a high level of lateral mobility and with a bad ankle thatll be tough.

[jaydeep]

True amr she should fit before participating in any tournament ... Yesterday also in interview in Hyderabad she mentioned 'I don't want to miss tournament from my own town and hopefully my injury will heal until the tournament' ... She is deserving candidate for wild card but if she doesn't feel fit until the tournament then she should avoid to play and avoid to increase her injury.

Jaydeep.

[PKBasu]

This story in the Hindu confirms that #40 Meghan Shaughnessy will be the top seed, and speculates on the possibility of Martina Navratilova coming to Hyderabad. That will be a coup for MB!

http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/28/stories ... 761800.htm