$10K ITF Women's Tournament, Mumbai (Apr 4)

[jayakris]

Here is the entry list:

1 CHAN, Chin-Wei TPE 283
2 TANGPHONG, Montinee THA 359
3 CHAKRAVARTHI, Rushmi IND 371
4 HAMAMURA, Natsumi JPN 382
6 VOROBIEVA, Julia RUS 390
6 CETKOVSKA, Petra CZE 446 1
7 SEMA, Yurika JPN 450 2
8 SZILI, Adriana AUS 471
9 BHAMBRI, Ankita IND 481
10 VITAYAVIROJ, Thassha THA 495
11 CHOPTANG, Wilawan THA 522
12 BHAMBRI, Sanaa IND 547
13 JAYARAM, Sai-Jayalakshmy IND 564
14 REDDY, Punam IND 569
15 ISRAILOVA, Ivanna UZB 589
16 BUZARNESCU, Mihaela ROM 610
17 VENKATARAMAN, Archana IND 625
18 BARR, Cassandra AUS 639
19 CRACIUN, Estefania URU 651
20 LUANGNAM, Nudnida THA 657

Qualifyng

1 MANOHAR, Geeta IND 680
* VAKHARIA, Megha IND 690 - WILDCARD
* LAKHANI, Isha IND 705 - WILDCARD
2 PHADKE, Sonal IND 740
* DHAWAN, Shruti IND 770 - WILDCARD
3 LAM, Po-Kuen HKG 773
4 KRISHNAMURTHY, Kavitha CAN 809
5 IYER, Tara IND 811
6 DZIEDZIC, Julia AUS 812
7 THONGDACH, Pichittra THA 837
8 PATEL, Karishma IND 853
9 INOUE, Mari JPN 867
10 CIRSTEA, Sorana ROM 901
* CHHEDA, Krushmi IND 919 - WILDCARD
11 GOUTHAM, Sheethal IND 949
12 PEREIRA, Liza IND 962
13 LIPOVSKA, Andrea AUS 1034
[b]15 PERUMAL, Nandini IND 1110
16 RAM, Oormila IND 1179
17 KOMMIREDDI, Pooja IND 1240
18 MURALI, Vandana IND
19 KVATSABAIA, Sofia GEO
20 SANDRI, Gangothri IND
21 PHADKE, Sagarika IND
22 CHAKRABARTY, Deepanwita IND
23 NANDAKUMAR, Asha IND
24 RANA, Neha IND
25 KUMAR, Rati IND
26 SANAP, Sonali IND

Alternates

1 SHARMA, Pallavi IND
2 PARTHASARATHY, Bharathy IND
3 JALALI, Samia IND
4 QUILLER, Lisa GBR
5 SOLEVSKI, Natalie AUS
6 ENGADE, Deepa IND
7 BATRA, Neetu IND
8 RAGHUNATH, Amoolya IND
9 SHARMA, Neena IND
10 KING, Lizeth AUS
11 JAGTIANI, Anahita IND
12 RAJ, Akshita IND
13 MADANALA, Niroshita IND
14 SHETTY, Ruchita IND
15 MEHTA, Kanisha IND

Good to see Megs' name in there, after a long time. Hopefulyl all her injury problems are over.

Edited/ Updated: (March 30) --- Jay

Jay

[jaydeep]

Yes good to se Megha, Isha and Tara's names in it ... Go gals make some noise ... But as we all knows it would difficult task for these gals to beat Rushmi in her own territory (India) ..

Jaydeep.

[neh215]

Hopefully I'll be able to catch up with some live action!

Glad to see Megs back into the groove

[jaydeep]

Wow then Neha u will be our (Sports-India/TennisIndia) sport correspondent for this tournament and we all will be waiting for lovely match reports from u ...

Jaydeep.

[PKBasu]

...especially since you came mighty close to beating Megs in a college match...

[jayakris]

Yeah, we have our network now eh? .. Yeah Neh .. We are looking forward to some updates from you from Mumbai if you have time.

Jay

[BSharma]

Neha,

Thanks in advance.

As I wrote in another thread today, perhaps the Indian newspaper people should get in touch with Neha and other Sports-India/Tennis-India forum members and print some of their reports for the Indian news media. I would do that work for free if I was in India covering the matches and I would be happy if news about Indian tennis made the newspapers.

Our forum members have now proven that they know the sports well and also can report like a seasoned reporter.

[neh215]

I surely will take sometime off and catch some action. Although I'm going to be working all through the week and have a bunch of assignments to complete before the 13th. I just need to check up with the schedule of play when it is decided!

As I wrote in another thread today, perhaps the Indian newspaper people should get in touch with Neha and other Sports-India/Tennis-India forum members and print some of their reports for the Indian news media

I am in touch with the some newspaper people (even if they arent!) There should be some coverage and a couple of articles

[BSharma]

I am in touch with the some newspaper people (even if they arent!) There should be some coverage and a couple of articles

You are a real gem.

[PKBasu]

Fantastic, it will be pretty special getting reports from an active player who knows many of the Indian girls in the draw...

[jaydeep]

Great Neha ... U already started to do great job ... I m really happy for ur work and waiting nice reports from u.

Jaydeep.

[jayakris]

Thanks, Dan .. OK, I have edited/updated the list at the top.

I hope there would be a couple of more withdrawals by tomorrow .. Hopefully Geeta Manohar, Megs and Isha would go in directly, and there would be two wildcards available for Sonal and Tara ..

Tara, as she has not played anywhere in a while, may be better off getting a couple of easy qualifying matches under her belt, though. Probably same with Megha too.

I heard from Megha (forgot to mention earlier) a few days back that her foot injury problem seems to be all healed. She has been practising lately, but we will have to see how quickly she can come back to her earlier form.

Jay

[jaydeep]

Thanks Jay updating us on Megha's injury ... Nice to know that now she is feeling injury free and hopefully soon she will start making news.

As such no surprise in wild cards ... But as Jay mentioned if another 2/3 withdrawls, we will have another couple of wild cards for Indians ... Lets c.

Jaydeep.

[sramu]

Dan K
That way Sonal is also from Mumabi and she should also have got a wild card.
Ramu