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[R1] (WC) Shrivalli Rashmika Bhamidipaty (IND,376) l. (LL) Amandine Hesse (FRA,289), 16 36

I guess Dinesh had the right read on this. Our players just can't get a win these days

^^^ What? Let us not be that pessimistic, Dinesh! ... I believe Vishal Uppal is there with her. Hopefully, the coach can help boost her morale and get her to a win.

Krisha is anyway all set on on playing college tennis at the Univ. of Southern California, so probably not too keen on playing pro events for points.

For the record Texas went and manhandled Texas A&M on their home field, 17-7 just now. It was nowhere near that close, and the score was close only because of late turnovers from Texas from when they were about to o 24-0 up. aggy could hardly move on t-sip defense and they really couldn't stop t...

Yes, because she grew up in the US, nobody in India knew her. Actually we are the only ones to highlight Krisha (and along with us ITD also did that - as Verma and I met her and Verma interviewed her earlier this year). We have been covering her from early last year when she suddenly started winning...

Yes. Shrivalli did get a main draw wildcard! I just got it confirmed.

Oh, sorry. I thought Krisha was done. My fault!

Look back, Eric. I had written about Krisha from the moment she started doing well in the US...

Ankita is the 3rd seed in the qualies, playing Ekaterina Shalimova (RUS,603)

Shaja is the 6th seed, playing Rada Zolotareva (RUS,709)

Shrivalli would have been the 6th seed, but she is not in the draw. Wonder if she got a main draw wildcard in the last minute.

Rishitha will move up about 45 spots up from #261. She will remain solidly the India #2 behind Maya, well ahead of everybody else (and should get close to 150 in the new year rankings). Arjun, who just came up from #875 to #656 this week, will jump another 250+ spots and will be near #400 on Monday...

^^^ "Serial nitpickers"

Arjun Rathi beat top seed Arnav Paparkar, 75 26 64, and Roshitha Reddy Basireddy beat Russian qualifier Nelli Ivanova, 46 64 63, to lift the titles at the J100 in Delhi . Congrats to Arjun and Rishitha!! :dance: Rishitha has actually won 10 matches in a row including the J60 title run at Guwahati la...

As of now it looks like Ankita, Shrivalli and Sahaja will probably be 4th, 6th and 7th seeds in the qualies if the 2 main draw SE spots clear.

Excellent job by our kids at the J100 in Delhi (Hard) , as 4 Indians made the semis and 3 are in the finals. Only Arnav Paparkar and Rishitha Basidreddy as top seeds and Varun Verma as second seed were seeded top-4 in the two draws, and Varun had retired after just one set in the first round, so I h...

Lots of withdrawals from the bottom of the qualifying list. Rutuja is also well inside the qualifying cut now. So four Indians in the qualies there. Hope one or two will make it in.

^^^ Add Sumit too! ... It is eight. Only one actually matters though.