Vaidehi Chaudhari thread

[jayakris]

Bad news.... Vaidehi withdrew from both singles and doubles today at the KAZ W15 ... Not sure why. I assume illness for now, as she had finished both the singles and doubles matches with wins yesterday and couldn't have been injured.

I am told that Vaidehi is down with high fever

[Dinesh]

Considering Vaidehi only plays within Asia, and that there are only 2-3 tournaments in China and Japan for October, I wonder if we will see any activity/progress from her in the next 5-6 weeks.

I sincerely hope that she’s not planning on playing the 2 W15 events in India in place of the W35 events in China/Japan or elsewhere. Alternatively, could we possibly support her travel to elsewhere if she really is struggling with funds? There will be 2 W75 tournaments in Australia end of October (which I’m assuming Shrivalli will compete after her current trip to Perth?).

[Dinesh]

^^^ Did Vaidehi listen to me or what? For the first time, I am seeing her name listed in a W25 tournament in Italy. For the week of Oct 7th, she has entered the W25 Santa Margherita Di Pula, probably the same venue that Manas played this week. She’s #15 in the direct acceptance list and the top-8 seeds range from 223-321. Surprising choice of tournament but hope she gets a few wins.

BTW, Shrivalli’s name appears on the W15 Mysuru ITF. Definitely did not see that coming She should be vying for bigger points from bigger ITFs.

[Dinesh]

^^^ And now she made a late withdrawal from this tournament. Wonder what’s up! Perhaps, ask for a wildcard and play the W15 Mysuru event?

[sameerph]

^^^ And now she made a late withdrawal from this tournament. Wonder what’s up! Perhaps, ask for a wildcard and play the W15 Mysuru event?

I don't think she will be allowed to play anywhere else next week since she was a late withdrawal from W35 in Italy. Maybe she can ask for a wild card for W15 in Bengaluru the week after if she has not entered anywhere else in that week.