The country’s No. 1 player, Ankita Raina will open against seventh seed Elena Pridankina in the NECC $60,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament to be played at the Deccan Gymkhana in Pune from Monday.
Three of the other four Indians, making their entry through wild cards, Sahaja Yamalapalli, Shrivalli Bhamidipaty and Vaishnavi Adkar have drawn qualifiers in the first round.
The fourth, Vaidehi Chaudhari, will face the champion of the Delhi event, Tatiana Prozorova.
Even though some of the main draw action would start on Monday, the second and final qualifying round matches would also be completed on Monday.
Zeel Desai was the only Indian, among 16, to progress in the qualifying event, and will play Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan. Zarina beat Maaya Rajeshwaran for the loss of six games in the first qualifying round.
The seedings: 1. Leolia Jeanjean (Fra), 2. Sara Bejlek (Cze), 3. Panna Udvardy (Hun), 4. Kathinka von Deichmann (Lie), 5. Laura Pigossi (Bra), 6. Yuriko Miyazaki (GBR), 7. Elena Pridankina, 8. Emina Bektas (USA).
Published – January 26, 2025 07:06 pm IST
