December 25, 2023 08:27 pm | Updated December 26, 2023 08:31 am IST – NAVI MUMBAI
The champion of the final event Sahaja Yamalapalli has been seeded seventh in the $40,000 ITF ladies’s tennis event to be performed at the Ganesh Naik Sports Complex from Tuesday.
The participant whom Sahaja had overwhelmed in the ultimate in Solapur, Ekaterina Makarova has been seeded No.1, as a few of the higher ranked gamers withdrew.
The Asian Games combined doubles gold medalist Rutuja Bhosale is the different Indian to be seeded, fifth behind Moyuka Uchijima, Justina Mikulskyte and Sapfo Sakellaridi.
While it’s a robust subject, and a few of the main Indian gamers like Ankita Raina and Karman Kaur Thandi are lacking owing to their latest marriage, it needs to be some added motivation for the Indian gamers to be at their aggressive greatest, as the occasion has not witnessed an Indian singles or doubles champion in ten editions up to now.
Shrivalli Bhamidipaty had gained the event in Bengaluru earlier than Sahaja adopted up final week in Solapur. The likes of Vaidehi Chaudhari and Zeel Desai are additionally succesful as they’ve been displaying in the circuit.
Lakshmi Prabha and Humera Baharmus did effectively to make the fundamental draw via a tricky qualifying occasion, that includes three rounds.
It needs to be attention-grabbing to see who rises to the challenge this week and breaks the voodoo.
The seedings:1. Ekaterina Makarova, 2. Moyuka Uchijima (Jpn), 3. Justina Mikulskyte (Ltu), 4. Sapfo Sakellaridi (Gre), 5. Rutuja Bhosale, 6. Diana Marcinkevica (Lat), 7. Sahaja Yamalapalli, 8. Ksenia Zaytseva.