Players from Thailand, Japan, Germany and Poland have joined the field to make the subsequent $15,000 ITF ladies’s event, being hosted on the Tennis Project, Baliawas, far more aggressive.
The indisputable fact that the 2 champions from the final fortnight of occasions in Jhajjar, Tamara Curovic of Serbia and Zeel Desai are seeded fifth and seventh signifies the standard of gamers assembled.
Diana Marcinkevica of Latvia, the highest seed, had been ousted early by finalist Sandeepti Singh Rao final week. She will likely be desperate to make amends, though she had the comfort of successful the doubles title with Fanny Ostlund of Sweden.
Punnin Kovapitukted, the second seed from Thailand, had received a double crown on the similar venue final 12 months, and will likely be assured of discovering her rhythm and preventing at her greatest towards anybody.
Saki Imamura of Japan, Emily Welker, Antonia Schmidt, Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic of Germany, and Weronika Baszak of Poland may even be eager to say their sport.
The shift from clay over the past fortnight to the laborious courts could favour many, and that ought to result in extra attention-grabbing matches.
Credit ought to be given to Vaidehi Chaudhari, Zeel and Sandeepti for defying the percentages and sustaining the Indian problem towards high quality opposition to date. There isn’t any motive why the pattern shoulf not proceed for yet one more week, earlier than the 2 greater occasions lined up in Bengaluru.
It ought to be one other week of vigorous motion which might assist the gamers sharpen their sport and attempt to climb the slippery WTA rating ladder.
The seedings: 1. Diana Marcinkevica (Lat), 2. Punnin Kovapitukted (Tha), 3. Saki Imamura (Jpn), 4. Vaidehi Chaudhari, 5. Tamara Curovic (Srb), 6. Emily Welker (Ger), 7. Zeel Desai, 8. Antonia Schmidt (Ger).
