Zeel Desai to lead seedings list at Aryan Pumps – MSLTA WOMEN’S $15K TENNIS TOURNAMENT

Nagpur, 28th February 2022: India’s Zeel Desai will lead the seedings list in the singles event at the Aryan  Pumps – MSLTA WOMEN’S $15K TENNIS TOURNAMENT which is being organized by Nagpur District Tennis Association in association with MSLTA and played at MSLTA Tennis Academy, Nagpur.

Players from 7 countries including  Russia, Germany, Thailand, Denmark, USA, Italy, Austria will be seen in action during the week long event which gets underway with the main draw tomorrow

Winner of the first leg at Jhajjar Russian Anna Ureke will be second seed , while winner of the third leg at Ahmedabad Emily Seibold of Germany. Will be the third. Seed. While winner

of the second leg at Gurugram Thailand’s Punnin Kovapitukted is ranked fourth

Upcoming Indian girls Vaidehi Chaudhari , Jennifer Luikham , Sama Sathvika and Mihika Yadav will be ranked fifth, sixth , seventh and eighth respectively. The event will provide an opportunity for Indian Players to make important WTA points and improve their ranking and also gain experience and points to play at higher level events

Eight Indian girls brought cheer to the event qualifying for the main draw of the event through the qualifying rounds

In the final round qualifying Niditra Rajmohan registered a credible win over sixth seeded Ilaria Sposetti of Italy 7-5, 6-2

Smriti Bhasin edged out  Laalitya Kalluri 6-2 6-7(8) [12-10] , while Vanshita Pathania  got past Sai Dedeepya Yeddula   2-6, 6-2[10-3] in another close encounter Jagmeet Kaur Grewal   Rallied past Anjali Rathi 7-6(3), 2-6, [11-9] to make the main draw

Avishka Gupta,  Shreya Tatavarthy , Kashish Bhatia and Sharmada Balu were the other qualifiers

Results: Final Qualifying round: Womens:

Avishka GUPTA (IND) [11] bt Priyanka RODRICKS (IND)6-2, 6-3;

Shreya TATAVARTHY (IND) [2] bt Paavanii PAATHAK (IND)6-1, 6-1;

Smriti BHASIN (IND) [8] bt Laalitya KALLURI (IND)6-2 6-7(8) [12-10]

Vanshita PATHANIA (IND) bt Sai Dedeepya YEDDULA (IND) [13] 2-6, 6-2[10-3];

Jagmeet Kaur GREWAL (IND) [3] bt Anjali RATHI (IND) [14]7-6(3), 2-6, [11-9];

Kashish BHATIA (IND) [15] bt Shria ATTURU (USA) [4] 6-2, 6-2;

Niditra RAJMOHAN(Ind) [9] bt Ilaria SPOSETTI(Ita)[6] 7-5, 6-2;

Sharmada Balu(Ind)[10] bt Prathiba Narayanprasad(Ind)[7] 6-1, 6-3;

Following are the main draw Seeding List:

1. Zeel Desai(Ind), 2.Anna Ureke(Rus), 3.Emily Seibold(Ger), 4.P Kovapitukted(THA), 5.Vaidehi Chaudhari(Ind), 6.Jennifer Luikhem(Ind), 7.Sama Sathvika(Ind), 8.Mihika Yadav(Ind).

Doubles: 1 Vaidehi Chaudari/ Emily Seibold, 2 Jennifer Luikham/Mihika Yadav, 3  Nidhi Chilumula/ Saumya Vig, 4  Sharmada Balu /

Sravya Shivani Chikalapudi