Humera , Sravya , Soha , Akansha qualify for main draw at the MSLTA - SDLTA $25000 Womens ITF Pricision Solapur Open Tennis Tournament
Solapur, December 18, 2033: Four Indian players Humera Baharmus , Sravya Chilakalapudi , Soha Sadiq and Akansha Nitture qualified for the main draw singles at the$25000 Precision Solapur
In the final round qualifying top seed Humera Baharmus got the better of Prathyusha Rachapidi 6-1, 6-3 fourth seeded Sravya Chilakalapudi had to fight hard to get past a fighting Pooja Ingale 6-0, 2-6, 11-9 , eighth seed Soha Sadiq trounced Abhilasha Bista of Nepal 6-1, 6-1 while Navi Mumbai girl Akanksha Nitture struggled before getting past Arthi Muniyan 6-2 , 6-7(4) , 10-8 to make the main draw
In the other matches Denmark's Elena Jamshidi was given a fight by Yashaswini Panwar before winning 7-5, 1-6, 10-7, Honoka Kobayashi of Japan , Ekaterina Kazionova of Russia and Olivia Bergler of Poland were the other qualifiers
Timofeeva to lead Ranking list
World No 139 Maria Timofeeva of Russia will be top seed at the Precision Solapur Open ITF 25K event at Solapur she will be followed by Country mate and 168 ranked .Ekterina Makarova, , Greek player and 287 ranked Sapfo Sakellaridi has been given the third seeding while Japanese Ayno Shimizu ranked 316will be the fourth seed
Rutuja Bhosale ranked 333 will be the fifth seed and the highest ranked Indian player in the tournament she will be followed by Latvian Diana Marcinkevica and Indians Sahaja Yamalapalli and Vaidehi Chaudhari who are ranked seventh and eighth , the seedings and the draws were announced by ITF supervisor Hassan Samani
Results: Final Qualifying round: Womens:
Humera Baharmus (Ind) [1] bt Prathyusha Rachapidi (Ind) 6-1, 6-3;
Honoka Kobayashi (Jpn) [2] bt Kundali Majgaine (Ind) [11] 6-4, 6-1;
Ekaterina Kazionova [3] bt Priyanshi Bhandari (Ind) [13] 6-4, 6-2;
Sravya Chilakalapudi (Ind) [4] bt Pooja Ingale (Ind) [15]6-0, 2-6, 11-9;
Elena Jamshidi (Den) [5] bt Yashaswini Panwar (Ind) [12] 7-5, 1-6, 10-7;
Olivia Bergler (Pol) [6] bt Sonal Patil (Ind) [14] 7-6(4), 6-3;
Soha Sadiq (Ind) [8] bt Abhilasha Bista (Nep) [16] 6-1, 6-1;
Akanksha Nitture (Ind) [9] bt Arthi Muniyan (Ind)6-2, 6-7(4), 10-8.
Following are the seeding list: Singles:
1. Maria Timofeeva (Rus) 2.Ekterina Makarova (Rus) , 3.Sapfo Sakellaridi (Gre) , 4.Ayno Shimizu (Jpn) , 5.Rutuja Bhosale(Ind), 6.Diana Marcinkevica(LTA), 7.Sahaja Yamalapalli(Ind), 8.Vaidehi Chaudhari(Ind);
Doubles:
1. Diana Marcinkevica/ Sapfo S