Humera, Sravya, Soha, Akansha qualify for main draw at the MSLTA – SDLTA $ 25000 Womens ITF Precision Solapur Open Tennis Tournament

Solapur, December 18, 2023: Four Indian players Humera Baharmus,

 Sravya Chilakalapudi , Soha Sadiq and Akansha Nitture qualified for the main draw singles at the $25000

 Precision Solapur Open Womens ITF Tennis Tournament which is being organized by Solapur District Lawn Tennis Association(SDLTA) in association with MSLTA and played at MSLTA Tennis Center, 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 316 will be the fourth seedRutuja 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/ Sappho Sakellaridi,2.

 Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty / Vaidehi

 Chaudhari  3.

 Ekaterina Kazionova /

 Ekaterina Yashina4, Hiromi

 Abe /

 Saki Imamura

India’s Soha Sadiq, Humera Baharmus, Akanksha Nitture, Shravya Chilakalapudi advance to main round of MSLTA-SDLTA $25000 Women’s ITF Precision Solapur Open Tennis Tournament 

• Russia’s Maria Timofeeva leads the way

Solapur, December 17, 2033: Indian players Soha Sadiq, Humera Baharmus, Akanksha Nittore, Shravya Chilakalapudi in the final qualifying round of the MSLTA-SDLTA $25000 Women’s ITF Precision Solapur Open tennis tournament organized by Solapur District Lawn Tennis Association ( SDLTA )

 in association with MSLTA. Entered the main round.

India’s eighth seed Soha Sadiq defeated Nepal’s 16th seed Abhilasha Bist

 6-1, 6-1 while top seed Humera Baharmus defeated Pratyusha Rachapidi

 6-1, 6-3 in the first leg of the qualifiers at the MSLTA Tennis Courts in Solapur

 . Reached the main round. Akanksha Nitturedefeated

 Aarti Munian 6-2, 6-7(4), 10-8 in a tiebreak in a tight match . Fourth seedShravya Chilaklapudi

 defeated fourteenth seed Pooja Ingle 6-0, 2-6, 11-9.

The ranking list for the main draw has been announced. Maria Timofeeva of Russia, ranked 139th in the world, was given the top ranking. India’s Rituja Bhosle has been ranked fifth and Vaidehi Chaudhary has been ranked sixth.Results: First Qualifying Round: Women:Honoka Kobayashi (Japan) [2] v. Kundali Majagayne (India) [11]

 6-4, 6-1;Ekaterina Kazionova [3] v Priyanshi Bhandari (India) [13]

 6-4, 6-2;Shravya Chilakalapudi (India) [4]V.V.

 Pooja Ingle (India)[15] 6-0, 2-6, 11-9;
Olivia Bergler (Poland) [6]vs. Sonal Patil (India) [14]

 7-6(4), 6-3;
Elena Jamshidi (Denmark)[5]v.Yashaswini Pawar (India)[12]

 7-5, 1-6, 10-7;
Soha Sadiq(India)[8]VV Abhilasha Bist(Nepal)[16]

 6-1, 6-1;Humera Baharmus (India) [1] VS Pratyusha Rachapidi (India)

 6-1, 6-3;
Akanksha Nittore(India)V.V.

 Arti Munian(India) 6-2, 6-7(4), 10-8.
Ranking list of players is as follows: Singles Group:1. Maria Timofeeva (Russia) 2. Ekaterina Makarova (Russia), 3. Sappho Sakellaridi (Greece), 4. Aino Shimizu (Japan), 5. Rituja Bhosle (India), 6. Diana Marsichevica (Latvia), 7. Sahaja Yamalapally (India), 8. Vaidehi Chaudhary (India);

Doubles Group:

 1. Diana Marsichevica/ Saffo Sakellaridi 2, Srivalli Rashmika Bhamidipati / Vaidehi Chaudhary 3. Ekaterina Kazionova / Ekaterina Yashina 4., Hiromi Abe / Saki Imamura