{"id":9051,"date":"2023-01-22T20:56:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T15:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/?p=9051"},"modified":"2023-01-22T20:56:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T15:26:12","slug":"ankita-karman-only-two-indians-in-main-draw-of-22nd-edition-of-necc-deccan-itf-40000-womens-tennis-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/?p=9051","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Ankita , Karman only \u00a0two Indians in main draw of 22nd edition of NECC Deccan ITF $40000 Women\u2019s Tennis Tournament<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pune (Voice News Service): Ankita Raina and Karman Thandi India’s two top players find themselves in the top 20 Main draw list \u00a0of the the 22nd edition of the NECC Deccan ITF $40000 Women\u2019s Tennis Tournament India\u2019s longest running and popular \u00a0international tennis tournament \u00a0which will be organised under the auspices of the ITF, AITA and MSLTA by Deccan Gymkhana and sponsored by National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC) at the Deccan Gymkhana Tennis Courts from 21st to 28th January 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking to reporters  Mr BSR Shastri General Manager NECC , Mr.Sunder Iyer, Hon.Sec.of MSLTA, Mr Ashwin Girme Tournament Director and tennis secretary of Deccan Gymkhana  said that the event this year has been upgraded to a $40000 event from $25000 event with the help  and initiative of the International Tennis Federation (ITF)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

World Ranked 68 Tatjana Maria of Germany, Nigina Abduraimova of Uzbekistan ,  Joanne Zuger of Switzerland both top 200 players will lead Top women’s tennis players 15 countries at the championships which  is being sponsored by the National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC), under the auspices of the ITF, AITA and MSLTA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m very happy that the event has grown over last 21 years from a $5000 event to now a $40000 event , we hope this event will continue to grow and prove beneficial to Indian players who have oppurtunity to make valuable WTA points , said Sunder Iyer Jt Secretary AITA and Hon Sec of MSLTA . I’m thankful to ITF for their Grant  and AITA for upgrading our event ensuring more points , he added.The event  held yearly since 2001 was a  $5000 event ,  from 2002\u20132005 it was upgraded to US$10,000 event , then was upgraded to $25,000 in 2006-2008. In 2009, it was $50,000 to celebrate 10 years of the event . Since 2010 till 2020  it has been a $25,000 event<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This event enjoys the distinction of being one of the longest running international tournament in the world with the same sponsor and we at NECC are happy to support the event which has given women\u2019s tennis a new dimension in india, The tournament which is popular on the wold tennis calendar and is  in news as   our tournament  Emma Raducanu emerged winner of the US Open and spoke highly of her win and memories of the tournament    said Mr Shashtri<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year we are celebrating 21 years of the tournament. We organised this event even in a Bio Bubble last year , but this year it will be a open event   , informed Mr Ashwin Girme, Tennis secretary of the club and the tournament director .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

” We have resurfaced 5 Tennis courts , upgraded the Lighting to ITF standard lighting to ensure we provide the best world class tennis facilities to the players  and ensure evening matches , this year we also have Live Streaming of the event on the ITF web site , he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tournament has seen winners in the past like Emma Raducanu, Aryna Sabalenka, Bojana Jovanovski ,Magda Linette, Kateryna Bondarenko who all went to become top 20 players on the WTA tour .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from Ankita and Karman are the only Indians in the main draw which is dominated by Foreign players , there will be 4 Indian Wildcards in the main draw  which will start January 23 .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ITF has designated Gold Badge Referee Ms Sheetal Iyer, as the supervisor for this tournament. The main draw of the event will be played from Monday with a formal inauguration  , while the qualifying rounds of the event will begin on Sunday<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following  are some of the notable players in the main draw<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.Tatjana Maria(GER, 68),  2.Nigina Abduraimova(UZB, 180),  3.Joanne Zuger(SUI, 187), 4.Carole Monnet(FRA, 209), 5.Irina Khromacheva(213), 6. Anastasia Tikhonova(229), 7. Ekaterina Makarova(230), 8. Ekaterina Reyngold(239), 9. Dalila Jakupovic(SLO, 251), 10. Ankita Raina(IND, 266), 11. Karman Kaur Thandi(IND, 268)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following is the List of Singles  Winners and Runnersup  Since 2001
2001 Radhika Tulpule India  bt  Archana Venkataraman India 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 7\u20136(9\u20137)
2002  Kateryna Bondarenko Ukraine  bt   \u0130pek \u015eeno\u011flu Turkey6\u20131, 6\u20131
2003 Akgul Amanmuradova Uzbekistan bt   Meghha Vakaria India 7\u20135, 6\u20133
2004 Akgul Amanmuradova Uzbekistan bt  Rushmi Chakravarthi India  6\u20130, 7\u20136(7\u20135)
2005  Naomi Cavaday United Kingdom bt Isha Lakhani India 6\u20134, 6\u20131
2006  Nungnadda Wannasuk Thailand  bt Amina Rakhimova Kazakhstan  3\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20132
2007 Sandy Gumulya Indonesia  bt Isha Lakhani India 6\u20133, 7\u20135
2008  Lu Jingjing China  bt  Melanie South United Kingdom6\u20133, 6\u20131
2009 Rika Fujiwara Japan  bt  Bojana Jovanovski Serbia5\u20137, 6\u20134, 6\u20133
2010 Bojana Jovanovski Serbia  bt  Nina Bratchikova Russia6\u20134, 6\u20134
2011  C\u00e9line Cattaneo France bt  Anna Shkudun  Ukraine 2\u20136, 7\u20135, 6\u20133
2012 Tadeja Majeri\u010d Slovenia bt Ba\u015fak Erayd\u0131n  Turkey 6\u20132, 6\u20134
2013 Magda Linette Poland bt  Kamila Kerimbayeva Kazakhstan 7\u20135, 7\u20136(7\u20135)
2014Ankita Raina[1]  India bt   Katy Dunne United Kingdom6\u20132, 6\u20132
2015 Aryna Sabalenka Belarus  bt   Viktoria Kamenskaya Russia6\u20133, 6\u20134
2016 Tamara Zidan\u0161ekSlovenia  bt Polina Monova Russia 6\u20134, 6\u20132
2017  Georgina Garc\u00eda P\u00e9rez Spain bt   Katy DunneUnited Kingdom 6\u20134, 7\u20135
2018  Valeria Savinykh Russia bt  Lu Jiajing China 3\u20136, 6\u20132, 7\u20136(9\u20137)
2019 Emma Raducanu United Kingdom bt   Naiktha Bains United Kingdom3\u20136, 6\u20131, 6\u20134
2020 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Moyuka Uchijima Japan  bt Di\u0101na Marcink\u0113vi\u010da Latvia 6\u20132, 7\u20135<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTE   RADHIKA TULPULE AND ANKITA RAINA  ARE THE ONLY INDIAN CHAMPIONS AT THE EVENT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DOUBLES
2001 India Rushmi Chakravarthi India \/ Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram India  bt  Sania Mirza India \/ Sonal Phadke 6\u20132, 6\u20130
2002 Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova  \/ Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko bt  India Sania Mirza India  \/ Radhika Tulpule 6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20131)
2003 Thailand Montinee Tangphong \/ Thailand Thassha Vitayaviroj bt India Geeta Manohar India  \/Archana Venkataraman 4\u20136, 7\u20135, 6\u20134
2004 Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova \/ India Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram  bt Thailand Wilawan Choptang \/Thailand Thassha Vitayaviroj 6\u20133, 4\u20136, 6\u20133
2005 Italy Nicole Clerico \/ Kyrgyzstan Ksenia Palkina bt   India Rushmi Chakravarthi \/India Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 7\u20135, 7\u20136(9\u20137)
2006 India Isha Lakhani \/ Kyrgyzstan Ksenia Palkina  bt  India Madura Ranganathan \/ Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk 6\u20133, 4\u20136, 6\u20134
2007 Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai \/Hong Kong Zhang Ling bt   Indonesia Wynne Prakusya \/ndonesia Angelique Widjaja 1\u20136, 7\u20135, [10\u20135]
2008 Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen \/ Chinese Taipei Hwang I-hsuan  bt  Romania Elora Dabija \/ Serbia Bojana Jovanovski 5\u20137, 6\u20132, [10\u20137]
2009 Italy Nicole Clerico \/ Ukraine Anastasiya Vasylyeva  bt  Russia Nina Bratchikova \/ Kyrgyzstan Ksenia Palkina 4\u20136, 6\u20133, [13\u201311]
2010 Russia Nina Bratchikova \/ Russia Alexandra Panova bt   Japan Sachie Ishizu \/ Ukraine Anna Shkudun 6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20132)
2011 China Lu Jiaxiang \/ China Lu Jiajing  bt  Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai \/ Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai 6\u20131, 6\u20133
2012 Slovenia Tadeja Majeri\u010d \/ Switzerland Conny Perrin bt  China Lu Jiaxiang \/ China Lu Jiajing 3\u20136, 7\u20135, [10\u20136]
2013 Thailand Nicha Lertpitaksinchai \/ Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech  bt  United Kingdom Jocelyn Rae\/ United Kingdom Anna Smith 7\u20135, 7\u20135
2014 Russia Anna Morgina\/ Serbia Nina Stojanovi\u0107  bt  Georgia  Oksana Kalashnikova \/ Ukraine Anastasiya Vasylyeva 7\u20136(9\u20137), 6\u20134
2015 Russia Valentyna Ivakhnenko \/ Ukraine Anastasiya Vasylyeva  bt  Chinese Taipei Hsu Chieh-yu \/ India Prarthana Thombare 4\u20136, 6\u20132, [12\u201310]
2016 Indonesia Beatrice Gumulya \/ Montenegro Ana Veselinovi\u0107 bt   Thailand Kamonwan Buayam \/ United Kingdom Katy Dunne 6\u20134, 6\u20133
2017 Indonesia Jessy Rompies \/ Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai  bt  United Kingdom Samantha Murray \/ Montenegro Ana Veselinovi\u0107 6\u20134, 6\u20132
2018 Indonesia Beatrice Gumulya \/ Montenegro Ana Veselinovi\u0107  bt  Canada Sharon Fichman \/ Russia Valeria Savinykh 7\u20136(7\u20134), 1\u20136, [11\u20139]
2019 Norway Ulrikke Eikeri \/ Russia Ekaterina Yashina  bt  Russia Daria Mishina \/ Russia Anna Morgina 1\u20136, 6\u20133, [10\u20135]
2020 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Kazakhstan Anna Danilina \/ Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova  bt  Japan Funa Kozaki\/ Japan Misaki Matsuda 6\u20130, 2\u20136, [10\u20135]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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