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Leg1, Apr 19-24/'99, Mumbai
Singles main draw Doubles main draw Qualifying rounds
(Update after Sat., Apr 24 finals - 17 yr old Radhika has "arrived"!! .. Courtesy: PTI, Indian Newspapers)
Main Draw : Singles Round 1
1-Sai Jayalakshmi Bye
Sonal Phadke bt LL-Tarminder Grover 6-1, 6-0
Radhika Mandke bt LL-Rekha Natrajan 6-0, 7-6(6)
7-S Kambargimath Tara bt Q-Geeta Manohar 6-4, 6-2
4-Rushmi Chakravarti bt Janaki Krishnamoorthi 6-0, 6-3
Sandhya Kanury (Archana V. withdraws)
Nikita Bhardwaj bt Vishnupreetham Mahalingam 6-2, 6-1
6-Sheetal Gautam bt WC-Kalpita Raje 6-2, 6-0
3-Arathi Venkataraman bt Q-Nischala Reddy 6-1, 6-2
Q-Sricharanya Thyagarajan bt LL-Sonal Markar 6-0, 6-0
WC-Padmapreetham Mahalingam bt LL-Shivani Bhatt 6-1, 6-1
Harsimran Kaur Bedi bt 5-(WC) Shruti Dhawan 6-4, 6-3
Sumitra Rao bt 8-(WC) Simmi Rani 7-5, 7-5
Q-Nikhila Palat bt Stutti Smit 6-3, 6-2
Karishma Patel bt Nandini Perumal 6-0, 6-3
Radhika Tulpule bt 2-Anna Nefedova (Rus) 6-3, 6-2
Singles Round 2
1-Sai Jayalakshmi bt Sonal Phadke 6-4, 6-1
7-S Kambargimath Tara bt Radhika Mandke Walkover - ill.
6-Sheetal Gautam bt Nikita Bhardwaj 6-2, 6-0
4-Rushmi Chakravarti bt Sandhya Kanury 6-2, 6-2
3-Arathi Venkataraman bt Q-Sricharanya Thyagarajan 6-3, 6-1
Harsimran Kaur Bedi bt PadmaPreetham Mahalingam 6-2, 6-1
Sumitra Rao bt Nikhila Palat 6-2, 6-0
Radhika Tulpule bt Karishma Patel 6-0, 6-0
Singles QF
1-Sai Jayalakshmi bt 7-S Kambargimath Tara 6-1, 6-2
4-Rushmi Chakravarti bt 6-Sheetal Gautam 6-2, 6-2
3-Arathi Venkataraman bt Harsimran Kaur Bedi 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
Radhika Tulpule bt Sumitra Rao 6-1, 6-0
Singles SF
1-Sai Jayalakshmi bt 4-Rushmi Chakravarti 5-7, 6-1, 6-4
Radhika Tulpule bt 3-Arathi Venkataraman 6-2, 6-2
Singles Final
Radhika Tulpule bt 1-Sai Jayalakshmi 6-3, 6-2]
Prize money: Title: $650 (about Rs. 27,500)
Runner-up: $450 (about Rs. 19,300)
Satellite Circuit Points (as far as I know..)
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1. Radhika Tulpule - 16
2. Sai Jayalakshmi - 12
3. Arthi Venkatraman - 8
4. Rushmi Chakravarti - 8
5. Sumitra Rao - 6
6. S. Kambargimath Tara - 6
7. Harsimran Kaur Bedi - 6
8. Sheetal Gautham - 6
* WTA points awarded ONLY based on the 4th leg (masters week) results;
Satellite circuit points used only to select the 16-draw for masters.
Doubles (first round)
1-R.Chakravarti/ S.Jayalakshmi Bye
K.Patel/ S.Rani d. N.Reddy/ S.Kanury 7-5, 6-1
G.Manohar/ N.Palat d. S.Smit/ T.Grover 6-2, 6-1
4-J.Krishnamoorthi/ R.Tulpule d. R.Mandke/ S.Phadke 6-4, 6-1
3-S.Dhawan/ S.Gautham d. ??? Bye ? ?
H.Kaur Bedi/ N.Bharadwaj d. S.Thyagarajan/ K.Raje 6-0, 7-6(3)
S.K.Tara/ S.Rao d. V.Mahalingam/ P.Mahalingam 6-2, 6-2
2-A.Venkataraman/ A.Nefedova Bye
Doubles QF
1-R.Chakravarti/ S.Jayalakshmi d. S.Rani/ K.Patel 6-0, 1-0 (conc.)
4-J.Krishnamoorthi/ R.Tulpule d. G.Manohar/ N.Palat 6-2, 6-0
3-S.Dhawan/ S.Gautham d. H.Kaur Bedi/ N.Bharadwaj 6-0, 6-2
S.K.Tara/ S.Rao d. 2-A.Venkataraman/ A.Nefedova 6-3, 6-4
Doubles SF
1-R.Chakravarti/ S.Jayalakshmi d. 4-J.Krishnamoorthi/ R.Tulpule Walkover
3-S.Dhawan/ S.Gautham d. S.K.Tara/ S.Rao 6-3, 6-4
Doubles Final
1-R.Chakravarti/ S.Jayalakshmi d. 3-S.Dhawan/ S.Gautham 5-7, 6-0, 6-3
Prize money: Winner: $325 to share, Runner up: $175 to share.
Qualifying Rounds Qualifying round 1 (it appears that only one round was played) Nikhila Palat (Mah) bt Tarminder Grover (Chd) 6-0, 6-0 Geeta Manohar (AP) bt Rekha Natarajan (Mah) 6-4, 6-3 P. Shricharanya (TN) bt Sonal Markar (Mah) 6-0, 6-0 B. Nischala Reddy (AP) bt Shivani Bhatt (Mah) 6-1, 6-0
Courtesy: Indian Newspapers .. This page made by R. Jayakrishnan ..