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"Bridgestone" Leg 1, May 8-13/2000, Yeshwant Club, Indore
Singles main draw Doubles main draw Qualifying rounds
(Update after May 13 matches - Archana falls to Sonal in final .. Courtesy: PTI, Indian Newspapers)
Main Draw :
Seeds (May 1 ranks shown)
1. Archana Venkataraman (568)
2. Sonal Phadke (667)
3. Arthi Venkataraman (573)
4. Radhika Tulpule (801)
5. Geeta Manohar (860)
6. Nikita Bharadwaj (881)
7. Shalini Thakur (885)
8. Sheethal Gautham (909)
Round 1
1 Archana Venkatraman BYE
Marutha Devi d. Tara Kanbargimath Walkover
Liza Pereira d. T. Yamini 3-6 6-0 6-2
6 Nikita Bhardwaj BYE
3 Arthi Venkatraman BYE
Nona wagh d. Nandini Perumal 7-6(4) 17-5
Radhika Mandke BYE (luck of draw)
8 Sheetal Gautham BYE
7 Shalini Thakur BYE
Karishma Patel d. Kalpita Raje 6-0 6-3
Deepa Chakraborty d. Nishta Yadav 6-0 6-0
4 Radhika Tulpule BYE
5 Geeta Manohar BYE
Aparna Singh d. Rati Kumar 7-6(5) 2-6 6-2
Sricharanya Thaigarajan d. Mansi Majeji 6-2 6-2
2 Sonal Phadke BYE
Round 2
1 Archana Venkatraman d. Marutha Devi 6-0 6-0
Liza Pereira d. 6 Nikita Bhardwaj 6-0 6-0
3 Arthi Venkatraman d. Nona wagh 6-2 6-4
8 Sheetal Gautham d. Radhika Mandke 6-3 6-3
7 Shalini Thakur d. Karishma Patel 6-1 7-6(5)
4 Radhika Tulpule d. Deepa Chakraborty 6-0 6-2
5 Geeta Manohar d. Aparna Singh 6-3 7-6(3)
2 Sonal Phadke d. Sricharanya T. 6-3 6-1
Quarterfinals
1 Archana Venkatraman d. Liza Pereira 6-1 6-1
3 Arthi Venkatraman d. 8 Sheetal Gautham 6-2 6-4
7 Shalini Thakur d. 4 Radhika Tulpule 3-6 6-0 6-4
2 Sonal Phadke d. 5 Geeta Manohar 6-4 6-3
Semifinals
1 Archana Venkatraman d. 3 Arthi Venkatraman 6-4 6-3
2 Sonal Phadke d. 7 Shalini Thakur 6-1 4-6 7-5
Final
2 Sonal Phadke d. 1 Archana Venkatraman 5-7 6-4 7-6(5)
Prize money and Points
Singles Doubles Circuit
(per team) points
W $650 $325 16
RU $450 $175 12
SF $250 $100 8
QF $175 $50 6
PQF $100? $30? 3
* WTA points awarded ONLY based on the 4th leg (masters week) results;
Satellite circuit points used to select the 16-draw for masters.
Doubles
Quarterfinals (only eight teams in the draw, I believe)
1 Archana V./ Aarthi V. d. K.Raje/ M.Devi 6-1 6-1
S. Phadke/ N.Wagh d. R.Mandke/ R.Tulpule 1-0 (conc.)
S.Goutham/ L.Pereira d. G.Manohar/ T.Yamini 6-1 6-3
2 S.Thakur/ K.Patel d. R.Kumar/ N.Bharadwaj 6-1 6-2
Semifinals
1 Archana V./ Aarthi V. d. S. Phadke/ N.Wagh 6-2 6-1
S.Goutham/ L.Pereira d. 2 S.Thakur/ K.Patel 6-4 2-6 6-2
Final
1 Archana V./ Aarthi V. d. S.Goutham/ L.Pereira 6-4 6-4
Qualifying Rounds
I believe no qualifying rounds are being played due to lack of player
interest -- They did not get 32 players to fill the main draw ! What's
up with Indian players ? Darnit, this is at least a Rs 2 lakh domestic
tournament! -- Indian players should be ashamed of not making use of the
opportunities provided.
Courtesy: Indian Newspapers .. This page made by R. Jayakrishnan ..