10000$ Mumbai, India, Mar27, winner: Ankita Bhambri

10000$ Mumbai Shivaji Park, India


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Mumbai is the commercial and entertainment capital of India, and houses important financial institutions, such as the Reserve Bank of India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_Bank_of_India) (RBI), the Bombay Stock Exchange (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Stock_Exchange) (BSE), the National Stock Exchange of India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Stock_Exchange_of_India) (NSE) and the corporate headquarters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_companies_headquartered_in_Mumbai) of many Indian companies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_companies). Mumbai has attracted migrants from all over India because of the immense business opportunities, and the relatively high standard of living (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_of_living_in_India), making the city a potpourri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolitan) of various communities and cultures (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_India). The city is home to India's film and television industry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_cinema), known as Bollywood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood). Mumbai is also one of the rare cities to accommodate a national park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_park), the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borivali_National_Park), within its city limits

The TOURNAMENT:
Surface: Hard
Previous Winners:
2000: Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram IND d. Sonal PHADKE IND 62 63
2002: Shuai Peng CHN d. Sunitha Rao USA 63 76
2003: Akgul Amanmuradova UZB d. Rushmi Chakravarthi IND 64 36 76
2003: Manisha Malhotra IND d. Akgul Amanmuradova UZB 26 64 76
2004: Melanie South GBR d. Yan-Chong Chen CHN 64 64
2005: Chin-Wei Chan TPE d. Montinee Tangphong THA 62 63
2005: Isha Lakhani IND d. Punam Reddy IND 64 46 62

2006 DRAWS

Quali
(1) Sonal PHADKE IND d. Moe KAWATOKO JAP 62 61
(10) Asha NANDAKUMAR IND d. Tanvi SHAH IND 64 63
(2) Archana VENKATARAMAN IND d. Arthi VENKATARAMAN IND 63 62
(13) Wei-Ping LEE SIN d. Shradha DALI IND 60 64
(3) Lavinia TANANTA INA d. Chirashanthi RAJUR IND 61 63
(12) Madura RANGANATHAN IND d. Vishika CHHETRI IND 75 64
(4) Nungnadda WANNASUK THA d. Vishaka SHEORAN IND 61 63
(9) Jeong-A CHO KOR d. Shuang WU CHN 36 63 63
(5) Shao-Yuan KAO TPE d. Harpreet GILL IND 61 60
(16) Penporn CHANTAWANNOP THA d. Asli SEMIZOGLU TUR 61 67 61
(6) Kazusa ITO JAP d. Sampada KENADE IND 60 60
Sheetal GOUTHAM IND d. (14) Varanya VIJUKSANABOON THA 64 61
(7) Geeta MANOHAR IND d. Anupama RAJUR IND 62 64
(11) Liza PEREIRA IND d. Prachi NADKARNI IND 75 64
(8) Ling ZHANG HKG d. Rachael HALL GBR 61 61
(15) Cagla BÜYÜKAKCAY TUR d. Sagarika PHADKE IND 61 60
2nd round
(1) Sonal PHADKE IND d. (10) Asha NANDAKUMAR IND 61 61
(2) Archana VENKATARAMAN IND d. (13) Wei-Ping LEE SIN 75 63
(3) Lavinia TANANTA INA d. (12) Madura RANGANATHAN IND 75 76
(4) Nungnadda WANNASUK THA d. (9) Jeong-A CHO KOR 64 61
(5) Shao-Yuan KAO TPE d. (16) penporn CHANTAWANNOP THA 36 75 75
(6) Kazusa ITO JAP d. Sheetal GOUTHAM IND 60 63
(7) Geeta MANOHAR IND d. (11) Liza PEREIRA IND 63 64
(8) Ling ZHANG HKG d. (15) Cagla BÜYÜKAKCAY TUR 63 75


MAIN DRAW
(1) Ankita BHAMBRI IND vs Kavitha KRISHNAMURTHY CAN 63 62
q Sonal PHADKE IND vs wc Parija MALOO IND 61 60
Natasha KHAN GBR vs Wing-Yau Venise CHAN HKG 26 57
(6) Sanaa BHAMBRI IND vs q Shao-Yuan KAO TPE 64 60
(3) wc Isha LAKHANI IND vs Czarina-Mae AREVALO PHI 64 62
Sai-Jayalakshmy JAYARAM IND vs q Nungnadda WANNASUK THA 26 16
Parul GOSWAMI IND vs q Lavinia TANANTA INA 26 16
(5) Tomoyo TAKAGISHI JAP vs Thassa VITAYAVIROJ THA 76 26 16
(7) Nudnida LUANGNAM THA vs Andra-Iulia SAVU ROM 63 76
q Ling ZHANG HKG vs Ji-Young KIM KOR 60 62
Punam REDDY IND vs q Archana VENKATARAMAN IND 67 76 61
(4) Claire PETERZAN GBR vs Sandy GUMULYA INA 06 75 26
(8) Meggha VAKHARIA IND vs q Kazusa ITO JAP 26 26
Miki MIYAMURA JAP vs wc Eleonora SIDJEMILEVA UZB 46 63 62
Pichittra THONGDACH THA vs wc Krushmi CHHEDA IND 62 41 ret Chheda
(2) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI IND vs q Geeta MANOHAR IND 16 16
2nd round
(1) Ankita BHAMBRI IND d. q Sonal PHDAKE IND 61 62
Wing-Yau Venise CHAN HKG d. Natasha KHAN 57 64 62
(3) wc Isha LAKHANI IND d. q Nungnadda WANNASUK THA 63 75
Thassa VITAYAVIROJ THA d. Lavinia TANANTA INA 64 63
(7) Nudnida LUANGNAM THA d. q Ling ZHANG HKG 63 46 64
Punam REDDY IND d. Sandy GUMULYA INA 46 76 64
q Kazusa ITO JAP d. Miki MIYAMURA JAP 75 64
Pichittra THONGDACH THA d. q Geeta MANOHAR IND 62 63
QF
(1) Ankita BHAMBRI IND d. Wing-Yau Venise CHAN HKG 62 57 60
(3) wc Isha LAKHANI IND d. Thassa VITAYAVIROJ THA 63 75
(7) Nudnida LUANGNAM THA d. Punam REDDY IND 06 64 64
q Kazusa ITO JAP d. Pichittra THONGDACH THA 64 62
SF
(1) Ankita BHAMBRI IND d. (3) Isha LAKHANI IND 64 67 61
q Kazusa ITO JAP d. (7) Nudnida LUANGNAM THA 76 60
Final
(1) Ankita BHAMBRI IND d. q Kazusa ITO JAP 62 57 61

o ,peng had win here in 2002

Go Çağla and Aslı here :)

Qual 1

Seeded Çağla Büyükakçay def. ???? in 2 sets. Just aslı said that she won

???? def. Aslı Semizoğlu 6-1 6-7 6-2 :sad: Shw was soo tired but talked to me :)

Singles Qualifying Draw-1st Round

(1)Sonal Phadke d. Moe Kawatoko 62 61
(10)Asha Nandakumar d. (wc)Tanvi Shah 64 63

(2)Archana Venkataraman d. Arthi Venkataraman 63 62
(13)Wei-Ping Lee d. (wc)Shradha Dali 60 64

(3)Lavinia Tananta d. Chrishanthi Rajur 61 63
(12)Madura Ranganathan d. Vishika Chhetri 75 64

(4)Nungnadda Wannasuk d. (wc)Vishakha Sheoran 61 63
(9)Jeong Cho d. Shuang Wu 36 63 63

(5)Shao Yuan Kao d. (wc)Harpreet Gill 61 60
(16)Penporn Chantawannop d. Asli Semizoglu 61 67(4) 61

(6)Kazusa Ito d. Sampada Kanede 60 60
Sheethal Goutham d. (14)Varanya Vijuksanaboon 64 61

(7)Geeta Manohar d. Anupama Rajur 62 64
(11)Liza Pereira d. (wc)Prachi Nadkarni 75 64

(8)Ling Zhang d. Rachael Hall 61 61
(15)Cagla Buyukakcay d. Sagarika Phadke 61 60

Qualifying Final Round

(1)Sonal Phadke d. (10)Asha Nandakumar 61 61
(2)Archana Venkataraman d. (13)Wei-Ping Lee 75 63
(3)Lavinia Tananta d. (12)Madura Ranganathan 75 76(4)
(4)Nungnadda Wannasuk d. (9)Jeong Cho 64 61
(5)Shao Yuan Kao d. (16)Penporn Chantawannop 36 75 75
(6)Kazusa Ito d. Sheethal Goutham 60 63
(7)Geeta Manohar d. (11)Liza Pereira 63 64
(8)Ling Zhang d. (15)Cagla Buyukakcay 63 75

Singles Main Draw

(1)Ankita Bhambri (IND) v Kavitha Krishnamurthy (CAN)
(Q)Sonal Phadke (IND) v (wc)Parija Maloo (IND)

Natasha Khan (GBR) v Wing Yau Chan (HKG)
(6)Sanaa Bhambri (IND) v (Q)Shao Yuan Kao (TPE)

(3/wc)Isha Lakhani (IND) v Czarina-Mae Arevalo (PHI)
Sai Jayaram (IND) v (Q)Nungnadda Wannasuk (THA)

Parul Goswami (IND) v (Q)Lavinia Tananta (INA)
(5)Tomoyo Takagishi (JPN) v Thassa Vitayaviroj (THA)

(7)Nudnida Luangnam (THA) v Andra Savu (ROM)
(Q)Ling Zhang (HKG) v (SE)Ji-Young Kim (KOR)

Punam Reddy (IND) v (Q)Archana Venkataraman (IND)
(4)Claire Peterzan (GBR) v (SE)Sandy Gumulya (INA)

(8)Meghha Vakaria (IND) v (Q)Kazusa Ito (JPN)
Miki Miyamura (JPN) v (wc)Eleonora Sidjemileva (UZB)

Pichittra Thongdach (THA) v (wc)Krushmi Chheda (IND)
(2)Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) v (Q)Geeta Manohar (IND)

Doubles Main Draw

(1)Bhambri/Bhambri v (Q)Ito/Kawatoko
Khan/Peterzan v Phadke/Phadke

(4)Cho/Kim v Lee/Tananta
Miyamura/Takagishi v (wc)Dougery/Shelby

Goswami/Reddy v (Q)Krishnamurthy/Vijuksanaboon
(3)Chakravarthi/Lakhani v (wc)Arevalo/Ranganathan

Jayaram/Manohar v (wc)Rajur/Rajur
(2)Luangnam/Vitayaviroj v Kao/Wu

Finally... ;)

Doubles Quali

Ito/Kawatoko d. (1)Pereira/Venkataraman 14 41 42
(2)Krishnamurthy/Vijuksanaboon d. Nadkarni/Shah 53 40

good luck

Natasha :)
Isha ;) :)

My Vote: Others --> Isha Lakhani

Good Luck to:
Nungnadda
Nudnida
Thassha
Pichittra

Some interesting match-ups... Not to happy with the draws though. :(

Çağla :(

Aslı :(

Good luck :

(Q)Sonal Phadke (IND)
(3/wc)Isha Lakhani (IND)
Czarina-Mae Arevalo (PHI)
(Q)Lavinia Tananta (INA)
(5)Tomoyo Takagishi (JPN)
(7)Nudnida Luangnam (THA)
(SE)Sandy Gumulya (INA)
Pichittra Thongdach (THA)

Good luck :hug: to :
* Wing Yau "Venise" Chan :)
* Czarina-Mae Arevalo ;)
* Sai Jayaram Jayalakshmi
* Tomoyo Takagishi
* Eleonora Sidjemileva
* Rushmi Chakravarthi :D

Good luck to :
Sandy Gumulya (INA)
Lavinia Tananta (INA)

Come on Kavitha, win a match here!

good luck : SANDY n VIVIN !!

Good luck Natacha and Claire.

Natacha should come through that quarter.

Good luck Sandy & Lavinia :bounce:

Singles Main Draw-Day 1 Results

(1)Ankita Bhambri v Kavitha Krishnamurthy 63 62
(Q)Sonal Phadke (IND) v (wc)Parija Maloo (IND) 61 60
(6)Sanaa Bhambri (IND) v (Q)Shao Yuan Kao (TPE) 64 61
(Q)Nungnadda Wannasuk d. Sai Jayaram 62 61
(7)Nudnida Luangnam (THA) v Andra Savu (ROM) 63 76(2)
Punam Reddy v (Q)Archana Venkataraman 67(5) 76(2) 61
(Q)Kazusa Ito (JPN) d. (8)Meghha Vakaria (IND) 62 62
Miki Miyamura v (wc)Eleonora Sidjemileva 46 63 62


Khan/Peterzan v Phadke/Phadke 64 76(3)
Miyamura/Takagishi v (wc)Dougery/Shelby 60 62
(3)Chakravarthi/Lakhani v Arevalo/Ranganathan 60 63
Jayaram/Manohar v (wc)Rajur/Rajur 62 61

Shao-Yuan :sad:
Meghha :help:

Sanaa :)

Nungnadda :yeah:
Sai :help:

good luck in MD to
Natasha Khan (GBR) ;) :D
(3/wc)Isha Lakhani (IND) ;)
(wc)Eleonora Sidjemileva (UZB)

Nungnadda :woohoo:
Nudnida :bounce:

Shao-Yuan :(

GO Natasha

Singles Main Draw-1st Round-Completed

(1)Ankita Bhambri (IND) v Kavitha Krishnamurthy (CAN) 63 62
(Q)Sonal Phadke (IND) v (wc)Parija Maloo (IND) 61 60

Wing Yau Chan (HKG) d. Natasha Khan (GBR) 62 75
(6)Sanaa Bhambri (IND) v (Q)Shao Yuan Kao (TPE) 64 61

(3/wc)Isha Lakhani (IND) v Czarina-Mae Arevalo (PHI) 64 62 :D
(Q)Nungnadda Wannasuk (THA) d. Sai Jayaram (IND) 62 61

(Q)Lavinia Tananta (INA) d. Parul Goswami (IND) 62 61
Thassa Vitayaviroj (THA) d. (5)Tomoyo Takagishi (JPN) 67(3) 62 61

(7)Nudnida Luangnam (THA) v Andra Savu (ROM) 63 76(2)
(Q)Ling Zhang (HKG) v (SE)Ji-Young Kim (KOR) 60 62

Punam Reddy v (Q)Archana Venkataraman 67(5) 76(2) 61
(SE)Sandy Gumulya (INA) d. (4)Claire Peterzan (GBR) 60 57 62

(Q)Kazusa Ito (JPN) d. (8)Meghha Vakaria (IND) 62 62
Miki Miyamura (JPN) v (wc)Eleonora Sidjemileva (UZB) 46 63 62

Pichittra Thongdach (THA) v (wc)Krushmi Chheda (IND) 62 41 Ret.
(Q)Geeta Manohar (IND) d. (2)Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) 61 61 :o

Doubles Main Draw-1st Round

(Q)Ito/Kawatoko d. (1)Bhambri/Bhambri 64 67(8) 63
Khan/Peterzan v Phadke/Phadke 64 76(3)

(4)Cho/Kim v Lee/Tananta 60 76(4)
Miyamura/Takagishi v (wc)Dougery/Shelby 60 62

(Q)Krishnamurthy/Vijuksanaboon d. Goswami/Reddy 46 76(3) 62
(3)Chakravarthi/Lakhani v (wc)Arevalo/Ranganathan 60 63

Jayaram/Manohar v (wc)Rajur/Rajur 62 61
(2)Luangnam/Vitayaviroj v Kao/Wu 67(10) 75 61

QF

(Q)Krishnamurthy/Vijuksanaboon d. (3)Chakravarthi/Lakhani W/O (Rushmi)

Ankita ;)

Natasha :rolleyes: :mad:

Isha :D :)

Ankita Bhambri :yeah:
Sonal Phadke :yeah:
Isha Lakhani :yeah: but Czarina :sad:
Lavinia Tananta :yeah:
Tomoyo Takagishi :help:
Nudnida Luangnam :yeah:
Sandy Gumulya :banana: :yeah:
Pichittra Thongdach :hearts: :yeah:

Rushmi :help:
Thassha :yeah:
Kavitha :sad:

Go Venise and Ling :D

Sonal :hearts:
Archana :sad:
Tomoyo :sad:
Gift :)
Venise got revenge ;)
Ling :)
Mam :)

Sandy :woohoo:
Lavinia :yeah:

What is going on Claire?!

Kavitha :( but good luck in doubles

Well done

Sandy Gumulya(INA)
Lavinia Tananta(INA)

Good Job Thai Girl :worship:

Ankita and Sonal :yeah:

Thassa Vitayaviroj (THA) d. Q-Lavinia Tananta (INA) 6-4,6-3

Thassa :bounce: :bounce:

Come on Thai girls :bounce:

2R

(1)Ankita Bhambri (IND) d. (Q)Sonal Phadke (IND) 6-1 6-2
Venise Chan (HKG) d. (6)Sanaa Bhambri (IND) 5-7 6-2 6-3

(3/wc)Isha Lakhani (IND) d. (Q)Nungnadda Wannasuk (THA) 6-3 7-5
Thassa Vitayaviroj (THA) d. (Q)Lavinia Tananta (INA) 6-4 6-3

(7)Nudnida Luangnam (THA) d. (Q)Ling Zhang (HKG) 6-3 4-6 6-4
Punam Reddy d. (SE)Sandy Gumulya (INA) 4-6 7-6(3) 6-4

(Q)Kazusa Ito (JPN) d. Miki Miyamura (JPN) 7-5 6-3
Pichittra Thongdach (THA) d. (Q)Geeta Manohar (IND) 6-2 6-3

Sonal :sad:
Venise :)
Gift :yeah:
June :)
Sandy :eek: :help:
Mam :D

Ankita Bhambri :yeah:
Isha Lakhani :yeah:
Nudnida Luangnam :banana:
Sandy Gumulya :banghead: - I supposed she's tired. :o
Pichittra Thongdach :yeah:

Sandy :(

Ankita :yeah:

Sanaa :sad:

Punam :yeah:
Nungnadda :sad:
Venise :woohoo:
Ling :sad:

Isha :D :yeah:

Keep going ;)

QF

(1)Ankita Bhambri (IND) d. Venise Chan (HKG) 6-2 5-7 6-0
(3/wc)Isha Lakhani (IND) d. Thassa Vitayaviroj (THA) 6-4 7-5
(7)Nudnida Luangnam (THA) d. Punam Reddy 0-6 6-4 6-4
(Q)Kazusa Ito (JPN) d. Pichittra Thongdach (THA) 6-4 6-2

Isha :yeah: ;) go win it

Nudnida :)
Pichittra :sad:
Thassa :sad:

Isha :yeah: :D

Ankita :)

Isha :yeah:
Ankita :yeah:
Nudnida :banana:
Mam :banghead:

Ankita :yeah:

Isha :)
Nudnida :)

Venise :sad: - but top 700 now :)

SF

1-Ankita Bhambri (Ind) bt 3-Isha Lakhani (Ind) 6-7(1), 6-4, 6-1

Kazusa Ito (Jpn) bt 7-Nudnida Luangnam (Thailand) 7-6(1), 6-0

Nudnida :help: :banghead:.
Isha :bigcry:

Ankita :yeah:

Isha :sobbing: :( :sad:

Isha :sad: :mad:

Ankita :)

:sad: Nudnida

thanks danker :wavey:

Ankita :)

Nudnida :sad:

Singles Finals

(1)Ankita Bhambri (IND) d. (Q)Ito Kazusa (JAP) 62 57 61

Ankita Bhambri wins ITF title

April 01, 2006 20:31 IST


Top seed Ankita Bhambri of India lived up to her reputation and fashioned an impressive 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 victory over qualifier Ito Kazusa of Japan in an exciting championship round to win the Shivaji Park Gymkhana-ITF $10,000 Women's Tennis Tournament, that concluded on Saturday.

Bhambri warmed up for her Federation Cup campaign with her maiden title in Mumbai, in a match that lasted one hour and 33 minutes. Her last three matches ended in three-setters and that pattern trailed her to the title round when she won the final set rather comfortably.

The Indian got off to a dream start when she romped home in the first set to put Kazusa under early pressure. But the Japanese lass, who made her way to the final from the qualifying round, remained unfazed. Featuring in her maiden final in the sub continent, a determined Kazusa came back into the match and earned a crucial break to take the second set and force the decider.

Kazusa surprised the aggressive Bhambri by breaking the Indian in the opening game of the third set to keep her hopes alive. But Bhambri, who enjoyed good form in the competition after a shaky start, broke back immediately to level at 1-all.

Bhambri set the stage for an absorbing contest as Kazusa, needing just a break, was still in the game even after trailing 1-3. Bhambri earned a significant break in the fourth game after capitalising on Kazusa's unforced errors, to rest on a comfortable 4-1 cushion. After holding serve in the fifth, Bhambri broke again in the sixth to leave a helpless Kazusa no room for a recovery.

"Kazusa played well especially at the end of the second set when I was slow and lost breaks at crucial moments. She was slow in the first while I was quick, which helped me take the first set. The break in the fourth game of the third set, that helped me go 3-1 up, turned the match in my favour," explained Bhambri.

The Delhi girl earned $1568 and six points, while Kazusa received $980 and four points.

The next leg will be held in Chennai, where the main draw will commence from Monday.

Congrats Ankita :worship: Well deserved :yeah:.

Well done Ankita :) :)

Ankita :yeah:

Ankita :)