10000$ Chennai, India, Apr3,winner: Nudnida Luangnam

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Chennai (சென்னை (http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%A F%88) in Tamil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language)), formerly known as (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_renaming_controversy) Madras, is the capital (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital) of the state (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India) of Tamil Nadu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu) and is India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India)'s fourth largest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_populous_cities_in_India) metropolitan city (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City). It is located on the Coromandel Coast (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coromandel_Coast) of the Bay of Bengal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal). With an estimated population of 6.90 million (2005), the 368-year-old city is the 31st largest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_by_population)metropoli tan area (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_area) in the world.

The city is a large commercial and industrial centre, and is known for its cultural heritage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_heritage) and temple architecture. Chennai is the automobile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile) capital of India, with around forty percent of the automobile industry having a base there and with a major portion of the nation's vehicles being produced there. Chennai is also referred as the Detroit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit) of South Asia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia). It has also become a major center for outsourced jobs from the Western world. The 12-kilometre long Marina Beach (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Beach) forms the city's east coast and is one of the longest beaches in the world. The city is known for its sport venues and hosts India's only ATP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Tennis_Professionals)tennis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis) event, the Chennai Open (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Open).

THE TOURNAMENT:
Surface: Clay
Previous Winners:
2001: Radhika Tulpule IND d. Ipek Senoglu TUR 61 76
2003: Suchanun Viratprasert THA d. Verena Beller GER 62 62

2006 DRAWS




Quali
(1) Nungnadda WANNASUK THA vs Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI IND 36 63 76
Farah MAHMOOD IND vs Esha SANGHVI IND 26 36
(2) Ji-Sun HA KOR vs Rachael HALL GBR 61 60
Sheetal GOUTHAM GBR vs Shahin ANSARI IND 60 61
(3) Ji-Young KIM KOR vs Vandana MURALI IND 75 61
(12) Arthi VENKATARAMAN IND vs Harpreet GILL IND 60 61
(4) Jeong-A CHO KOR vs Adithi JALLIHALL BALLARY IND 60 60
(13) Moe KAWATOKO JAP vs Chirashanthi RAJUR IND 61 63
(5) Asha NANDAKUMAR IND vs Shivika BURMAN IND 67 76 26
(11) Penporn CHANTAWANNOP THA vs Shuang WU CHN 26 57
(6) Liza PEREIRA IND vs Arthi DURAISAMY IND 61 60
(14) Anupama RAJUR IND vs Varsha SHIVASHANKAR IND 67 36
(7) Wei-Ping LEE SIN vs Sandy GUMULYA INA 26 26
(9) Cagla BÜYÜKAKCAY TUR vs Bhavani RAVISANKAR IND 62 60
(8) Varanya VIJUKSANABOON THA vs Vishika CHHETRI IND 64 63
(10) Parija MALOO IND vs Brahampreet-Neetu BATRA IND 60 60
2nd round
(1) Nungnadda WANNASUK THA d. Esha SANGHVI IND 60 60
(2) Ji-Sun HA KOR d. Sheetal GOUTHAM IND 75 36 62
(3) Ji-Young KIM KOR d. (12) Arthi VENKATARAMAN IND 61 63
(4) Jeong-A CHO KOR d. (13) Moe KAWATOKO JAP 75 60
Shuang WU CHN d. Shivika BURMAN IND 62 62
(6) Liza PEREIRA IND d. Varsha SHIVASHANKAR IND 63 64
(9) Cagla BÜYÜKAKCAY TUR d. Sandy GUMULYA INA 36 62 64
(10) Parija MALOO IND d. (8) Varanya VIJUKSANABOON THA 63 76




MAIN DRAW
(1) Ankita BHAMBRI IND vs Sai-Jayalakshmy JAYARAM IND 75 16 63
Lavinia TANANTA INA vs Sonal PHADKE IND 75 60
q Liza PEREIRA IND vs Pichittra THONGDACH THA 16 36
(5) Nudnida LUANGNAM THA d. Madura RANGANATHAN IND 61 62
(3) Claire PETERZAN GBR vs q Cagla BÜYÜKAKCAY TUR 36 16
q Ji-Young KIM KOR vs Shao-Yuan KAO TPE 57 36
Natasha KHAN GBR vs q Parija MALOO IND 63 63
(6) Meghha VAKHARIA IND vs wc Kelsey SUNDARAM USA 46 46
(8) Punam REDDY IND vs wc Kumari Sweta SOLANKI IND 36 34 ret Reddy
q Ji-Sun HA KOR vs Archana VENKATARAMAN IND 62 67 36
Miki MIYAMURA JAP vs Prerna-Mythri APPINENI IND 60 61
(4) Tomoyo TAKAGISHI JAP vs q Shuang WU CHN 75 62
(7) Thassa VITAYAVIROJ THA vs q Jeong-A CHO KOR 26 36
q Nungnadda WANNASUK THA vs Geeta MANOHAR IND 64 63
Kavitha KRISHNAMURTHY CAN vs Kazusa ITO JAP 46 06
(2) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI IND vs Czarina-Mae AREVALO PHI 62 63
2nd round
Lavinia TANANTA INA d. (1) Ankita BHAMBRI IND 63 ret
(5) Nudnida LUANGNAM THA d. Pichittra THONGDACH THA 61 26 75
Shao-Yuan KAO TPE d. q Cagla BÜYÜKAKCAY TUR 62 61
Natasha KHAN GBR d. Subbadharmi SUNDARAM USA 61 63
wc Kumari Sweta SOLANKI IND d. Archana VENKATARAMAN IND 64 75
Miki MIYAMURA JAP d. (4) Tomoyo TAKAGISHI JAP 63 63
q Jeong-A CHO KOR d. q Nungnada WANNASUK THA 60 64
(2) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI IND d. Kazusa ITO JAP 63 60
QF
(5) Nudnida LUANGNAM THA d. Lavinia TANANTA INA 63 76
Natasha KHAN GBR d. Shao-Yuan KAO TPE 64 63
Miki MIYAMURA JAP d. wc Kumari Sweta SOLANKI IND 64 61
q Jeong-A CHO KOR d. (2) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI IND 63 76
SF
(5) Nudnida LUANGNAM THA d. Natasha KHAN GBR 63 60
Miki MIYAMURA JAP d. q Jeong-A CHO KOR 64 46 61
Final
(5) Nudnida LUANGNAM THA d. Miki MIYAMURA JAP 63 60

Go Nudnida and Kavitha!

WC

MD
Madura Ranganathan IND
Kumari Sweta Solanki IND
Kelsey Sundaram USA
Vishaka Sheoran IND

Quali
Poojashree Venkatesh IND

Singles Qual Draw

http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/drawsheetbyRound.asp?Event=1100078646&Tournament=1100013589

[9] Çağla Büyükakçay :banana: but a bad draw :sad:

good luck Sandy ;)

Sandy beats Wei-Ping in the first qualifying round. :banana:

Sandy made a cool comeback but Çağla has a chance for sure..

I hope she will qualify :worship:

Go! Thai girls

Q1

Nungnadda Wannasuk (Tha) bt E. Ashmitha (Ind) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
Esha Sanghvi (Ind) bt Farah Mahmood (Ind) 6-2, 6-3

Ji-Sun Ha (Kor) bt Rachael Hall (GBR) 6-1, 6-0
Sheethal Goutham (Ind) bt Shahin Ansari (Ind) 6-0, 6-1

Ji-Young Kim (Kor) bt Vandana Murali (Ind) 7-5, 6-1
Arthi Venkataraman (Ind) bt Harpreet Gill (Ind) 6-0, 6-1

Jeong A. Cho (Kor) bt J. Adithi (Ind) 6-0, 6-0
Moe Kawatoko (Jpn) bt Chirashanthi Rajur (Ind) 6-1, 6-3

Shivikka Burman (Ind) bt Asha Nandakumar (Ind) 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-2
Shuang Wu (Chn) bt Penporn Chantawannof (Tha) 6-2, 7-5

Liza Pereira (Ind) bt Arthi Duraisamy (Ind) 6-1, 6-0
Varsha Sivashankar (Ind) bt Anupama Rajur (Ind) 7-6 (1), 6-3

Sandy Gumulya (Ina) bt Wei-Ping Lee (Sin) 6-2, 6-2
Cagla Buyukakcay (Tur) bt Bhavani Ravisankar (Ind) 6-2, 6-0

Varanya Vijuksanaboon (Tha) bt Vishika Chhetri (Ind) 6-4, 6-3
Parija Maloo (Ind) bt Brahampreet N. Batra (Ind) 6-0, 6-0

Çağla Büyükakçay d. Sandy Gumulya 3-6 6-3 6-4

:worship: :worship: :worship:

Thats really good Çağla.. :bounce:

OMG Sandy :tape: :help:

wwowowow Çağla :banana:

sandy ?? really??

sandy ?? really??

Çağla played in WTA last year :lol:

Çağla played in WTA last year :lol:
...and lost Vesnina (WTA 243 in time) 16 26 :p ;)

But well done Cagla,looking better now :)

...and lost Vesnina (WTA 243 in time) 16 26 :p ;)

But well done Cagla,looking better now :)

yes right. For that reason i laughed :) But she is doing well in these days. She deserved a qual WC now :)

Quali Final Round Results

(1)Nungnadda Wannasuk d. Esha Sanghyi 60 60
(2)Ji-Sun Ha d. Sheethal Goutham 75 36 62
(3)Ji-Young Kim d. (12)Arthi Venkataraman 61 63
(4)Jeong Cho d. (13)Moe Kawatoko 75 60
Shuang Wu d. Shivika Burman 62 62
(6)Liza Pereira d. Varsha Shivashankar 63 64
(9)Cagla Buyukakcay d. Sandy Gumulya 36 62 64
(10)Parija Maloo d. (8)Varanya Wijuksanaboon 63 76(3)

Singles Main Draw

(1)Ankita Bhambri (IND) v Sai-J Jayaram (IND)
Lavinia Tananta (INA) v Sonal Phadke (IND)

Pichittra Thongdach (THA) v (Q)Liza Pereira (IND)
(5)Nudnida Luangnam (THA) v (wc)Madura Ranganathan (IND)

(3)Claire Peterzan (GBR) v (Q)Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR)
Shao-Yuan Kao (TPE) v (Q)Ji-Young Kim (KOR)

Natasha Khan (GBR) v (Q)Parija Maloo (IND)
(6)Meghha Vakharia (IND) v (wc)Kelsey Sundaram (USA)

(8)Punam Reddy (IND) v (wc)Kumari-Sweta Solanki (IND)
Archana Venkataraman (IND) v (Q)Ji-Sun Ha (KOR)

Miki Miyamura (JPN) v Prerna-Mythri Appineni (IND)
(4)Tomoyo Takagishi (JPN) v (Q)Shuang Wu (CHN)

(7)Thassa Vitayaviroj (THA) v (Q)Jeong Cho (KOR)
(Q)Nungnadda Wannasuk (THA) v (wc)Geeta Manohar (IND)

(SE)Kazusa Ito (JPN) v Kavitha Krishnamurthy (CAN)
(2)Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) v Czarina-Mae Arevalo (PHI)

Doubles Main Draw

(1)Luangnam/Vitayaviroj v (Q)Chantawannop/Wannasuk
Kao/Wu v (wc)Burman/Solanki

(4)Khan/Peterzan v Krishnamurthy/Vijuksanaboon
Lee/Tananta v (wc)Arevalo/Ranganathan

(Q)Gumulya/Thongdach v Miyamura/Takagishi
(3)Jayaram/Manohar v Goutham/Phadke

Murali/Venkataraman v Ito/Kawatako
(2)Cho/Kim v (wc)Eashwarmurti/Maloo

and last of them ;)

Doubles Quali

Chantawannop/Wannasuk d. (wc)Gill/Buyukakcay 42 40
Gumulya/Thongdach d. Hall/Venkataraman 41 40

Çağla vs. Claire urmmmm what can be said

Claire is out of form and lost 5 in a a row..

Lost Sandy last week :)

Come On Çağla you can do it again..;)

so wu shuang finally win 2 matches :)

Tomoyo got a good draw. Hope she doesn't blow it this time. :rolleyes:

Sandy :spit: :help: :banghead:. From winning last 2 weeks and now she can't qualify. Hope it's not the injury though. :(

Good luck :


(1)Ankita Bhambri (IND)
Lavinia Tananta (INA)
Pichittra Thongdach (THA)
(5)Nudnida Luangnam (THA)
(4)Tomoyo Takagishi (JPN)
(Q)Nungnadda Wannasuk (THA)
Czarina-Mae Arevalo (PHI)

hopefully bhambri but i dont see that happenin

Go! Thai girls

Good luck Ankita

go Natasha :)

No Isha :( :shrug:

Natasha :)
Claire :)
Rachel :sad:

Well Done

Liza Perreira

Good Luck to:

Ankita Bhambri
Liza Perrerira
Archana Venkateraman
Czarina Arevalo

Good luck :hug: to :
* Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram :help:
* Cagla Buyukakcay :D
* Megha Vekharia
* Tomoyo Takagishi ;)
* Rushmi Chakravarti :o
* Czarina-Mae Arevalo

Visit Çağla here :

http://www.aligorectenis.com/caglabuyukakcay.html

http://www.aligorectenis.com/guncel.html

good luck Natasha ;) :)

Singles Main Draw-Monday Results

Lavinia Tananta (INA) v Sonal Phadke (IND) 75 60
Pichittra Thongdach (THA) v (Q)Liza Pereira (IND) 61 63
(5)Nudnida Luangnam v (wc)Madura Ranganathan 61 62
(wc)Kelsey Sundaram d. (6)Meghha Vakharia (IND) 64 64
Archana Venkataraman v (Q)Ji-Sun Ha 26 76(5) 63
Miki Miyamura (JPN) v Prerna-Mythri Appineni (IND) 60 61
(4)Tomoyo Takagishi (JPN) v (Q)Shuang Wu (CHN) 75 62
(Q)Nungnadda Wannasuk v (wc)Geeta Manohar 64 63

Doubles Main Draw-Monday Results

Kao/Wu v (wc)Burman/Solanki 63 60
Goutham/Phadke d. (3)Jayaram/Manohar 46 62 75
Ito/Kawatako d. Murali/Venkataraman 64 63
(2)Cho/Kim v (wc)Eashwarmurti/Maloo 60 60

Lavinia Tananta :eek: :yeah:
Pichittra Thongdach :yeah:
Nudnida Luangnam :yeah:
Tomoyo Takagishi :banana:

Shao-Yuan / Shuang :)

Go Shao-Yuan

Claire is out of form and lost 5 in a a row..

Lost Sandy last week :)

Come On Çağla you can do it again..;)

Yesss Çağla Won 6-3 6-1

She is improving so fast and it will continue..

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Singles 1st Round

[Q] Çağla Büyükakçay (TUR) def. [3] Claire Peterzan (GBR) 6-3 6-1 :eek: :banana:

Good win Cagla :)

Singles Main Draw-First Round All

(1)Ankita Bhambri (IND) v Sai-J Jayaram (IND) 75 16 63
Lavinia Tananta (INA) v Sonal Phadke (IND) 75 60

Pichittra Thongdach (THA) v (Q)Liza Pereira (IND) 61 63
(5)Nudnida Luangnam (THA) v (wc)Madura Ranganathan (IND) 61 62

(Q)Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR) d. (3)Claire Peterzan (GBR) 63 61
Shao-Yuan Kao (TPE) v (Q)Ji-Young Kim (KOR) 75 63

Natasha Khan (GBR) v (Q)Parija Maloo (IND) 63 63
(wc)Kelsey Sundaram (USA) d. (6)Meghha Vakharia (IND) 64 64

(wc)Kumari-Sweta Solanki (IND) d. (8)Punam Reddy (IND) 63 43 Ret.
Archana Venkataraman (IND) v (Q)Ji-Sun Ha (KOR) 26 76(5) 63

Miki Miyamura (JPN) v Prerna-Mythri Appineni (IND) 60 61
(4)Tomoyo Takagishi (JPN) v (Q)Shuang Wu (CHN) 75 62

(Q)Jeong Cho (KOR) d. (7)Thassa Vitayaviroj (THA) 62 63
(Q)Nungnadda Wannasuk (THA) v (wc)Geeta Manohar (IND) 64 63

(SE)Kazusa Ito (JPN) v Kavitha Krishnamurthy (CAN) 64 60
(2)Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) v Czarina-Mae Arevalo (PHI) 62 63

Natasha :angel: :kiss: :bounce:

well done çağla! go girl!

Cagla :yeah:
Shao-Yuan :yeah:
Sonal :sad:
Lavinia :yeah:
Thassha :help:
Jeong :yeah:
Shuang :bigcry:
Punam :sad:

Ankita :D

Thassa :( :fiery:

Well Done

Ankita Bhambri
Cagla Buyukakcay
Archana Venkataraman
Nungnadda Wannasuk

Claire, Claire, Claire....

Please take time off, you are only going to get depressed if you keep playing and losing tamely in the first round.

Kavitha :help:

A photo from Chennai. It was taken after the match of Büyükakçay-Peterzan :D

http://www.tenisturkiye.com/admin/data/upimages/cagla_Chennai.jpg

2nd Round

Lavinia TANANTA (INA) defeated Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) 53
Nudnida LUANGNAM (THA) defeated Pichittra THONGDACH (THA) 61 26 75
Shao-Yuan KAO (TPE) defeated Cagla BUYUKAKCAY (TUR) 62 61
Natasha KHAN (GBR) defeated Subbadharmi SUNDARAM (USA) 61 63
Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND) defeated Archana VENKATARAMAN (IND) 64 75
Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) defeated Tomoyo TAKAGISHI (JPN) 63 63
Jeong-A CHO (KOR) defeated Nungnadda WANNASUK (THA) 60 64
Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) defeated Kazusa ITO (JPN) 63 60

Çağla :sad: But was a great weeek for u :)

Quarterfinal

LUANGNAM (THA) / VITAYAVIROJ (THA) defeated KAO (TPE) / WU (CHN) 76(0) 61
LEE (SIN) / TANANTA (INA) defeated KHAN (GBR) / PETERZAN (GBR) 63 67(6) 62
CHO (KOR) / KIM (KOR) defeated ITO (JPN) / KAWATOKO (JPN) 63 64

its obvious Ankita cannot win two in a row ever :o

wow, Rushmi getting back on track :yeah:
win it, Rushmi!

disappointing scoreline for Cagla :( :sad:
but yes, good week

Cagla :( but a good win in 1st round
Ankita :(

Oh Tomoyo, waste of a good draw. :banghead:

come on Nudnida :bounce:

Cagla is very pretty, Evren :)

Rushmi :)

wow...Tananta....impressive..double in SF and single in QTR......keep going....girl!!

Go! June!!!

Cagla is very pretty, Evren :)

Rushmi :)

yes she looks good :D

Lavinia :eek: :woohoo: impressive :yeah:

Tough next round in single.

Win it in double please :angel:

Natasha ;) :D :)

well done vivien! good luck next round!

QF

Nudnida LUANGNAM (THA) defeated Lavinia TANANTA (INA) 63 76(6)
Natasha KHAN (GBR) defeated Shao-Yuan KAO (TPE) 64 63
Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) defeated Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND) 64 61
Jeong-A CHO (KOR) defeated Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) 63 76(4)

Nudnida :)

Rushmi :sad: :(

Shao-Yuan :sad:
Jeong-A :yeah:
Nudnida :yeah:

SF doubles:
LUANGNAM (THA) / VITAYAVIROJ (THA) 1 def. LEE (SIN) / TANANTA (INA) 75 62
CHO (KOR) / KIM (KOR) 2 def. GOUTHAM (IND) / PHADKE (IND) 61 63

Natasha :)

Well Done Natacha another great tournament. Hopefully you can go one step further.

go Natasha ;) :kiss: ;)

now make final and double your pts ;)

good result for vivin !!

Nudnida !! goodluck.. hope win this title...

Nudnida LUANGNAM (THA) defeated Lavinia TANANTA (INA) 63 76(6) :hearts:
LUANGNAM (THA) / VITAYAVIROJ (THA) 1 def. LEE (SIN) / TANANTA (INA) 75 62 :hearts:

Great scoreline from Lavinia despite losing.

Go all the way now, June :worship:

Natasha :)

SF

Nudnida Luangnam d. Natasha Khan 63 60 :(
Miki Miyamura d. Jeong Cho 64 46 61

Doubles Final

Cho/Kim d. Luangnam/Vitayaviroj 64 64

Natcha:sad:

Prob got bored to death by a defender.

Natasha :sad: :sad: :sad:

Nudnida :yeah:

Nudnida :banana:

nudnida :hearts: :kiss:
Luangnam/Vitayaviroj :sad: :sad:

cho/kim won double title twice

Natasha :sad:

Nudnida :yeah:
Cho/Kim :woohoo:

Well done Nudnida :)

F

5-Nudnida Luangnam (THA) d. Miki Miyamura (JPN) 6-3 6-0

Great to see June showing her potential finally. :D

Good week Miki :)

congrats Nudnida :)

Nudnida :)

June :worship:
This is a title on clay, I'm a bit surprise you can do it :eek:
Anyway, I'm proud of you. Well done :kiss:

Well done Nudnida :) :yeah: - impressive week

Goodjob!

Well done Nudnida!