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MUMBAI, May 3: Vasudev Reddy of Andhra Pradesh and National grass court champion Nitin Kirtane, who missed the Maharashtra hard court tournament which concluded today, are the top two direct entrants in the Rs 1.25-lakh prize money Sterling Resorts Mumbai Hard court tournament commencing at the Shivaji Park Gymkhana courts on May 5.
Arati Ponnappa of Karnataka, who missed the Maharashtra hard court event in which Rushmi Chakravarthy emerged as the women8217;s champion, is among the 20 players given direct entries in the women8217;s singles.
The direct entries
MEN: 1. Vasudeva Reddy AP, 2. Nitin Kirtane Mah, 3. K V Ganesh TN, 4. Gaurav Natekar Mah, 5. Intikhab Ali Mah, 6. Shailesh Dhoble Mah, 7. CV Anand TN, 8. DR Jayadeva kar, 9. Rohan Wadhera Mah, 10. Jagdish Tanwar Raj, 11. R Balaji TN, 12. Rajesh Vora Pun, 13. Amod Wakalkar Mah, 14. Harsh Mankad Mah, 15. Anand Radhakrishnan Ben, 16. Vinay Karia AP, 17. VN Premprakash TN, 18. Anup Minda Mah, 19, Rohan Malhotra Del, 20. R G Arvind Kar. Wild cards: 1. Prashant Sutar Mah, 2. Vijay Kannan Del, 3. Ravi Bhaya Mah, 4. Vijayendra Laad Mah.
WOMEN:1.Rushmi Chakravarthy TN, 2. Arati Ponnappa Kar, 3. Sai Jayalakshmi TN, 4. Archana Venkatraman Kar, 5. Janaki Krishnamurthy Mah, 6. Arathi Venkatraman Kar, 7. Sadia Pathan Kar, 8. Aparna Srinivasan Mah, 9. Jahnavi Parekh Mah, 10. Rushmi Khanna Mah, 11. Joy Rodrigues Mah 12. Jutika Choksi Mah, 13. Neeth Deviah Kar, 14. Mable Abraham Mah, 15. Reetu Sethi Mah, 16. Kuntal Joshi Mah, 17. Nehal Chopra Mah, 18. Sumitra Rao TN, 19. S Anitha TN, 20. Nikhila Palat Mah. Wild cards: 1. Sheela Naidu Mah, 2. Laxmi Jayaraman TN, 3. Hrushida Kamthe Mah, 4. Pooja Deshmukh Mah.
WESTERN INDIA TOURNEY: The Rs 2.5-lakh prize money Western India Hard Court Tennis Championship is to be held at Pune8217;s Deccan Gymkhana Club courts from May 12-17.
The event, organised jointly by the Pune Junior Tennis Circuit and the Hill Side Gymkhana in the city after a gap of 15 years, is expected to attract top-notch players of the country, a release stated today.
The last date for receiving entries for the tournament is May 7. The qualifying rounds are to be held on May 10 and 11 and the tournament proper would commence on May 12, the release added.
