Proper system needed for better future

I have been on the WTA Tour for around three-four years now and have organised all my tickets, visas, entries/withdrawls on my own. Of course, a few sponsors have partially chipped in, but I just hope the future would be more organised and a system will be worked out. Only then can things improve.

Travelling as a team solves many problems which could be related to safety, practice, doubles-partner, loneliness etc. Of late, the All-India Tennis Association has started helping promising players wanting to travel abroad for playing in tournaments there and that8217;s an encouraging sign.

In India, all sport, except cricket, are considered mere hobbies. If we start perceiving them as a profession, things can only change for the better.

Results X Denotes seeds:

Group One: Pool A: Japan X1 bt Kazakhstan 3-0 Nana Miyagi bt Alissa Velts 7-5, 6-3; Yuka Yoshida bt Valeriya Khazova 6-4, 6-1; I Sugiyama/Shinobu Asagoe bt Alissa Velts/Valeriya Khazova 6-1, 6-0

Thailand X4 bt Hong Kong 2-1 Napaporn Tongsalee Tha bt Olivia Graveraux Hkg 6-7 5/7, 6-1, 11-9; Tamarine Tanasugarn Tha bt Tong Ka-po Hkg 6-3, 6-4; Benjamas Sangaran/Montika Anuchan lost to Chan Lee/Lam Po-Kuen 6-7 2-7, 6-1, 1-6

Pool B: China X2 bt New Zealand 3-0 Li Na bt Nikki Tippins 6-0, 6-2; Yi Jingqian bt Leanne Baker 6-3, 6-3; Li Fang/Li Na bt Leanne Baker/Shelley Stephens 6-1, 3-6, 6-3; Indonesia bt Taiwan X3 2-1 Irawati Iskandar bt Tsai Ya-Fang 6-0, 6-4; Wynne Prakusya lost to Janet Lee 4-6, 2-6; Yayuk Basuki/Wynne Prakusya bt Janet Lee/Wang Shi-ting 6-1, 6-2

South Korea bt Singapore 3-0 Choi Jin-Young bt Tina Jacob 6-0, 6-0; Chung Yang-Jin bt Yik-Hui Leow 6-1, 6-0; Chae Kyung-Yee/Cho Yoon-Jeong bt Simin Liu/Yik-Hui Leow 6-0, 6-0

Group two: Pool A: Uzbekistan bt Malaysia 3-0 Luisa Biktyakova bt Pei Yuin Keng 6-3, 6-3; Iroda Tulyaganova bt Chen-Yee Liaw 6-0, 6-1; Luisa Biktyakova/Anna Shchupak bt Pei-Yuin Keng/Chen-Yee Liaw 6-4, 6-2; Fiji bt Iraq 3-0 Hamidan Bibi bt Maral Khachik Awanes 6-0, 6-1; Archana Reddy bt Salima-Esmat Salman 6-2, 6-1; Petroena Fong/Walena White bt Alaa AA Ali/Maral Khachik Awanes 6-1, 6-1

Pool B: Philippines X2 bt Syria 3-0 Czarina-Mae Arevalo bt Nivin Kezbari 6-0, 6-3; Maricris Fernandez bt Hazar Sidki 6-2, 6-1; Maricris Fernandez/Czarina-Mae Arevalo bt Nivin Kezbari/Hazar Sidki 6-2, 6-3; Pakistan bt Jordan 2-1 Mehvish Chistie lost to Dina Dajani 1-6, 2-6; Nida Waseem bt Dina Naffa 6-0, 6-1; Nosheen Ehtesham/Nida Waseem bt Dina Dajani/Dina Naffa 6-2, 6-1; Tajikistan bt Sri Lanka 2-1 Zinaida Shantalova bt Vajira Premaratne 7-6 7-1, 6-3; Shalio Ibedullaeva lost to Manihsa Abeyawardene 4-6, 4-6; Roxana Abdurahimaanova/Zinaida Shantalova bt Manihsa Abeyawardene/Vajira Premarat 6-4, 6-4.