9-time doubles Grand Slam champion Kristina Mladenovic of France will compete within the $40,000 ITF ladies’s tennis event to be performed right here on the Ganesh Naik Sports activities Complicated from Monday.
The 30-year-old Mladenovic was ranked a profession greatest No.1 in doubles and No.10 in singles in 2017. She had gained 4 French Open and two Australian Open titles in her glittering profession. She had additionally made the doubles finals of Wimbledon and US Open.
Mladenovic has been a part of 5 blended doubles Grand Slam finals too and has gained three of them – Wimbledon 2013, and Australian Open 2014 & 2022.
Ranked a modest 239 in the meanwhile, Mladenovic is seeded third in singles behind Ekaterina Makarova and Moyuka Uchijima.
Rutuja Bhosale and Sahaja Yamalapalli have been seeded sixth and eighth respectively.
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Will probably be the third event in a row to be organised by the Maharashtra State Garden Tennis Affiliation (MSLTA), after those in Mumbai and Solapur.
“The event can have gamers from 18 nations”, stated the event director, Dilip Rane.
The MSLTA secretary Sunder Iyer identified that in ten editions of the event, the occasion had attracted such good gamers from overseas that an Indian participant has not but managed to win the title.
Vaidehi Chaudhari, Zeel Desai and Shrivalli Bhamidipaty are the opposite Indian gamers who’ve gained direct entry into the event.
The wild playing cards have been given to Vaishnavi Adkar, Akanksha Nitture and Suhitha Maruri.