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WTA Chennai Open : India's Shrivalli Bhamidipaty, Diya Ramesh get wildcards for qualifying rounds

SPORTS TENNIS WTA CHENNAI OPEN
Chennai, Oct 29 (UNI) The organisers of the WTA 250 Chennai Open on Thursday announced that qualifying wildcards were given
to India's Shrivalli Bhamidipaty, who has a ranking of 640 at present, and Diya Ramesh, the upcoming youngster from Tamil Nadu.
Shrivalli is making a comeback after recovering from a back injury. Last year she reached the second round of the main draw, while Diya Ramesh has gained enormous experience in the last year and improved as a player.
The quality of tennis in the qualifying will be extremely high with players like the talented Linda Fruhvirtova of Czech Republic who was the winner of the 2022 edition of Chennai Open and Storm Hunter of Australia, doubles finalist of the last edition are in the fray. Other players in contention are Elsa Jacquemot from France who was ranked as high as 53 in the world a few months ago and Erika Andreeva of Russia who was ranked 65 earlier.
Players from a total of 26 countries are taking part in the tournament. The qualifying rounds will be played this weekend and the main draw matches, featuring a 32 player-field, will begin on Monday. The doubles action featuing 16-pair draw, is likely to begin from Tuesday.
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