Qualifying matches will take place on February 3 and 4, with the main draw beginning on February 5. The finals will be played on February 11.
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The Mumbai Open will return after a six-year hiatus. This third edition of the tennis competition will feature 31 players competing on newly laid tennis courts at the Cricket Club of India.
This is the third edition of the Women Tennis Association’s (WTA) Mumbai Open, with previous winners including world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka (2017) and Thailand’s Luksika Kumkhum (2018).
Qualifying matches will take place on February 3 and 4, with the main draw beginning on February 5. The finals will be played on February 11.
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This tournament will feature both women’s singles and women’s doubles events.
“We are happy to bring world-class tennis back to Mumbai after a few years. The WTA Mumbai Open has previously drawn some major names and rising players, like two-time Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka, who won her first WTA USD125K title right here in Mumbai in 2017,” Sanjay Khandare and Pravin Darade, both IAS and members of the organizing committee, explained.
There will be four wild card entries, to be announced later.
Three top-100 players, Kayla Day of the United States, Nao Hibino of Japan, and Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia, will compete in the WTA Mumbai Open on February 5 at the Cricket Club of India (CCI).
The only Indian with a direct entry into doubles is Prarthana Thombare, partnered with Arianne Hartono, a Dutchwoman. It is anticipated that Ankita Raina and Rutuja Bhosale will also compete in the doubles main draw.
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