The royal town of Mysuru will witness thrilling tennis motion as Evgeny Donskoy will headline the singles primary draw, which additionally contains 8 Indians, on the Cycle Pure Agarbathi ITF Mysuru Open 2023, scheduled on the Mysuru Tennis Club from March 27 to April 2.
The USD 25,000 match—hosted by way of the Karnataka Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA), additionally marks the go back of ITF tennis to Mysuru after 8 years. India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan had emerged the winner when Mysuru hosted an ITF event, a F6 Futures, remaining time in 2015.
“Mysuru has always been a premier center for tennis in India and we are happy to bring a top-level ITF tennis tournament after eight years. I am certain that the event will go a long way in inspiring youth and furthering the development of tennis in the city as well as in Karnataka. We are confident of conducting a successful tournament here that will also be an enjoyable experience to the fans,” stated Maheshwar Rao, Hon. Secretary of KSLTA.
The 32-year-old Donskoy, who used to be as soon as ranked 65 on this planet, made the headlines in 2017 when he earned the most important win of his profession by way of beating tennis nice Roger Federer in Dubai. The Russian additionally has wins over best tennis stars Daniil Medvedev and Canadian big-server Milos Raonic ahead of they broke into the Top-10.
The event will even see different best world gamers together with Vietnam’s Ly Hoang Nam, a World No. 245, and USA’s Oliver Crawford.
“It is an honor to be associated with the tournament where a clutch of top tennis stars from India and other nations are participating. I take pride in welcoming Sporting Ambassadors from 15 countries to Mysuru. Mysuru has a strong history of tennis players with its local lad, Prahalad Srinath, going on to represent the country during the Davis Cup. I wish such kind of events will attract more youth to take up sports and bring pride to the country. I am confident that Mysuru, a city of sports aficionados, will see more such events in the future which will firmly cement the status of the city as a premier sporting hub,” stated Dr KV Rajendra, Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru and the chairman of the organizing committee.
India no. 2 Mukund Sasikumar will lead the problem for the hosts as Ramkumar, Sidharth Rawat, Digvijay Pratap Singh, Manish Sureshkumar, Niki Poonacha and Karan Singh may also be vying for the name.
Mysuru participant SD Prajwal Dev may also be eyeing an ITF name after his just right runs within the fresh occasions. There can be extra native illustration as Mysore lads Manish Ganesh and R Suraj Prabodh had been passed wildcard entries to the singles primary draw. Bengaluru lad Rishi Reddy too has gained a wild card access into the singles primary draw. Gujarat’s Madhwin Kamath additionally made his technique to the primary draw via wildcard access.
Sri Lanka’s Dharaka Ellawala has been appointed because the ITF Supervisor whilst Peter Vijay Kumar would be the event director.
Ellawala, who has been curious about officiating for smartly over a decade, is a ‘Silver Badge’ authorized referee, a unprecedented honor awarded by way of the ITF.
The singles qualifiers can be performed on March 26 and 27 whilst the primary draw will start on March 28.