Doubles main draw

Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association: The Doubles Main Draw for the fifth edition of the Mumbai Open WTA 125K Series was revealed at the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) on Tuesday. India’s Rutuja Bhosale will team up with Thailand’s Peangtarn Plipuech, seeded number one, in the tournament scheduled from February 4 to 8 at MSLTA.

India’s No. 4 and No. 5 Women’s Doubles players, Ankita Raina and Shrivalli Bhamidipaty, will team up to face France’s Leolia Jeanjean and Japan’s Naima Karamoko. Meanwhile, India’s No. 2 Women’s Doubles player, Prarthana Thombare, will partner with 21-year-old Alevtina Ibragimova. They will compete against the second seed pair, Elena Pridanika (ranked World No. 75 in Doubles) and Polina Iatcenko.

Rutuja aims to win this tournament, having nearly advanced in her last two events—reaching the semi-finals at the Maharashtra Open and finishing as Runner-Up in the WTA 125K Series in Jinan, China. She and Plipuech will face Thailand’s Mananchaya Sawangkaew and Argentina’s Nicole Fossa Huergo.