Former US Open champion and present world No. 17 Marin Cilic will headline males’s singles occasion comprising 17 top-hundred 100 on the fifth version of Tata Open Maharashtra starting from Saturday with qualifying rounds.
Prime-seeded Cilic will kick-start his marketing campaign within the second spherical together with the final version’s finalist Emil Ruusuvuori, world No. 35 Botic van de Zandschulp and No. 43 Sebastian Baez, all of whom have acquired byes within the respective opening rounds.
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Within the doubles, defending champions Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan will play in opposition to one another within the opening spherical. Bopanna will play together with van de Zandschulp whereas Ramanathan has partnered with Mexican Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela. Prime-seeded pair of Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury might be up in opposition to Baez and Luis David Martinez.
Rising India star Manas Dhamne, who just lately turned 15 has been given a wildcard within the singles foremost draw of South Asia’s solely ATP 250 occasion. The Pune-born teenager is the present Asian Junior champion and one of many youngest to clinch that title. Dhamne has additionally been chosen for the Grand Slam Participant Grant Programme 2023.
“Manas Dhamne has been making fast strides. He has a possible to be the following Indian star and we’re dedicated to provide a world-class platform to gamers like him, serving to them bolster their progress on the worldwide degree,”
stated Sunder Iyer, joint secretary of All India Tennis Affiliation (AITA) and secretary of Maharashtra State Garden Tennis Affiliation (MLTA).
In Might, Dhamne appeared within the Challenger occasion in Italy and he additionally performed two ITF occasions in Tunisia earlier this month. He’ll face the world No. 113 American Michael Mmoh within the opening spherical match on Monday.