After a disappointing Chinese Taipei campaign, India will be hoping in to deliver a better performance at the Russian open, starting on Tuesday. The Men’s Singles contingent will be led by Ajay Jayaram, who is seeded third in the competition and will be hoping to do well after few disappointing outing lately.
Tanvi Lad and Lalita Dahiya will carry the Indian hopes in the Women’s singles while India can also be hopeful of Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy doing well, following their exploits at the US Open earlier this year.
There will also be a Mixed Doubles pairing at the tournament in the form of Akshay Dewalkar and Prajakta Sawant and Dinesh Chaudhry and Lalita Dahiya.
Here’s the Day One schedule:
No. | Category | Match | Time(IST) |
1. | Men’s Singles | Ajay Jayaram vs Kiril Timofeev(RUS) | 1:50 P.M |
2. | Mixed Doubles | Dinesh Chaudhry/Lalita Dahiya vs Mikhail Nesterenko/Daria Radchenko(RUS) | 3:10 P.M |
3. | Mixed Doubles | Akshay Dewalkar/Prajakta Sawant vs Rodion Kargaev/Ekaterina Bolotova(RUS) | 3:45 P.M |
4. | Men’s Doubles | Manu Attri/Sumeeth Reddy vs Zulfaiz Bin Zulkiffli/Zulhemi Zulkiffli(MAL) | 5:20 P.M |
5. | Women’s Singles | Tanvi Lad vs Victoria Slobodjaunk(RUS) | 5:55 P.M |
6. | Women’s Singles | Lalita Dahiya vs Natalia Perminova(RUS) | 6:40 P.M |