CHENNAI, 31st December 2015: There are now only days to go for tennis action at Chennai’s Nungambakkam Stadium for India’s biggest ATP event.
The Qualifying singles rounds of the Aircel will be played on the 2nd and 3rd of January 2016 at the SDAT Stadium.
Four places are up for grabs in the Singles Main Draw, and the result of these two days will determine which four players make it to the 28-player field of the 20th edition of India’s most premier and South Asia’s only ATP World Tour event in Chennai.
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The Qualifying Singles is a draw of 16 with 14 direct acceptances and 2 wildcards. Leading the charge amongst the Indian boys will be Saketh Myneni, Somdev Devvarman and Sanam Singh.
Singh was granted a wildcard into the Qualifying Singles Draw earlier this week, but has now gained direct entry into the qualifying main draw.
In his place, Prajnesh Gunneswaran has been given a wildcard into the Qualifying Singles Draw along with N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth. The group will be looking to capitalize on the opportunity of playing against some of the best in the game, right here in Chennai.
The complete Qualifying Singles Draw as follows:
AIRCEL CHENNAI OPEN 2016 – Qualifying Singles Draw | ||||
Sr. No. | NAME | COUNTRY | ATP RANKING | |
1. | Luca Vanni | Italy | 107 | |
2. | JanLennard Struff | Germany | 108 | |
3. | Elias Ymer | Sweden | 136 | |
4. | Blaz Kavcic | Slovenia | 151 | |
5. | James Ward | Great Britain | 156 | |
6. | Thomas Fabiano | Italy | 157 | |
7. | Alexander Kudryavtsev | Russia | 164 | |
8. | @Ante Pavic | Croatia | 166 | |
9. | Hans PodlipnikCastillo | Chile | 170 | |
10. | Saketh Myneni | India | 171 | |
11. | Somdev Devvarman | India | 180 | |
12. | Jozef Kovalik | Slovakia | 259 | |
13. | Sanam Singh | India | 279 | |
14. | Matthew Barton | Australia | 299 | |
15. | N. Vijay Sundar Prasanth (WC) | India | 378 | |
16. | Prajnesh Gunneswaran (WC) | India | 484 | |
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ACO 2016 will witness an exceptional line-up of top talent at the US$ 480,000 prize money tournament.
The impressive player field for the region's most exciting and hard-fought tennis tournament will see World No. 4 Stan Wawrinka vying for a hat-trick of titles, Chennai-debutant World No. 12 Kevin Anderson, World No. 19, ATP's Comeback Player of the Year 2015 Benoit Paire, World No. 25 Roberto Bautista-Agut, along with Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Gilles Muller, Vasek Pospisil, Borna Coric, and Aljaz Bedene representing nine players from amongst the top 50 in the world.
