Mahitha Dadi Reddy of India has been drawn to meet qualifier Rona Berisha of Great Britain in the first round of the $ 10,000 ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament in at Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt).
Another India, also in the upper half of the draw, Anushika Bhargava, will meet Dagmara Baskova of Slovakia in the first round encounter.
Anushkha Bhargava will partner Russian Evgeniya Svintsova in the doubles first round match against third seed Sara Ottomano (Switzerland) and Sanae Ohta (Japan). Mahitha Dadi Reddy of India and Madeleine Boepple of Germany will face Angelina Gordienko of Russia and Andrea Martinovska (Czeh Republic) in their opening doubles match. Tanisha Rohra and Japanese Yuriko Miyazaki will meet second seeded Italian pair of Alessia Camplone and Valeria Prosperi in first round outing.
Tanisha Rohra of India lost in the final qualifying round as she was beaten by Rona Berisha of Great Britain by 6-1, -3.