Shrivalli Bhamidipaty and Diya Ramesh get Qualifying Wildcards

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, October 29th 2026: The organisers of the WTA 250 Chennai Open 2026, have given qualifying wildcards to Shrivalli Bhamidipaty who has a ranking of 640 at present and Diya Ramesh the upcoming youngster from Tamil Nadu. Shrivalli is making a comeback after recovering from a back injury. Last year she reached the second round of the Main draw. Diya Ramesh has gained enormous experience in the last year and improved as a player. Both the players should put up a strong performance.

 

The quality of tennis in the qualifying will be extremely high with players like the talented Linda Fruhvirtova of Czech Republic who was the winner of the 2022 edition of Chennai Open and Storm Hunter of Australia, doubles finalist of the last edition are in the fray. Other players in contention are Elsa Jacquemot from France who was ranked as high as 53 in the world a few months ago and Erika Andreeva of Russia who was ranked 65 earlier.

 

A total of 26 countries are represented in this tournament. The qualifying rounds will be played on Saturday 31st October from 3pm onwards and Sunday 1st November from 4pm onwards. Entry to watch the qualifying matches is free.