Rain cancels the whole Monday schedule at the Chennai WTA 250
Rain wiped out the entire Monday schedule at the Chennai WTA 250, and the 16-match first round was moved to Tuesday. The event carries 283,347 dollars in prize money and is under heavy rain from a cyclonic system.
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A rodada de segunda-feira do WTA 250 de Chennai não teve uma bola jogada. A chuva que atinge a cidade indiana obrigou a organização a suspender toda a programação do primeiro dia da chave principal, e as quadras duras seguem sem condições de uso. A premiação do torneio é de US$ 283.347.
Das dez partidas previstas para a estreia da chave, nenhuma chegou a começar. A primeira rodada de simples, com 16 jogos, foi transferida para terça-feira, a partir das 2h30 no horário de Brasília.
O plano original previa o início às 15h locais, o que equivale a 6h30 em Brasília. A organização ainda esperou uma trégua para tentar usar a noite, mas as quadras nunca ficaram em condições e nada foi disputado.
Ficaram para terça, entre outros jogos, a estreia de Magda Linette — cabeça de chave 3 — diante da bielorrussa Aliona Falei; o duelo da tailandesa Mananchaya Sawangkaew, quinta pré-classificada, com a japonesa Mai Hontama; o confronto entre a tcheca Linda Fruhvirtova e a polonesa Weronika Falkowska; e o jogo da japonesa Moyuka Uchijima contra a eslovaca Rebecca Sramkova.
A principal cabeça de chave é a indonésia Janice Tjen, que encara a norte-americana Katherine Hui. A ordem de terça inclui também a húngara Panna Udvardy frente à norte-americana Robin Montgomery, a suíça Jil Teichmann diante de Joanna Garland, de Taiwan, e a polonesa Katarzyna Kawa contra a indiana Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi.
Chennai vive um período de chuvas fortes, por causa de um sistema ciclônico que atravessa o Golfo de Bengala. O serviço de meteorologia da Índia colocou a região em alerta, e a previsão indica mais água, o que ameaça provocar novos atrasos na terça-feira.
Sobre o calendário, o diretor do torneio, Hiten Joshi, contou que a organização conhece as dificuldades do clima nesta época do ano, mas não havia outra janela livre na WTA. A edição anterior também perdeu os primeiros dias para a chuva.
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