India's best singles players will try to take advantage of domestic conditions at the Tata Open Maharashtra starting on Monday, while veteran Leander Paes will play in this tournament for the final time. Left-handed Prajnesh Gunneswaran is set to take on 125th ranked Yannik Maiden in the first round, while Sumit Nagal will make his campaign debut in the top 20 against qualifier Viktor Troicki of Serbia.
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Both these Indians got a direct entry into the main draw of the men's singles. Ramkumar Ramanathan, Shashi Mukund, and Arjun Kadhe have been given wild cards. On Monday, Ramkumar is going to face seventh seeded Italian Salvatore Caruso.
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Paes, who won a wild card with Australia's Mathews Abden, does not play at the Bengaluru Open, it will be his last tournament in India. Serbia's Nikola Milojevich, Italy's Roberto Marcora, and Czech Republic's Lucas Rosol also won the final round of qualifying to qualify for the main draw of the ATP 250 tournament.
