Six-time Grand Slam champion Kristina Mladenovic of France will compete in the $40,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament to be played at the Ganesh Naik Sports Complex from Monday.
The 30-year-old Mladenovic was ranked a career best No. 1 in doubles and No. 10 in singles in 2017. She had won four French Open and two Australian Open doubles titles in her glittering career. She had also made the doubles finals of Wimbledon and US Open.
Ranked 239 at the moment, Mladenovic is seeded third in singles behind Ekaterina Makarova and Moyuka Uchijima.