WHILE Nagpur’s pride Malvika Bansod, ranked 47th in the world, has been given top billing in the women’s singles event, doubles specialist Ritika Thaker and her partner Simran Singhi will start the tournament as second seeds in the women’s doubles. In the mixed doubles, Ritika and Akshan Shetty have been seeded eighth. The top seeded participants in the events are Kiran George (Rank 64) in men’s singles, Malvika Bansod (Rank 47) in women’s singles, MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila (Rank 35) in men’s doubles, Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto (Rank 41) in mixed doubles and Ashwini Bhat and Shikha Gautam (Rank 53) in women’s doubles. Apart from Malvika and Ritika, city’s Ananya Durugkar, Hriday Deshmukh, Shruti Chokhandre and Ajinkya Patharkar will be seen in action in city’s first ever international tournament.