Pune: Indian partner Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan are on Saturday the second is seeded in the men’s doubles from the Tata Open Maharashtra, starting January 31 here.
Bopanna and Ramkumar, who won the title in Adelaide before the Australian Open, will open their campaign against an experienced American Cerretani and Nicolas Monroe couple.
Duo Aussie from Luke Saville and John-Patrick Smith have been given the top bill.
Apart from Bopanna and Ramkumar, two Indian couples will be seen in action with the double with Yuki Bhambri and Divir Sharan received a wild card along with the local boy Arjun Kadhe and Purian Raja.
Four Indians, starting from a single main draw, have been given a relatively complicated draw because they will face intense competition against higher ranking opponents in their respective round matches.
Ramkumar will die against Eighth Stefano Travaglia seeds while Yuki will fight Jozef Kovalik in Slovakia.
Kadhe will start his campaign against former world No.
28 Joao Sousa while Prajnesh Gunneswaran will face Alilanier Daniel Altamaer in the opening round.
The top seed Aslan Karatsev, the second seed Lorenzo Musetti, third seed Gianluca Mager and the Jiri defending champion of (4) had received byes in a single opening round.
In single-eligible singles, Mukund Sasikumar, which made his main ATP debut in the last edition here, and Manish Sureshkumar has received a wildcard.
Sureshkumar will start his campaign against Czech Player Kopriva Vit and Sasikumar will play the Celikbilek Altug of Turkey, which made his great debut at 2021 French Open.
The qualifying match will begin on Sunday.