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File photo of Ankita Raina Ankita Raina advanced to the quarterfinals with yet another easy victory but the singles challenge of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Rutuja Bhosale came to a halt at the Asian Games here on Tuesday. Raina, the top Indian singles player, cruised to a 6-1 6-2 win over Hong Kong’s Adithya P Karunaratne…
Ankita Raina is India’s top-ranked women’s tennis player© Twitter The Asian Games 2023 is set to see the India vs Pakistan rivalry take centre stage in tennis, with the two nations squaring off in the mixed-doubles round. The high-profile clash will feature India’s pairing of Ankita Raina, Yuki Bhambri and Pakistan’s Aqeel Khan, Sarah Ibrahim…
It was a great day at work for Indian singles tennis players as Ankita Raina, Rutuja Bhosale and Ramkumar Ramanathan reached the pre-quarterfinals stage on the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday. In her round of 32 match, Ankita defeated Uzbekistan’s Sabrina Olimjonova by 6-0, 6-0 in two straight sets in a matter of 51…
Soon after Sumit Nagal shared his financial struggle in an interview with the PTI, support began to pour in for India’s top tennis player with leading beverage company PepsiCo India and the DLTA rushing to his aid. The Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA) has decided to release a one-time support of Rs 5 lakh while…
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After securing a victory over Morocco in the World Group II tie, Rohan Bopanna made an exit from the Davis Cup. Bopanna and Yuki Bhambri thrashed the pair of Elliot Benchetrit-Younes Lalami Laaroussi 6-2, 6-1 in the doubles match played at the Vijayant Khand Mini Stadium in Gomti Nagar, Lucknow on Sunday. Bopanna’s powerful forehands…
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Rohan Bopanna brought the curtains down on his Davis Cup career with a comfortable straight set win with Yuki Bhambri, a victory that put India ahead 2-1 in the World Group II tie against Morocco, on Sunday. The 43-year-old Bopanna, coming out to play his 33rd and final tie, and Bhambri raced to a 6-2…
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Sumit Nagal saved the home team the blushes with a commanding win after Sasikumar Mukund limped out of the opening singles in humid conditions as India and Morocco shared honours on the opening day of the Davis Cup World Group II tie in Lucknow on Saturday. A brief spell of rain before the match made…
Hauling itself up from World Group II should not be a complicated task for India when it takes on an unostentatious Morocco in the home tie, which will be more of a celebration of Rohan Bopanna’s Davis Cup career, which will come to a halt after 21 years on Sunday. Lack of singles players who…
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Sofia Kenin advanced to San Diego Open semi-finals© AFP Former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin and fellow American Danielle Collins advanced to the semi-finals of the WTA San Diego Open with straight-set triumphs on Thursday. Kenin, who captured her first Grand Slam title in 2020 at Melbourne, dispatched 27th-ranked Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 6-3. Potapova made…
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Daniil Medvedev lavished praise on Novak Djokovic after the Serbian star defeated the Russian at the US Open on Sunday for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam crown. Medvedev, who joined the exclusive club of players to have beaten Djokovic in a Grand Slam final with his victory at the US Open in 2021, was unable…
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