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Bengaluru, Aug 11: In between doing his school assignment and playing, 10-year-old Arjun Manikandan had felled three seeds before taking on second seed Yashas Raj M in the title clash of the Boys Category of the KSLTA AITA Talent Series-3 U-12 tennis tournament. Yashas on his part, kept aside these sentiments to silence the giant killer in straight sets 6-1,

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India’s highest-ranked player in the world, Ankita Raina won both of her qualifying rounds and booked a place in the main draw of Koser Jeweler Tennis Challenge, an ITF $100K Tournament in Landisville, Pennsylvania. En route to the main draw, Raina beat Louisa Chirico of the USA and British eighth-seeded player in the qualifying draw, Katie Boulter. Raina won the

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Bengaluru, Aug 9: All the seeded players registered easy first-round victories to reach the pre-quarterfinals of the KSLTA AITA Talent Series-3 U-12 tennis tournament being played at the KSLTA Tennis courts here on Monday. Ruhan Komandur, the top seed in the Boys category overcame Shreyank Manjunath 8-6 while Aahida Singh seeded No.1 in the Girls category sent home Tamil Nadu’s

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Bengaluru, Aug 8:With the second wave of Covid receding, competitive tennis will resume in Karnataka with the AITA TS 3 U-12 tennis tournament that kicks off at the KSLTA courts here from Monday. As many as three other tournaments in as many weeks are lined up for the month of August. The tournaments will be conducted under strict Covid protocols

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A meeting of the Professional Selection Committee of the All India Tennis Association, for selecting the Davis Cup team to represent India in the World Group 1 Tie against Finland on 17th & 18th Sep 2021, was held virtually on 5th Aug 2021. The Committee consists of the following: Mr Nandan Bal – Chairman Mr Balram Singh Mr Mustafa Ghouse

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By Saurabh Singh | AITA  After scripting a historic first singles win in 25 years for India at the Olympics, Indian youngster Sumit Nagal’s journey at Tokyo 2020 was cut short by ROC’s Daniil Medvedev in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 in one hour and six minutes at the Ariake Tennis Park in Japan today. Nagal showed flashes of brilliance in

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By Saurabh Singh | AITA Indian team in the Women’s doubles Tennis discipline, comprising of four-time Olympian Sania Mirza and Olympics debutant Ankita Raina, lost their first round match against Ukrainian twins Nadiia Kichenok and Lyudmyla Kichenok 6-0, 6-7, 8-10 at court no 11 of the Ariake Tennis Park today. In yet another rollercoaster of a match for Team India

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By Saurabh Singh | AITA  Representing India in Men’s singles Tennis event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Sumit Nagal has started off with a dream Olympics debut win over Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in the first round at the Ariake Tennis Park in Japan today. Istomin, with a career high rank of 33 back in 2012, is highly rich

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By Jamie Renton | ITF A week ago, Sumit Nagal tried to sum up his feelings ahead of taking part in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. In a post on twitter, the 23-year-old Indian admitted his participation was “surreal” and that “no words can express my emotions”. Seven days later, on the day of the Olympic Opening Ceremony, the world No. 160

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The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt. of India has launched a novel initiative to support such candidates who are meritorious sports persons and represented India at Asian, Commonwealth or Olympics, to pursue the Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Sports Management (EPGDSM) Programme conducted by IIM Rohtak. The financial assistance of amount upto INR 5 lakh per candidate will

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