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The ITF has today announced the complete entry lists for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Tennis Events.  The Olympic Tennis Event will be held at the Ariake Tennis Park from Saturday 24 July until Sunday 1 August, with the Paralympic Tennis Event following at the same venue from Friday 27 August until Saturday 4 September. A total of 46

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By Saurabh Singh | AITA  World rank 148 and current India number one in singles, Prajnesh Gunneswaran shrugged off the first round qualifiers loss at Wimbledon 2021 with an opening round win against France’s Mathias Bourgue at the Porto Open being held in Porto, Portugal. Gunneswaran, who is seeded second at the Porto Open, defeated his French opponent Bourgue in

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Asian Games bronze medallists Ankita Raina and Prajnesh Gunneswaran have been nominated for the prestigious Arjuna award by the All India Tennis Association. The names of Balram Singh and Enrico Piperno for the Dhyanchand honour has also been sent. Ankita and Prajnesh both won singles bronze medals at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta and Palembang. Ankita is now

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India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan saved four match points in a marathon five-setter against Marc Polmans but a Grand Slam main draw eluded him yet again as he lost the final qualifying round at the Wimbledon championships on Thursday. Showing nerves of steel, Ramkumar saved one match point after another but eventually lost 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(2), 6-3, 9-11 to his Australian rival

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By Saurabh Singh | AITA India’s top-ranked doubles specialists Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan have reached the quarter-finals €609,065 ATP 250 event, Viking International Eastbourne being held in Eastbourne, Great Britain. The all Indian pairing of Bopanna-Sharan came on top in straight sets 7-5, 6-3 against the local wild card entrants Alastair Gray and Luke Johnson in their Round of

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India’s Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) lost their first-round match in straight sets at the Viking International Eastbourne in Eastbourne, UK. The unseeded Indo-American pair lost 3-6 4-6 to the Christina Mchale and Sabrina Santamaria of USA in a match that lasted one hour 18 minutes late on Wednesday night. The 34-year-old winner of six Grand

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India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan stood just one win away from his maiden Grand Slam appearance after he progressed to the final round of the Wimbledon Qualifiers with a straight-set win over Tomas Martin Etcheverry. Ramkumar, who gradually slipped out of the top-200 for lack of good results, beat his Argentine rival 6-3 6-4. The Indian Davis Cupper, now ranked 211, did

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Ramkumar Ramanathan advanced to the second round of the Wimbledon Qualifiers but Prajnesh Gunneswaran, who was under-prepared due to a left-wrest injury, bowed out in the first round. Ramkumar beat Slovakia’s 13th seed Jozef Kovalik 6-3 6-0 in exactly one hour in his first round. Prajnesh, though, lost in straight sets to British wild card Arthur Fery. The left-handed Indian, ranked

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By Saurabh Singh | AITA After the 2020 edition of the Wimbledon Championship was cancelled for the first time since World War II due to coronavirus pandemic, the season’s third Grand Slam marked its return, this week, to the International tennis calendar after a year’s gap. Three Indian players – Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Ankita Raina, who are vying

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The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced that the 3rd edition of the ITF World Participation Conference will take place on 12-14 July, providing a virtual platform for global conversation about increasing participation in tennis and sport. Key-note speakers Judy Murray and Martina Hingis will headline day two and three of the conference which brings together leading international experts to

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