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18
Oct

Rishi, Vanshita capture titles in style at KSLTA-AITA Pro Circuit 2021

Rishi Reddy and Vanshita Pathania captured the Men’s and Women’s title respectively in the Rs 2-lakh prize money KSLTA-AITA Pro Circuit 2021. In what seemed to be a confidence-building victory for both of them before the Fenesta Nationals next week, Rishi trounced the top seed Ishaque Eqbal of West Bengal 6-0, 6-2 while Vanshita continued her fine form to outclass

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11
Oct

DLTA Nationals 2021 results

The DLTA Nationals 2021 was held at RK Khanna Tennis Stadium, New Delhi from October 4-9, 2021. The competition was conducted in Under 14 as well as Under 16 age group categories. Here are the results below: CATEGORY FINAL CHAMPION Boys’ Singles U-14 Rayan Sajjid K Def. [5] Venkat Rishi Batlanki 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 Rayan Sajjid K Boys’ Doubles U-14

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6
Oct

Shraey Vir and Yana Gupta emerge champions at CLTA-AITA U-16 Championship Series in Chandigarh

By Saurabh Singh | AITA Top seeds Shraey Vir and Yana Gupta run through the draw and lift the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-3) Singles Champion trophy in U-16 Boys & Girls categories, respectively. The tournament was held at CLTA, Chandigarh from October 4-6, 2021. Vir wrapped up the final against sixth-seeded Priyanshu Antil in straight sets win 6-4, 6-1 whilst

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3
Oct

Vishnu back to winnings ways with AITA Men’s event title

Bengaluru, Oct 2: Former Asian Games medallist and doubles specialist Vishnu Vardhan was back in winning circles as he annexed the PBI-CSE Tennis Academy AITA Rs 1 lakh Men’s tennis title here on Saturday. In the summit clash, the 34-year-old made it look like a formality when he quashed the dreams of first-time finalist Maanav Jain with a clinical 6-1,

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26
Sep

Mirza and Zhang win WTA 500 Ostrava Open in Czech Republic

By Saurabh Singh | AITA The Indo-Chinese pair and second-seeded doubles team of Sania Mirza and Shuai Zhang defeated the third seeds Kaitlyn Christian of the USA and her Kiwi partner Erin Routliffe in straight sets 6-3, 6-2 to lift the WTA 500 Ostrava Open title in Ostrava, Czech Republic today. It took the second seeds only four minutes over

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25
Sep

Sania Mirza and Shuai Zhang enter Finals of WTA 500 Ostrava Open

By Radhika Aggarwal | AITA Former world no.1 in doubles, India’s Sania Mirza and her partner Shuai Zhang of China beat Makoto Nonomiya and Eri Hozumi in the doubles semi-finals 6-2, 7-5 of the $565,530 WTA 500 Ostrava Open in the Czech Republic yesterday. The straight-sets victory came in just 81 minutes for the winning Indo-Chinese duo who are seeded

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20
Sep

Davis Cup: Bopanna, Ramkumar crack in must-win match, India lose 1-3 to Finland

Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan blew their chances in the must-win doubles match as India lost the World Group I tie 1-3 to hosts Finland in the Davis Cup at the Espoo Metro Areena in Espoo, Finland. Captain Rohit Rajpal changed the doubles combination by pairing Bopanna with Ramkumar instead of left-handed Divij Sharan but they lost the crucial match

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18
Sep

Davis Cup: India Lose Both Singles Matches, Trail 0-2 Against Finland

India’s Davis Cup tie against Finland got off to a losing start on the indoor hard courts of the Espoo Metro Areena in Finland. Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost to a lower-ranked player in the Davis Cup while Ramkumar Ramanathan went down fighting in the second singles as India trailed 0-2 in the World Group I tie against Finland, at Espoo on

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17
Sep

Second seeds Sania Mirza and Shuai Zhang miss out on the Semis berth at Luxembourg

By Radhika Aggarwal | AITA India’s tennis player Sania Mirza and partner Shuai Zhang of China lost to the all-Belgian pairing Greet Minnen and Alison Van Uytvanck in a closely fought quarter-finals 3-6, 6-3, 10-8 at the Luxembourg Open in Luxembourg. The second-seeded Indo-Chinese pair were knocked out from the tournament after a high-quality tussle that lasted one hour and

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17
Sep

Gunneswaran to start India’s campaign against Finland

India’s top-ranked player Prajnesh Gunnerswaran will be taking on Otto Virtanen, Finland’s No. 2 singles player who is ranked 419, in the first match of their Davis Cup World Group I 1st round match at Espoo Metro Areena here on Friday. Ramkumar Ramanathan, India’s No. 2 player ranked 187 in the world, will meet Finland’s top player Emil Ruusuvuori, the

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