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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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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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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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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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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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Finland and India will lock horns for the first time in their Davis Cup history at the World Group I tie scheduled to be held at Espoo Metro Areena in Espoo, Finland this weekend on 17 and 18 September 2021. Here are the details of match start times and where can the matches be watched: When: 17-18 September 2021 Start

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By Saurabh Singh | AITA India’s Girls and Boys U-12 teams finished first and second, respectively, in the South Asia Regional Qualifying and have earned themselves a place in the Finals ITF Asia U-12 Team Competition scheduled in November 2021 at Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. After three days of action at Islamabad, Pakistan, the Girls team from India topped the final standings

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The Indian tennis squad was in for a pleasant surprise when it found out that the indoor hard court for the upcoming Davis Cup tie against Finland was not as fast as it was expected and carries low bounce. The Indian players on Tuesday got a chance to practice on the match court, which has been laid temporarily on carpet

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By Saurabh Singh | AITA The Indian Girls side comprising of Maaya Rajeshwari Revathi, Harithashree Venkatesh and Janhavi Kajla notched up their second consecutive victory in as many days at the South Asia Regional Qualifying event of the ITF Asia U12 Team Competition which is being held at the PTF SDA Tennis Complex in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is the second

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On 15th September, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) is going to add ITF World Tennis Number on to the profiles of 1000 junior players globally on the ITF website and among those, there will be 11 Indian Juniors. This is following the successful integration of the ITF World Tennis Number on the ITF Player Profiles of 50 junior boys and

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