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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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By Saurabh Singh | AITA The all Indian pairing of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan displayed another spirited performance together and knocked out tournament’s second seeded Polish-French doubles team of Lukasz Kubot and Eduoard Roger-Vasselin today in the second round of Noventi Open which is being played at Halle, Germany. During their second round win against the second seeds, the

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By Saurabh Singh | AITA 20-year-old Siddhanth Banthia registered his maiden professional win at the doubles event of the ITF Men’s $15,000 Monastir tournament. Hailing from Pune in India, Banthia along with his Korean partner Uisung Park defeated the top-seeded pairing of Matias Franco Descotte (ARG) and Felip Peliwo (CAN) to triumph in the doubles trophy with a come from

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India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan entered the second round of the Nottingham Trophy grass-court tournament with a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(1) win over 229th ranked Leonardo Mayer of Argentina. Ramanathan, who is ranked 211th on the ATP Tour, next plays Kamil Majchrzak of Poland. <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span>   Ramanathan came through qualifiers to reach this

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Veteran Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna and his Croatian partner Franko Skugor advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the French Open with a straight set win over Americans Frances Tiafo and Nicholas Monroe on Thursday. The unseeded Bopanna and Skugor prevailed 6-4, 7-5 in the second round match that lasted one hour and 20 minutes. The 41-year-old Bopanna, ranked 40 in

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Dear Players and Friends, We hope and pray that all of you and your loved ones are safe and in good health. These have been very challenging and difficult times, totally unprecedented in our lives. This on-going and unending global pandemic – COVID-19 has completely upset the normal lives of one and all, and we can only pray to the

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