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21
Jan

Manav creates ripples at AITA Men’s Championship

Young Manav Jain wrote the script of the biggest upset of the tournament when he overcame second seed Suraj Prabodh to enter the quarterfinals of the Rs 1-lakh prize money AITA Men’s Championship being held at the at the PBI-CSE Tennis Academy, Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence, here on Wednesday. The 17-year-old Manav, who is also the youngest player in

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19
Jan

Improved scheduling and enhanced fan experience the focus for Davis Cup by Rakuten Finals

The ITF has today confirmed it is considering a series of proposals by event partner, Kosmos Tennis, to enhance the Davis Cup by Rakuten Finals following a thorough review of the inaugural event in 2019. Under the proposals, the ITF Board has already approved the Finals becoming an 11-day event with the 2021 edition set to take place from 25

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11
Jan

Ramkumar Ramanathan, Ankita Raina advance to 2nd round of Australian Open Qualifiers

Ramkumar, who is yet to make a Grand Slam main draw appearance, ousted 10th seed Argentine Facundo Bagnis with a hard-fought 7-6(6) 7-5 victory in one hour and 53 minutes in men’s singles first round. Indian tennis players Ramkumar Ramanathan and Ankita Raina advanced to the second round of the Australian Open Qualifiers after recording wins in their respective singles

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9
Jan

Yuki Bhambri utilizes AITA’s Return to Tennis initiative and trains with top Juniors at ‘High Performance Training Camp’

Former junior world number one and top-ranked Indian singles player, Yuki Bhambri joined few of the country’s finest upcoming and talented junior boys at the on-going High Performance Training Camp at R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium, New Delhi today. Bhambri, who is a Junior Australian Open champion, is on his road to return to competitive tennis after a long injury layoff

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4
Jan

Kajal creates the biggest flutter of the day at U-18 Championship Series

Kaajal Ramisetty celebrated the New Year by creating the biggest flutter of the day when she showed third seed Utsah Kalra the door with a 8-6 victory in the first round of the AITA Under-18 Tennis Championship Series that began at the Rohan Bopanna The Sports School Tennis Academy here on Monday. The three day event is held under the

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4
Jan

Dr. Anil Jain flags off India’s Return to Tennis with ‘High Performance Training Camps’ for Juniors

The All India Tennis Association (AITA) President, Dr. Anil Jain (MP, Rajya Sabha), in the presence of Mr. Anil Khanna, Vice President (Chair), AITA and Mr. Rohit Rajpal, President, DLTA, inaugurated the ‘High Performance Training Camp’ for Junior Boys today at R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium, New Delhi. Under Dr. Jain’s leadership and the able support from the office bearers, the

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2
Jan

Foreign players dominate the day at ITF M15 New Delhi

2019 National Champion Poonacha only Indian in the last eight New Delhi, 1 April 2021: Foreign players dominance was out in full display during the singles Round of 16 of the ITF Men’s $15,000 New Delhi with seven out of eight quarter-finals spots booked by International participants today. Two Americans Oliver Crawford, fourth seed and winner of last week?s ITF

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30
Dec

AITA to launch 2021 Season with Return to Tennis ‘High Performance Training Camps’ for Juniors from January onwards

The All India Tennis Association (AITA) under the stewardship of the new President, Dr. Anil Jain and its newly appointed office bearers, will launch the upcoming 2021 season with a ‘High Performance Training Camp’ for Junior Boys from 4th to 16th January 2021 at R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium, New Delhi. The Camp will be conducted in a bio-bubble environment and

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28
Dec

Sumit Nagal receives wildcard for Australian Open 2021

India’s Sumit Nagal has been given a singles wildcard entry for the Australian Open 2021. Sumit and Wang Xiyu of China will compete in the main draw after being named recipients of the tournament’s Asia-Pacific wildcards. Sumit and Wang have joined Daria Gavrilova, Astra Sharma, Christopher O’Connell, Maddison Inglis, Lizette Cabrera, and Marc Polmans, who was announced as Australian Open

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18
Dec

India-Latvia Billie Jean King Cup Play-off tie moved to April 2021

• The move provides increased certainty for players, teams and host nations competing in the World Cup of Tennis • Eight home-and-away Play-off ties to be held during the 2021 Finals week: 13-18 April 2021 • Up to 140 top players from 28 nations will contest ties held in nine countries in the same week The ITF has announced that

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