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By Sujoy Roy | AITA Indian tennis legend Rohan Bopanna has once again shown that age is just a number as he clinched the BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells Masters 1000 doubles title with his partner Matthew Ebden. The duo defeated the top-seeded pair of Wesley Koolhoof and Neal Skupski in a thrilling final that went the distance, with

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Ankita Raina, India’s current number one player in the women’s category, performed strongly at the ITF $40,000 Women’s Tennis Tournament held at the KSLTA Stadium in Bengaluru from 6th to 12th March 2023. Despite facing tough opponents throughout the tournament, Ankita showed her skill and determination on the court and ended the competition as a singles finalist. However, her bid

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The recently concluded ATP Challenger 100 – Pune Metropolitan Open (PMR Open) Men’s tennis tournament witnessed some breathtaking performances from some of the best players around the world. The tournament, organized by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) and played at the Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune, was a grand success, with a lot of tennis enthusiasts

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Vaidehi Chaudhari recovered from a slow start to beat Sandeepti Singh Rao 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 in the final of the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the Tennis Project, Baliawas, on Sunday. It was an impressive culmination to three weeks of sustained high quality performance by the 23-year-old Vaidehi, who has been trained for long by coach Jignesh Rawal in

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Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden emerged victorious at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, an ATP 250 men’s professional tennis tournament held in Doha, Qatar. The pair beat Constant Lestienne and Botic Van De Zandschulp in a thrilling three-set final to claim the doubles title. Bopanna and Ebden had a tough road to the final, facing

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The Bengaluru Open 2023, the second leg of the ATP Challenger tour in India, took place from the 20th to the 26th of February at the KSLTA Tennis Stadium in Bengaluru. Max Purcell from Australia emerged as the singles champion of the tournament, defeating his compatriot James Duckworth in an exciting final of three-setters. Purcell, who is also the reigning

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For Sania Mirza, it was more than her Grand Slam wins or rise to No.1 in doubles. It’s the belief she instilled to aspiring Indian women’s athletes that will have an impact for years to come. Sania Mirza played her final professional match Tuesday, ending her career at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, a tournament she considered her home

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The Indo-Aussie pair, Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden went down to the 3rd seed Croatian – American pair of Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek in the doubles final after an epic encounter that ended in a super tie-breaker 6-7(5) 6-2 (10-12) at the ATP 500 ABN AMRO Open in the Netherlands. Dodig and Krajicek faced a championship point at 9/10 in the

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Zeel Desai claimed a hard-fought victory in the ITF $15,000 Women’s tennis tournament, held at the Joygaon tennis academy in Jhajjar. After dropping the first set to qualifier Sandeepti Singh Rao, Desai surged back to take the match 1-6 6-1 6-4. Singh Rao had an impressive run in the tournament, taking down the top seed Diana Marcinkevica in round two

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The year 2022 will be remembered as a turning point in the Indian tennis doubles division. Several Indian doubles teams made their impact on the world stage during the year. Purav Raja and Divij Sharan had a successful year on the ATP Challenger Tour, reaching multiple finals and winning two in Istanbul and Helsinki Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Sriram Balaji also

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