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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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Denmark proved to be too good for the Men in Blue as team India relegated to World Group II for the first time after suffering a 3-2 loss against the Holger Rune-led Danish team in its Davis Cup World Group 1 Playoff Tie. In the first singles, Yuki Bhambri had no clue against the world no 9 Holger Rune as

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DD SPORTS will broadcast LIVE Davis Cup World Group – I Playoff, between India and Denmark scheduled to be played on 3rd and 4th Feb. The Davis Cup tie between India & Denmark will be live on DD Sport.🇮🇳 3rd February: 1600 hrs local time onwards (1500 hrs GMT) (2 singles matches) 4th February: 1200 hrs local time onwards (1100

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From winning all the Grand Slams to registering her own name four times as an Olympian,  the achievements of Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza not only registered her as the most accomplished Women’s tennis player in the country but also gave her the status of a National Sporting icon. Coming into her final major tournament, Sania had six Grand Slam

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Top-seeded Tatjana Maria of Germany, and Indian pair Ankita Raina – Prarthana Thombare won the singles and doubles titles respectively at the 22nd edition of the NECC Deccan ITF $40000 Women’s Tennis Tournament organised under the auspices of the ITF, AITA and MSLTA by Deccan Gymkhana and sponsored by National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC) at the Deccan Gymkhana Tennis Courts,

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The Dutch tennis star Tallon Griekspoor dropped the first set but pulled off a stunning come from-behind 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win against the World No. 60 Benjamin Bonzi in a thrilling singles final to clinch the 5th edition of the Tata Open Maharashtra as well as his maiden ATP Tour title at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune. The blockbuster summit

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In a first-of-its-kind initiative in Tennis in India that a 20-member All Women’s Officiating team worked at the NECC ITF 40K Tennis Championships event that was being held at the Deccan Gymkhana courts, from 23rd to 29th January 2023 in Pune. The All Women’s led by Asia’s Gold Badge Referee Sheetal Iyer, who officiated her 100th plus ITF event had

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