By Sujoy Roy | AITA India’s dream of conquering Casper Rudd’s Norway in the Davis Cup tie endured a shock after its most experienced Doubles player Rohan Bopanna pulled out due to a knee injury on Saturday, 10th September 2022. “I have had to make a tough call this week against my constant love & devotion towards representing the country
Excitement is gearing up ahead of the WTA 250 event, as Chennai is all set to welcome the mega tournament in just ten days. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K Stalin handed over the approval letter from the TN Government to hold the event to Indian Tennis legend Vijay Amritraj, who is also the president of Tamil Nadu Tennis Association. This
Kriish Tyagi and Vaishnavi Adkar both defeated the top seeds to clinch the singles titles at the 29th National Junior U-18 Clay Court Championship at the SDAT Stadium in Egmore, Chennai on Saturday. Maharashtra’s Madhurima Sawant, who won the doubles title with Ruma Gaikaiwari and reached the semifinals in singles, and Gagan Vimal, unseeded local boy who made it to
By Sujoy Roy | AITA It was a tour to remember for 22 years Manish Sureshkumar as he bagged two championships in back-to-back two ITF M-15 tournaments held in the capital city of Sri Lanka. In Sri-Lanka Futures 1, he clinched the singles title, beating the top seed Quentin Folliot of France in the final with absolute dominance and followed
By Sujoy Roy | AITA The top seeds in both the boys and girls category lived up to their billing as Harshini N crashed qualifier Disha Santosh Khandoji’s dreams of a fairytale victory after brushing aside the latter’s challenge with a 6-2, 6-0 victory and Aradhya Kshitij sidelined the second seed Sriniketh Kannan 6-1, 6-4 in the finals of the
By Sujoy Roy | AITA Manish SureshKumar emerged as a champion beating the top seed Quentin Folliot of France in the Singles final at the $15,000 ITF Challenger in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Sunday 24th July 2022. This is the 3rd singles title for Manish in the professional circuit. It has been a season to remember for 22 years old
By Sujoy Roy | AITA India’s most accomplished woman tennis player, Sania Mirza bids adieu to Wimbledon after her semi-final defeat in the mixed doubles. Sania and her Croatian partner Mate Pavic ended the tournament in despair after they bow down 6-4 5-7 4-6 to the defending champion Neil Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk in Semis. The 35 years Indian Tennis
By Sujoy Roy | AITA Sahaja Yamalapalli continued her excellent run till the very last day of the tournament and emerged as champion conquering fourth seed Viktoria Morvayova 6-3 7-6 (5) in the Singles final at The Tennis Project, ITF $25k Tennis Tournament in Gurgaon, on Sunday 3rd July Sahaja started the tournament with a dominant win over last tournament’s
Three-time finalist team India is getting ready to take the challenge of lower-ranked Norway as the tournament returns to Hakons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway after a long gap. India has made it thrice to the finals of the Davis Cup – in 1966, 1974, and 1987 – the ‘World Cup of Tennis’ as the premier international team event is popularly described
By Sujoy Roy | AITA Karman Kaur Thandi mastered a well-deserved victory over the world no 3 junior Sofia Costoulas of Belgium in the final of The Tennis Project, ITF $25k Women’s Tennis Tournament on Saturday 25th June 2022 in Gurgaon. After being 2-4 down in the first set, Karman bounced back fabulously and sealed the first set 6-4. But