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Sania Mirza and Christina McHale storm into doubles semi of WTA 250 event Tennis in the Land

Aug 27 2021 12:08pm

By Saurabh Singh | AITA The Indian tennis star Sania Mirza along with her American partner Christina McHale stormed into the doubles Semi-finals of the WTA 250 event Tennis in the Land after scoring an upset win over the third-seeded pairing of Czech Republic’s Lucie Hradecka and Shuai Zhang of China at Cleveland, United States. The Indo-American duo wrapped up

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Ankita Raina and Ekaterine Gorgodze bow out of Quarter-finals WTA 125 Chicago

Aug 20 2021 15:08pm

By Radhika Aggarwal | AITA India’s Ankita Raina and Ekaterine Gorgodze from Georgia, pitted against the team of Taiwanese professional Hsieh Yu-chieh and Germany’s Mona Barthel, in the Quarter-finals of the WTA 125 Chicago event, lost in straight sets 7-5, 6-2 in one hour and 10 minutes long duel. The winning Taiwanese-German duo won a total of 70 points while

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Saumya Vig and Marie Rioux advance

Aug 18 2021 17:08pm

Saumya Vig and Japan’s Lisa-Marie Rioux fought back from 5-1 down in the second set to score a 6-2, 7-6(3) victory over Elena Jamshidi and Sofia Nami Samavati of Denmark in the doubles first round of the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament here on Tuesday. The results: $15,000 ITF women, Erwitte, Germany: First round: Lissa-Marie Rioux (Jpn) & Saumya Vig

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Rohan Bopanna and Ivan Dodig pair advance to Quarter-Finals at the Canadian Open 2021

Aug 13 2021 16:08pm

By Radhika Aggarwal | AITA Rohan Bopanna from India ranked 49th in the world (in Doubles) and his Croatian partner Ivan Dodig, ranked 11th, advanced to the quarter-finals of the $3,487,915 ATP 1000 Masters Tennis tournament, Canadian Open in Toronto by defeating Italian-Argentine pairing of Simone Bolelli and Maximo Gonzalez by settling the match in straight sets 6-4, 6-3 in

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Play suspended during the second round match of Ankita Raina at ITF W100 event in Landisville

Aug 13 2021 14:08pm

By Radhika Aggarwal | AITA The second-round match between India’s Ankita Raina and Polish Katarzyna Kawa got suspended midway at the ITF W100 event in Landisville, Pennsylvania after two hours and 12 minutes of action on court. Raina facing the 176th ranked Kawa got off to a slow start and lost the first set 3-6. Kawa made five double faults

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Ankita Raina into the second round at ITF W100 event in Landisville, USA

Aug 13 2021 10:08am

By Radhika Aggarwal | AITA After qualifying for the main draw of the ITF W100 at Landisville, India’s highest-ranked player in the world, Ankita Raina won her first-round tie in straight sets 6-3, 6-2 against Mexico’s Renata Zarazua who is ranked 122 in the world in the singles and advanced to the second round at Koser Jeweler Tennis Challenge in

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Yashas, Aahida emerge champions at KSLTA AITA TS-3

Aug 11 2021 17:08pm

Bengaluru, Aug 11: In between doing his school assignment and playing, 10-year-old Arjun Manikandan had felled three seeds before taking on second seed Yashas Raj M in the title clash of the Boys Category of the KSLTA AITA Talent Series-3 U-12 tennis tournament. Yashas on his part, kept aside these sentiments to silence the giant killer in straight sets 6-1,

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Ankita Raina qualifies for the main draw at ITF W100 event in Landisville, USA

Aug 11 2021 11:08am

India’s highest-ranked player in the world, Ankita Raina won both of her qualifying rounds and booked a place in the main draw of Koser Jeweler Tennis Challenge, an ITF $100K Tournament in Landisville, Pennsylvania. En route to the main draw, Raina beat Louisa Chirico of the USA and British eighth-seeded player in the qualifying draw, Katie Boulter. Raina won the

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Seeds have it easy at AITA U-12 tourney

Aug 10 2021 12:08pm

Bengaluru, Aug 9: All the seeded players registered easy first-round victories to reach the pre-quarterfinals of the KSLTA AITA Talent Series-3 U-12 tennis tournament being played at the KSLTA Tennis courts here on Monday. Ruhan Komandur, the top seed in the Boys category overcame Shreyank Manjunath 8-6 while Aahida Singh seeded No.1 in the Girls category sent home Tamil Nadu’s

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Competitive tennis resumes in Karnataka from today

Aug 09 2021 16:08pm

Bengaluru, Aug 8:With the second wave of Covid receding, competitive tennis will resume in Karnataka with the AITA TS 3 U-12 tennis tournament that kicks off at the KSLTA courts here from Monday. As many as three other tournaments in as many weeks are lined up for the month of August. The tournaments will be conducted under strict Covid protocols

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Davis Cup team to represent India in the World Group 1 Tie against Finland

Aug 06 2021 16:08pm

A meeting of the Professional Selection Committee of the All India Tennis Association, for selecting the Davis Cup team to represent India in the World Group 1 Tie against Finland on 17th & 18th Sep 2021, was held virtually on 5th Aug 2021. The Committee consists of the following: Mr Nandan Bal – Chairman Mr Balram Singh Mr Mustafa Ghouse

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Sumit Nagal goes down to World no 2 Daniil Medvedev at Tokyo Olympics

Jul 26 2021 12:07pm

By Saurabh Singh | AITA  After scripting a historic first singles win in 25 years for India at the Olympics, Indian youngster Sumit Nagal’s journey at Tokyo 2020 was cut short by ROC’s Daniil Medvedev in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 in one hour and six minutes at the Ariake Tennis Park in Japan today. Nagal showed flashes of brilliance in

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Fantastic fight back from Ukraine’s Kichenok sisters oust Mirza and Raina from Tokyo 2020 in Women’s doubles

Jul 25 2021 10:07am

By Saurabh Singh | AITA Indian team in the Women’s doubles Tennis discipline, comprising of four-time Olympian Sania Mirza and Olympics debutant Ankita Raina, lost their first round match against Ukrainian twins Nadiia Kichenok and Lyudmyla Kichenok 6-0, 6-7, 8-10 at court no 11 of the Ariake Tennis Park today. In yet another rollercoaster of a match for Team India

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Sumit Nagal starts off the Indian Tennis campaign with a win on his Olympics debut

Jul 24 2021 12:07pm

By Saurabh Singh | AITA  Representing India in Men’s singles Tennis event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Sumit Nagal has started off with a dream Olympics debut win over Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in the first round at the Ariake Tennis Park in Japan today. Istomin, with a career high rank of 33 back in 2012, is highly rich

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Nagal in dreamland at the Olympics, and in awe of compatriot Mirza

Jul 23 2021 15:07pm

By Jamie Renton | ITF A week ago, Sumit Nagal tried to sum up his feelings ahead of taking part in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. In a post on twitter, the 23-year-old Indian admitted his participation was “surreal” and that “no words can express my emotions”. Seven days later, on the day of the Olympic Opening Ceremony, the world No. 160

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Nomination for EPGDSM and Sponsorship of Candidates at IIM Rohtak under the Scheme of Human Resource Development in Sports (HRDS)

Jul 22 2021 18:07pm

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt. of India has launched a novel initiative to support such candidates who are meritorious sports persons and represented India at Asian, Commonwealth or Olympics, to pursue the Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Sports Management (EPGDSM) Programme conducted by IIM Rohtak. The financial assistance of amount upto INR 5 lakh per candidate will

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Tokyo 2020: Sumit Nagal carries India’s hope in Men’s singles tennis

Jul 22 2021 12:07pm

India’s challenge in Men’s tennis singles at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be carried by 23-year-old Sumit Nagal, who made it to the Olympics with a slice of luck after the withdrawal of some players. Making his Olympics debut, Nagal will face Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin in his Tokyo 2020 opener. If he advances to the next round, the Indian

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AITA condemns misleading and inappropriate tweets by Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza

Jul 19 2021 21:07pm

Twitter comments by Rohan Bopanna and then Sania Mirza are inappropriate, misleading and it appears, without knowledge of the rules. They should have checked the rule book of ITF regarding qualifications, something that Divij Sharan seems to have done while writing to TOPS. Rohan Bopanna could not have qualified as per ITF Rules. Therefore Sania Mirza’s tweet is also baseless

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ITF to introduce Advance Doubles Entry system by next month

Jul 14 2021 13:07pm

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) will introduce an Advance Entry System for the Doubles competition at the ITF World Tennis Tour Men’s $25,000 and Women’s $25,000, $60,000, $80,000, and $100,000 Tournaments in August 2021. However, the exact date of introducing this new system is yet to be confirmed. This proposal came through the Men’s and Women’s ITF Player Panel members

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PM Modi and Sania Mirza talk is winning the Internet

Jul 14 2021 11:07am

Courtesy: TNN World/YouTube In a morale-boosting event for India’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic bound athletes, the Hon. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi held a live interactive session with the Indian team athletes on Tuesday. Speaking to Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, who will become a four-time Olympian at the Tokyo Summer Games, PM Modi began with a query on how to

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