Ankita Raina bows out from Shenzhen

Ankita Raina failed to capitalise on a fine start and was beaten 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 by Fang Ying Xun of China in the first round of the $100,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Shenzhen, China, on Wednesday.

In the doubles pre-quarterfinals, Ankita in partnership Bibiane Schoofs of the Netherlands was beaten in straight sets by Nao Hibino and Makoto Ninomiya of Japan.

Int he Challenger in Kobe, Japan, Ramkumar Ramanathan, seeded fourth with Purav Raja, made the doubles quarterfinals, as the Ratiwatana twins from Thailand, Sanchai and Sonchat, retired when the Indian team led 4-2 in the first set.

The results:

$100,000 ITF women, Shenzhen, China
Singles (first round): Fang Ying Xun (CHN) bt Ankita Raina 3-6, 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Nao Hibino & Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) bt Bibiane Schoofs (NED) & Ankita Raina 6-3, 6-3.

$54,160 Challenger, Kobe, Japan
Singles (second round): Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Jumpei Yamasaki (JPN) 6-4, 6-1.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Purav Raja & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Sanchai Ratiwatana & Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 4-2 (retired).

$15,000 ITF men, Meshref, Kuwait
Singles (first round): Adil Kalyanpur bt Kunal Anand 7-5, 6-1; Kai Whnelt (GER) bt Ishaque Eqbal 6-3, 6-3.

$15,000 ITF men, Maputo, Mozambique
Singles (first round): Jatin Dahiya bt Rishi Reddy 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-2; Kelsey stevenson (CAN) bt SD Prajwal Dev 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.

$15,000 ITF women, Cancun, Mexico
Singles (first round): Ramya Natarajan bt Anfisa Danilchenko (RUS) 6-2, 6-2.

(Courtesy: The Hindu)