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The top seed in the men’s draw, Vladyslav Orlov came out victorious in the men’s final in Bhilai. The hard-court ITF M15 tournament, scheduled from the 21st to the 27th of November, ended with heartbreak for Indian fans. The hope was high around the 27-year-old, Niki Kaliyanda Pooncha, who hadn’t lost a single set so far in the tournament. The

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By Sujoy Roy | AITA Finally, the second career title for Sidharth Rawat in professional Tennis. He has enjoyed a fine run of form in the ITF Men’s $15,000 tournament here at the RK Khanna Tennis Stadium in New Delhi, on Sunday, culminating in the elusive title as he comfortably beats Prajwal Dev 6-3, 6-2 in the final. The UP-born

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Top seeded Rutuja Bhosale , second seeded Zeel Desai , third seeded Soujanya Bavisetti and sixth seeded Vaidehi Chaudari stormed into the ladies singles semifinal of the ITF Women’s $15,000 Solapur being played at the MSLTA Solapur District Complex. In singles quarterfinals top seeded Rutuja Bhosale blanked our Denmark’s eighth seeded Elena Jamshidi 6-2 6-0. Second seeded Zeel Desai was

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Local girl Adkar falls short  Third seeded  Sara Saito of Japan made her maiden visit to India memorable by winning singles and double title in the Gadre Marine MSLTA – ITF Junior Grade-3 U18 tennis Championships played at the Deccan Gymkhana Tennis Courts in Pune on Saturday. In singles, Saito defeated local favourite, Vaishnavi Adkar 7-6(4), 6-0 in an hour

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Pranjala Yadlapalli, who, after having played two back to back three setters in her quarterfinal and semifinal matches and suffering cramps, dreaded yet another three setter in the title clash against statemate Sowjanya Bhavisetti. Perhaps she had planned accordingly as after being 3-5 down in the first set, went all out to claim the set 7-5 and breezed through the

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Muni and Khosla Indian Pair in doubles final Local girl Vaishnavi Adkar kept the Indian Flag flying high entering her third consecutive final of the season as she defeated top seeded Aruzhan Sagandikova of Kazakhstan 6-2, 6-4  in the girls semi-finals of the Gadre Marine MSLTA – ITF Junior Grade-3 U18 tennis Championships organized by Deccan Gymkhana Under the auspices

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The tennis buffs got their heart’s fill witnessing an action-packed quarterfinal bout between fourth seed Pranjala Yadlapalli and sixth seed Vaidehi Chaudhari with the former winning the battle of nerves that lasted two hours and 27 minutes. The 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4 verdict put the 22-year-old into the semifinals of the ITF Women’s $15,000 Bengaluru at the KSLTA Stadium in

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Akanksha Nitture took to tennis when she was just five year old. Her father, a tennis player himself, quit his job and took to coaching, with an aim to train his daughter. Thirteen years later, she played the biggest match of her ITF career thus far and that too with an upset victory over her experienced rival and eighth seed

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By Saurabh Singh | AITA Hungarian teenager Zsombor Velcz defeated American third seed Dusty H. Boyer in the singles final of the ITF Men’s $15,000 Gurugram to lift the champion’s trophy yesterday. The tournament, which began on 22nd November in Haryana’s Gurugram city, came to conclusion with a fitting finale which produced an enthralling battle where the 19-year-old Velcz won

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Renne Singla and Laalitya Kalluri scored upset victories to enter the second round of the qualifiers of the ITF Women’s $15,000 Bengaluru on Sunday. While Renne sent the fourth seed Smriti Bhasin home with a 6-4, 7-5 win, Laalitya won against sixth-seeded Niditra Rajmohan in three sets 6-1, 2-6, 10-6. Renne, the 17-year-old lass from Haryana depended on her deep

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