"ankita-raina"

India will begin its Billie Jean King Cup Asia/Oceania Group I campaign against Thailand at DLTA Stadium. Captain Vishal Uppal expressed confidence in the squad, which includes debutant Vaishnavi Adkar and veteran Ankita Raina, highlighting depth in Indian women’s tennis

Vaishnavi Adkar and Ankita Raina advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITF W35 Kalaburagi tournament with convincing wins in the women’s singles. The pair also progressed in doubles as Indian players continued their strong showing at the event

Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty and Ankita Raina entered the final of the W 75 Pune NECC Deccan Rs 60 K ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament after defeating Belarus pair Polina Bakhmutkina and Maria Golovina 7-5, 6-3 in the semifinal

New Delhi: Veteran Sania Mirza and singles players Ankita Raina and Karman Kaur Thandi were on Tuesday named in the five-member Indian Billie Jean King Cup team for the Asia/Oceania Group I competition, beginning April 12 in Antalya, Turkey. Rutuja Bhosale also kept her place in the side while Riya Bhatia replaced Zeel Desai in […]

Melbourne: Indian tennis player Yuki Bhambri suffered a straight sets defeat to Czech Republic’s Tomas Machac in the Australian Open qualifiers here on Thursday, meaning the year’s first Grand Slam will have no Indian participation in the singles main draw. Bhambri lost his second round qualifying match 1-6 3-6. Machac has a career high ATP […]

Melbourne: Comeback man Yuki Bhambri impressed with his attacking net play in a straight sets win but Ramkumar Ramanathan’s 23rd attempt at cracking the singles main draw of a Grand Slam ended with a first round defeat at the Australian Open qualifiers here on Tuesday. Bhambri, who returned to the Grand Slam stage after the […]

Sania and Raina were down 1-8 in the Super Tie break but reeled off seven straight points to make it 8-8 but lost the next two points to make an exit from the Games.

Sania Mirza, who is making a record fourth Olympic appearance, and debutant Ankita Raina are going into the Tokyo Olympics without playing a single competitive match together this year

In women's doubles, the Indian pair of Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina will face the Kichenok twins -- Nadiia and Lyudmyla -- of Ukraine in the opening round.

The Pune player will play in the doubles with the Hyderabad star in Olympics

"If somebody had told me at the beginning of my career that I would play four Olympics, I would have probably laughed," said Sania Mirza

Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza defeated the brand new combination of Ramkaumar Ramanathan and Ankita Raina in the first round

Sania will pair up with Rohan Bopanna while Ankita will join hands with Ramkumar Ramanathan to compete in the first round of the tournament.

Sania will now become the first female athlete to represent India at four Olympics when she features at the Tokyo 2020, slated to get underway from July 23 while Ankita Raina will be making her debut at the showpiece event.

The 28-year-old Ankita has been India's key player in the Billie Jean King Cup team for the last three years.

While Ostapenko was made to work hard for her 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 win over Raina in a match where the home favourite committed a lot of unforced errors, Latvian No. 1 Sevastova, ranked 47, posted a 6-4, 6-0 win

At the auction conducted at the Celebration Sports Club, Mumbai Ankita garnered the highest prize among the women’s players, picked for Rs 4.10 lakhs.

The win will help Ankita, 28, enter the top 100 of the WTA rankings in doubles with the live rankings currently showing her in the 94th position. She won ITF doubles titles and WTA 125k series title before Friday's win.

After missing out on the women's singles main draw, she still had a chance to qualify as a 'lucky loser' till the completion of the first round