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Tough test for Indian tennis players in Tokyo

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

By PTI
Updated On - 06:28 PM, Fri - 23 July 21
Tough test for Indian tennis players in Tokyo
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Tokyo: Indian tennis players need no less than a miraculous performance to get close to the medal rounds as an under-prepared team of Sania Mirza and debutant Ankita Raina faces a tough Ukrainian challenge in the opener while Sumit Nagal has got a tough draw in the singles competition starting Saturday.

Mirza, who is making a record fourth Olympic appearance, and debutant Raina are going into the Tokyo Olympics without playing a single competitive match together this year, which is far from ideal preparation for the biggest sporting event on earth.

The last time Mirza and Raina shared the court was in March 2020 during the Billie Jean King Cup.They will open their campaign against Ukraine’s twin sisters Nadiia and Lyudmyla Kichenok.

“Every match is going to be a challenge and we will take one match at a time. Because Of pandemic and quarantine rules we were playing different tournaments. So after Fed Cup we didn’t get a chance to play together,” Raina said.

However, Mirza has tons of experience and she is playing with a player who is known to punch above her weight while representing the nation.

If Mirza and Raina win their opener, they could face American eighth seeds Nicole Melichar (doubles world number 9) and Alison Riske (singles world number 36) in the next round.

In the men’s singles, Nagal is extremely lucky to get an entry into the Olympics as with a rank of 144 on the cut-off date of June 14, he was far away from making the cut. However, a spate of withdrawals pushed him inside.

Nagal faces Asian Games champion Denis Istomin in his first round. The Uzbekistan veteran had won the quota from the 2018 Jakarta Games by taking the men’s singles title.

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