Ankita Raina Beats Higher-ranked Player to Make Winning Start in French Open Qualifiers

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Ankita Raina (Photo Credit: Indian Tennis Daily Twitter)

Ankita Raina on Monday notched up a hard-fought win over higher-ranked Arina Rodionova in the primary spherical of the ladies’s singles qualifiers on the French Open.

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  • Last Updated:May 24, 2021, 23:15 IST
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Indian tennis participant Ankita Raina on Monday notched up a hard-fought win over higher-ranked Arina Rodionova in the primary spherical of the ladies’s singles qualifiers on the French Open. The 28-year-old Indian, world ranked 182, confirmed nerves of metal as she bounced again from a set down to beat Russian-born Australian Rodionova, ranked 168th, 3-6 6-1 6-4 in an exciting rain-affected three-setter.

Raina had reached the third spherical of the qualifiers in the Australian Open, the primary Grand Slam of the yr. Among different Indians in fray, Sumit Nagal will tackle Roberto Macorca in first spherical of the boys’s qualifiers, Prajnesh Gunneswaran will meet Germany’s Oscar Otte and Ramkumar Ramanathan will cross swords in opposition to Michael Mmoh of USA.

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