Sania Mirza (L) and Ankita Raina (Photo Credit: IANS)
India’s high ladies’s tennis participant Ankita Raina continues to steer her compatriots in each the WTA singles and doubles rankings launched on Monday.
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India’s high ladies’s tennis participant Ankita Raina continues to steer her compatriots in each the WTA singles and doubles rankings launched on Monday. Raina is 174th in singles and 96th in doubles, up two locations, as per the newest rankings launched on Monday forward of the Billie Jean King Cup World Group Play-offs in Latvia on April 16-17. The All India Tennis Association (AITA) tweeted: “Ankita Raina continues to be the top-ranked Indian player in both singles and doubles — with a string of good performances on the ITF World Tennis Tour. Karman Kaur Thandi improves her ranking to 621, up 16 spots.”
At 352 in singles rating, Riya Bhatia is the next-best positioned Indian ladies’s participant, adopted by Rutuja Bhosale (419), Zeel Desai (568) and Sowjanya Bavisetti (611). Karman Kaur Thandi is positioned 621 however she has seen the largest soar of 16 locations in singles rankings amongst all of the Indians.
Sania Mirza, positioned 154th in the doubles rankings, is second behind Raina. But the winner of six Grand Slam titles might be competing on the Tokyo Olympics in July this 12 months attributable to her having a ‘protected ranking’ of world No. 9. Sania had utilized to the WTA for her rating to be secured when she took a being pregnant break after the China Open in October 2017.
Almost all the highest Indian ladies’s gamers, barring Sowjanya Bavisetti, are in the Latvian capital of Riga for the Billie Jean King Cup.
On Monday, AITA tweeted, “Team India in full strength and wearing the blue with immense pride in their hearts!”
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