Ankita Raina shines with two wins as India creates Fed Cup history
Tennis | March 08, 2020 10:35 ISTAnkita Raina on Saturday night pulled off a crucial singles win against Indonesia's Aldila Sutjiadi to help India win their Fed Cup tie 2-1.
Ankita Raina on Saturday night pulled off a crucial singles win against Indonesia's Aldila Sutjiadi to help India win their Fed Cup tie 2-1.
Bouncing back from the narrow defeat against China's Qiang Wang, Ankita regrouped to humble Sabina Sharipova 7-5 6- to seal the tie in India's favour in one hour and 34 minutes.
The onus to bring the team back in the contest was on India number one Ankita and she stunned her rival by taking the first set in a jiffy but eventually lost 6-1 2-6 4-6 after battling hard for two hours and 24 minutes.
The third seed Indian recorded a facile 6-3, 7-5 win over the fourth seed French woman, ranked even places below the Indian at 178.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran reached the second round of Australian Open qualifiers, but Ankita Raina and Ramkumar Ramanathan were knocked out.
Ankita Raina went down 7-6(5), 4-6, 2-6 to her Czech rival Denisa Allertova.
Ankita Raina demolished world number 122 and the Dutch top seed Arantxa Rus 6-3 6-2 in the final.
This medal has given me the confidence to represent India at the Olympics. I want to get my ranking higher and get into top 100,” Ankita said.
She lost against China's Shuai Zhang by 4-6, 6-7 at the semifinals and settled for the bronze.
India's top-ranked women's singles player, Anikta breezed past Eudice Chong 6-4 6-1 of Hong Kong in their quarterfinal match.
The Indians bounced back losing the first set before going down in the super tie-break. The eventual scoreline read 4-6, 6-3, 5-10.
Having got first-round byes yesterday, Indians had a busy day with matches in both singles and doubles.
Up against a lower-ranked opponent, placed a humble 761 in the WTA list, Karman snapped a four-match losing streak by beating Eudice Chong on Friday.
The last time India hosted a WTA event - Royal Indian Open - was in 2012 in Pune when current world number five Elina Svitolina had won the singles title.
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