Ankita Raina thread

[suresh]

Ankita has not come to terms with the play seen at the WTA level.

[PKBasu]

Yes, she does sometimes lose very badly to players ranked 100 or more slots above her. But she has also pulled off the occasional big win this year (e.g., over Sam Stosur). What seems clear is that clay and grass remain somewhat unfamiliar surfaces for her. But I like the fact that she's played a reasonable number of matches before going to Roehampton next week.

[sameerph]

Ankita is playing in 60K in Germany this week.

At $60K ITF Women,Versmold, Germany (Clay)

[R1] (4) Ankita RAINA (IND,171) vs. Natalija KOSTIC (SRB,253)

[R1] (1) Ankita RAINA (IND) / Bibiane SCHOOFS (NED) vs. Katharina GERLACH (GER) / Ksenia PALKINA (KYR)

[sameerph]

Ankita started with wins in singles and doubles.

At $60K ITF Women,Versmold, Germany (Clay)

[R1] (4) Ankita RAINA (IND,171) d. Natalija KOSTIC (SRB,253) 61 76(1)

[R1] (1) Ankita RAINA (IND) / Bibiane SCHOOFS (NED) bye
[QF] (1) Ankita RAINA (IND) / Bibiane SCHOOFS (NED) d. Katharina GERLACH (GER) / Ksenia PALKINA (KYR) 63 64

Next,

[R2] (4) Ankita RAINA (IND,171) vs. Katharina HOBGARSKI (GER,247)

[SF] (1) Ankita RAINA (IND) / Bibiane SCHOOFS (NED) vs. (4) Natalija KOSTIC (SRB) / Chiara SCHOLL (USA)

[meyyis]

At $60K ITF Women,Versmold, Germany (Clay)

[R2] (4) Ankita RAINA (IND,171) l. Katharina HOBGARSKI (GER,247) : 3-6, 1-6

[SF] (1) Ankita RAINA (IND) / Bibiane SCHOOFS (NED) vs. (4) Natalija KOSTIC (SRB) / Chiara SCHOLL (USA)

[sameerph]

Ankita has got into main draw of WTA Baltic Open at Jurmala, Latvia on clay next week. It is probably for the first time she has made the WTA main draw directly.

[jaydeep]

Really a good break for Ankita ... She is facing a top-100 Romanian girl, Patricia Maria Tig.

At $250K Baltic Open 2019, Jurmala, Latvia (Clay)

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,172) vs Patricia Maria Tig (ROU,83)

[Dinesh]

Tig had a great week finishing runner up at her homeWTA event this past week. Tough one but to our girl.

[sameerph]

Ankita lost tamely in the first round against an-form player on clay.

At $250K Baltic Open 2019, Jurmala, Latvia (Clay)

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,172) l. Patricia Maria Tig (ROU,83) 26 16

[jaydeep]

Ankita played in the doubles as an alternate pairing with her Polish partner, Katarzyna Kawa ... They scored fighting comeback win over an Indonesian pair in the match tie-break ... In the quarters, they faced a one-sided loss to the 3rd seed pair.

At $250K Baltic Open 2019, Jurmala, Latvia (Clay)

[R1] (Alt) Katarzyna Kawa (POL)/ Ankita Raina (IND) bt Beatrice Gumulya (INA)/ Jessy Rompies (INA) 67(3) 63 12-10

[QF] (Alt) Katarzyna Kawa (POL)/ Ankita Raina (IND) l (3) Irina Bara (ROU)/ Dalila Jakupovic (SLO) 06 26

[Dinesh]

Ankita is in GBR playing the $25K Woking Challenger this week. She is the #3 seed in Singles and #2 seed in Doubles partnering Naiktha Bains (who recently changed her nationality from AUS to GBR).

Ankita will face a qualifier in Round 1.

[sameerph]

Ankita start with a good win.

At $25K ITF Women, Working, Great Britain

[R1] (3) Ankita RAINA (IND,191) d. (Q) Joanna GARLAND (TPE,746) 75 61

Next,

[R2] (3) Ankita RAINA (IND,191) vs. (Q) Qinwen ZHENG (CHN,649)

[sameerph]

Ankita thru to the QF with a comeback win.

At $25K ITF Women, Woking, Great Britain

[R2] (3) Ankita RAINA (IND,191) d. (Q) Qinwen ZHENG (CHN,649) 46 61 62

Next,

[QF] (3) Ankita RAINA (IND,191) vs. (6) Myrtille GEORGES (GEO,272)

[jaydeep]

As mentioned, in the doubles, she is playing with Naiktha Bains ... They r in the semis with straight-sets win and r facing the 4th seeds.

At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Woking, Great Britain

Doubles
[R1] (2) Naiktha Bains (GBR)/ Ankita Raina (IND) bt Holly Hutchinson (GBR)/ Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (JPN) 75 64
[QF] (2) Naiktha Bains (GBR)/ Ankita Raina (IND) bt Ali Collins (GBR)/ Joanna Garland (TPE) 62 62

[SF] (2) Naiktha Bains (GBR)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs (4) Vivian Heisen (GER)/ Diana Marcinkevica (LAT)

[jayakris]

Ankita went down in the QF

At $25K ITF Women, Woking, Great Britain
[QF] (3) Ankita RAINA (IND,191) l. (6) Myrtille GEORGES (GEO,272), 36 57