Ankita Raina thread

[Dinesh]

SF Naiktha BAINS (GBR) / Ankita RAINA (IND) [2] 7-5 4-6 [10-8] Vivian HEISEN (GER) / Diana MARCINKEVICA (LAT) [4]

[jaydeep]

Ankita and Naiktha Bains lost the final in straight sets against the top-seed British pair.

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

Doubles Final
(2) Naiktha Bains (GBR)/ Ankita Raina (IND) l (1) Sarah Beth Grey (GBR)/ Eden Silva (GBR) 26 57

[Dinesh]

Good 3 set win for Ankita on this second week of her GBR tour. Estelle had some good wins in the challenger tour last 2 weeks. Naiktha and Ankita are the top seeds in doubles this time.

W25 Chiswick, GBR

R1 Ankita RAINA (IND,195) [2] 5-7 6-4 6-2 Estelle CASCINO (FRA,145 ITF)
R2 Ankita RAINA (IND,195) [2] vs Freya CHRISTIE (GBR,676) Freya (career high of 286) is returning from injury and is lowly ranked.

[Dinesh]

A great straight-set win for Ankita and now she will face Divij's wife in the QF

R2 Ankita RAINA (IND,195) [2] 6-3 6-4 Freya CHRISTIE (GBR,676)
QF Ankita RAINA (IND,195) [2] vs Samantha MURRAY (GBR,337) [8]

Naiktha and Ankita lost in the first round of doubles.

[jaydeep]

In the quarters, Ankita lost in against Mrs. Sharan in three sets.

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

[QF] (2) Ankita Raina (IND,195) l (8) Samantha Murray (GBR,337) 26 75 46

[Varma]

Damn those Indian genes ! Bhabhi ji sure deserves to be respected at home, not while standing across the net

- Varma

[jaydeep]

Damn those Indian genes ! Bhabhi ji sure deserves to be respected at home, not while standing across the net

[PKBasu]

Good luck to Mrs Sharan in the SF and beyond.

But why is Ankita still in the UK with just over a week to go before the US Open qualifiers??

[Daniel]

Ankita has just ousted 9th seed Ysaline Bonaventure 61 16 62 !!!

[sameerph]

Ankita is playing in Nanchang WTA this week and has directly made the main draw here.

At $250K WTA,Nanchang, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,192) vs. (4) Elena Rybakina (RUS,69)

Tough match for Ankita first up.

[jaydeep]

Also, she is in the doubles draw ... Ankita is playing with a British girl, Eden Silva, and they r facing a Romanian pair in the first round.

At $250K Jiangxi Open 2019, Nanchang, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Eden Silva (GBR) vs Jaqueline Cristian (ROU)/ Monica Niculescu (ROU)

[jaydeep]

Ankita gave a fighting performance against the top-75 ranked Rybakina ... She lost in three sets against Rybakina in more than 2 hours long match.

At $250K Jiangxi Open 2019, Nanchang, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,192) l (4) Elena Rybakina (RUS,69) 26 64 36

[PKBasu]

Great fight from Ankita, especially in stretching it to a final set. It was the closest match yesterday. Ankita’s steady improvement continues.

[jaydeep]

A lucky break for Ankita in the doubles ... Ankita and Silva started with a confident win against an alternate pair ... Next, they r having a tough match against a local favorite pair.

At $250K Jiangxi Open 2019, Nanchang, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Eden Silva (GBR) bt (Alt) Peangtarn Plipuech (THA)/ Fang Ying Xun (CHN) 63 63

[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Eden Silva (GBR) vs (2) Shuai Peng (CHN)/ Shuai Zhang (CHN)

[PKBasu]

Ankita's tough doubles QF against two of the best doubles players in the world (Peng is a former world number 1, Zhang is the current AO doubles champ) is around 5pm today. The other QFs were all played yesterday.