Ankita Raina thread

[sameerph]

At $25K ITF Women Koksijde ,Belgium ( red clay)

Singles

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND,355) vs. (Q) Anna KLASEN (GER,638)

Doubles

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND) / Barbara LUZ(POR) vs. Vanesa FURLANETTO (ARG) / Sofiya KOVALETS (UKR)

Interesting that she is partnering Barbara whom she had lost in 2 ITF finals in India eariler this year.

She playes her singles match today. I think it will be a difficult one considering her oppoennt has been mainly playing only on clay all this year.

[sameerph]

Ankita started with an emphatic win.

At $25K ITF Women Koksijde ,Belgium ( red clay)

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND,355) d. (Q) Anna KLASEN (GER,638) 62 63

She will meet the winner of 7th seed Andrea Gamiz of Venezuela and Dia Etimova of Bulgaria in second round.

[sameerph]

Ankita will meet 7th seed South Ameican in second round.

At $25K ITF Women Koksijde ,Belgium ( red clay)

[R2] Ankita RAINA (IND,355) vs. Andrea GAMIZ (VEN,260)

[sameerph]

Excellent upset by Ankita in the second round.

At $25K ITF Women Koksijde ,Belgium (Red clay)

[R2] Ankita RAINA (IND,355) d. Andrea GAMIZ (VEN,260) 62 36 62

Gamiz is a true clay specialist & has a WTA main draw win over top 100 player this year. So, that is a quality win by Ankita on clay.

15 points for QF means regardless of whatever happens ahead Ankita is assured to be around 325 in the rankings when these points are updated.

[ankit1407]

Nice win, like the steady progress she is making for past few month...Hoping for greater heights...

[sameerph]

Qualifier Dutch player upset second seed Romanian Dinu in second round. So, Ankita will meet her in the QF.

At $25K ITF Women Koksijde ,Belgium (Red clay)

[QF] Ankita RAINA (IND,355) vs. (Q) Cindy BURGER (NED,420)

This match will be played after a day's rest on Friday.

[prasen9]

Thanks Sameer.

[bujilover]

What? Ankita beat Gamiz Seems like im dreaming,Andrea is a promising prospect on clay. Feeling very glad to see Ankita's progress. Go Gal Go!!!

[PKBasu]

Very exciting progress by the India #1!

[jayakris]

Yep. Ankita is slowly becoming the real thing! You Go Girl! Jay

[sameerph]

Close close loss for Ankita in the third set tiebreaker.

At $25K ITF Women Koksijde ,Belgium (Red clay)

[QF] Ankita RAINA (IND,355) l. (Q) Cindy BURGER (NED,420) 63 16 67(6)

This scoreline reminds me of her matches in the 2 finals of India futures eariler in the year against Barbara Luz. Ankita needs to work on closing out these matches. But, still nice performance by her in what is probably her first time experience on European clay.

On to hard courts next week in Belgium.

[Omkara]

Heart broken.... Really wanted her to win.... Maybe one fairytale a day (Sindhu)

[Sin Hombre]

Clay courts wouldn't be natural for her. Let's see how she does next week on hard.

[sameerph]

Sin Hombre, she did not do badly at all this week. She was among the last 2-3 direct acceptances & did much better than par of her ranking.

[Sin Hombre]

I know sameer, I was replying to the comment from before by Omkara that this week was all a bonus for me; next week is where I have higher expectations.