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

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

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.

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.

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

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

- Varma

Varma wrote: ↑Sat Aug 10, 2019 5:17 am Damn those Indian genes ! Bhabhi ji sure deserves to be respected at home, not while standing across the net

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??

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

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.

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)

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

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

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)

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.