Ankita Raina thread

[PKBasu]

She had told me she was going to play in Thailand for a fortnight after the two weeks in Singapore. (I spoke to her after she won the Singapore title in the first week there). Surprised that her plans got so derailed...

[sameerph]

She did play in Thailand for WTA qualies and then Dubai WTA qualies after Singapore. Now back to ITF circuit.

[sameerph]

Ankita starts with a tough 3 set win.

At $60K ITF Women, Shenzhen

[R1] (4) Ankita Raina (IND,166) d. (Q) Shou Feng (CHN,558) 64 36 63

Next,

[R2] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,166) vs. Hiroko Kuwata (JPN,266)

[suresh]

Good to see her pull through in three sets. It is always tough to get back match fitness after a break. Hope she picks up her game in R2.

[sameerph]

Bad loss for Ankita in second round at Shenzhen.

At $60K ITF Women, Shenzhen

[R2] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,166) l. Hiroko Kuwata (JPN,266) 67(2) 26

She was leading 5-3 in the first set serving for the match and also had a set point at 5-4, 40-30 on Kuwata serve. From thereon, it went all downhill. Opportunity lost to gather big points here as second seed in her quarter had got beaten.

Hope there is no injury issue. She is slated to play couple of $25K's in Japan in next 2 weeks and has her Gwalior title points to defend from last year.

[sameerph]

This week Ankita starts with an authoritative win in first round in Japan.

At $25K ITF Women, Kofu,Japan

[R1] (4) Ankita Raina (IND,168) d. Yuxuan Zhang (CHN,235) 63 62

Next,

[R2] (4) Ankita Raina (IND,168) vs. Momoko Kobori (JPN,255)

[PKBasu]

That’s a nice win, but Ankita needs to win the title this week to make it count!

[PKBasu]

Ankita plays her R2 singles at noon today, and her doubles QF around 3:30pm.

[PKBasu]

Ankita down 67(3) 22 against Momoko Kobori (JPN, 255).

Update: Sadly, Ankita lost 67 46 to the 20 year old local player.

[sameerph]

Yes, bad loss for second consecutive week. With her Gwalior ITF title points coming off, Ankita will fall off to somewhere between 190-195 in next week's rankings. Needs to start going deep in these ITf tournaments to stay inside top 200 .

[sameerph]

Ankita starts against a local wild card this week.

At $25K ITF Women,Kofu,Japan

[R1] (3) Ankita RAINA (IND,168) vs. Mana KAWAMURA (JPN,857)

[sameerph]

Ankita starts with a dominating win.

At $25K ITF Women,Kofu,Japan

[R1] (3) Ankita RAINA (IND,168) d. Mana KAWAMURA (JPN,857) 60 61

Next,

[R2] (3) Ankita RAINA (IND,168) vs. Lara SALDEN (BEL,629)

[sameerph]

Ankita lost in second round.

At $25K ITF Women,Kofu,Japan

[R2] (3) Ankita RAINA (IND,168) l. Lara SALDEN (BEL,629) 64 46 26

So, quite disappointing 3 weeks stint for Ankita in China and Japan where she lost in second round in all 3 weeks. She is most likely to drop out just outside top 200 now in the rankings as on 8th April, 2019.

Looks like she will be back in $60K in Istanbul,Turkey in 2 weeks time. Does not have too many points to defend in April. So, a good performance in couple of tournaments can take her up the rankings.

[Dinesh]

At $60,000 USD Istanbul ITF, Turkey (Hard-Outdoor):

R1 [6] Ankita RAINA (194) vs [wc] Betina TOKAC (TUR, 991 IR)

Easy round to start with. Ankita is partnering Valentini Grammatikopolou in the doubles and the pair is seeded 4th.

[Prashant]

Ankita is partnering Valentini Grammatikopolou

Hope this is Grammatikally correct...