Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza on Saturday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his kind and inspiring words after the player bid an emotional adieu to the sport in her hometown of Hyderabad at the venue where it all started for her as a 16-year-old.
The Billie Jean King Cup, formerly called Fed Cup is one of the most important international women's tennis events, bringing together some of the top-ranked stars of the sport from different nations, who compete as a team. The tournament is the women's equivalent of the Davis Cup
Vaidehi, seeded ninth, did not even have to stretch herself for the win as a double break took her to win in the first set and she bettered it in the second set to wrap up the match comfortably, as per a press release from ITF Women's Open
Farah Khan shared a picture with her close friend and Indian tennis player Sania Mirza after bid an emotional adieu to the sport in her hometown of Hyderabad on Sunday at the venue where it all started for her as a 16-year-old.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur said that it is a big achievement for India to conduct the WTT (World Table Tennis) Tournament where players from up to 200 ranks of the world participated while more than 40 players in India got a chance to show their talent.
Both the singles finals were played in the gracious presence of Anurag Thakur, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Youth Affairs and Sports, as well as Petra Sorling, President of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), among other dignitaries. The two also played s
It took one hour and 58 minutes for the second seed to clinch a spot in the final, saving one set point in the second set to triumph 6-3, 7-6(9) over seventh-seeded Zverev
The day, as far as hosts India were concerned, belonged to the two women paddlers Manika Batra and Sutirtha Mukherjee. Manika, India number one ousted Puerto Rican star and world number (wr) #14 Adriana Diaz 3-1 (11-9,11-8,5-11,11-8) in the evening session. Sutirtha, currently ranked 146, ha