The Indian No. 1 doubles player Prarthana Thombare along with her Dutch partner Arianne Hartono reached the doubles final at the L&T Mumbai Open WTA 125K Series Tennis Championships on Saturday.
The impressive runs of Indian challengers Sahaja Yamalapalli Rutuja Bhosale came to an end. Both Yamalapalli and Bhosale went down fighting in their pre-quarter-final matches of the Mumbai Open WTA 125K Series Tennis Championships at the Cricket Club of India courts on Thursday.
Shrivalli Bhamidipatty's dream run came to an end on Wednesday after she lost against 16-year-old Alina Korneeva at the Mumbai Open WTA 125K Series Tennis Championships.
What inspired and motivated the current Indian National champion Shrivalli Bhamidipaty in both singles and doubles, was former World Number 1 Maria Sharapova, whose dress caught her eye
India's No. 2 ranked player, Sahaja Yamalapalli, pulled off a sensational upset over top seed Kayla Day, of the United States, in a three-set battle in the first round of the Mumbai Open WTA 125K Series Tennis Championships on Monday.
Shrivalli Bhamidipaty is the lone Indian from the qualifying round to make it to the main draw. India's Vaidehi Chaudhari lost to Amandine Hesse of France 3-6, 1-6, while wild card entrant Zeel Desai retired after losing the first set 7-5 against top seed Himeno Sakatsume of Japan on Centre
The 22-year-old Indian Shrivalli making her debut on the WTA Tour showed poise and confidence as she came from behind to knockout second seed Valentini Grammatikopoulou from Greece
With the aim of providing level playing opportunities and good competition to Indian players, Ankita Raina, Sahaja Yamalapalli and Rutuja Bhosale, India's top three ranked women, and promising teenager Vaishnavi Adkar, of Maharashtra, have been awarded the singles main draw wild cards at the