Indian stars Ankita Raina and Zeel Desai advanced to the second round of the ITF W35 Kalaburagi on Wednesday with confident opening-round victories, while Karnataka's Soha Sadiq showed early promise before bowing out after a dramatic shift in momentum at the Chandrashekhar Patil Stadium in K
Former international chess player and co-owner of American Gambits, Prachura P.P., met the Indian team at the S.M. Krishna Tennis Stadium in Bengaluru ahead of the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup Play-offs, scheduled from November 14-16.
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
Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty graduated from being a National champion to an international champion when she annexed her maiden ITF title with the Bowring Institute ITF Women's World Tennis Tour honours, defeating Zeel Desai
Another Indian Zeel Desai, who had won her second ITF women's tour title last month, also made a bright beginning with a facile 6-3, 6-2 victory against German qualifier Rebecca Sarah Sekulic.
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], February 15 (ANI): Indian women tennis players are competing at the Haryana ITF Women's 15 K 2022 tournament where 74 players are participating, in which 68 of them are Indians.