Indian tennis: Leander Paes aims for French Open comeback in bid for record eighth straight Olympics

The 47-year-old said he skipped the Australian Open as he is apprehensive of playing in a bio-bubble but is looking ahead to the French Open.

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· Jan 26, 2021 · 08:48 am

Indian tennis: Ankita Raina beaten in Australian Open qualifiers, has chance of lucky loser entry

The 28-year-old was aiming to become just the third Indian to reach the women’s singles main draw of a Grand Slam.

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· Jan 13, 2021 · 03:14 pm

Indian tennis: Ankita Raina into final round; Prajnesh, Ramkumar out of Australian Open qualifiers

This is Raina’s sixth attempt to crack the singles main draw of a Grand Slam and she is now just one win away from creating history.

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· Jan 12, 2021 · 09:04 pm

Indian tennis: Ramkumar, Prajnesh, Raina win first round, Thandi out of Australian Open qualifiers

Ramkumar knocked out 10th seed Facundo Bagnis with a hard-fought 7-6(6), 7-5 win while India No 1 Raina outplayed Hungary’s Reka-Luca Jani 6-2 6-2.

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· Jan 11, 2021 · 09:18 pm

Indian tennis: Ankita Raina wins ITF $100k doubles title in Dubai with Ekaterine Gorgodze

The India-Georgian pair beat Kaja Juvan and Bolsova Zadoinov 6-4, 3-6, [10-6] in a close match to clinch the title.

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· Dec 12, 2020 · 07:40 pm

Leander Paes to continue playing in 2021, eyes record eighth straight Olympic appearance at Tokyo

Paes had announced that 2020 will be his last season, culminating with the Tokyo Olympics, but plan has changed after the coronavirus pandemic shut sport.

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· Dec 11, 2020 · 09:13 pm

In tricky year with narrow misses, Prajnesh Gunneswaran glad to finish mixed bag 2020 on strong note

The 31-year-old ended the season as the India No 1 after two consecutive runner-up finishes on the tough ATP Challenger circuit in USA.

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· Dec 02, 2020 · 01:59 pm

Full text: ‘An ode to all mothers’ – Inspired by Serena Williams, Sania Mirza writes an open letter

Former world No 1 Sania Mirza has written an open letter to mothers after watching Discovery Plus documentary Being Serena.

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· Nov 25, 2020 · 01:32 pm

Indian tennis: Prajnesh Gunneswaran finishes runner-up at ATP Orlando Challenger event

This is Prajnesh’s second straight runner-up finish. He had reached the final at the Cary Challenger last week.

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· Nov 23, 2020 · 09:24 am

Indian tennis: Prajnesh Gunneswaran continues good form in US, reaches final at Orlando Challenger

Prajnesh will face Brandon Nakashima in the final on Sunday.

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· Nov 22, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Indian tennis: Prajnesh reaches quarters, Ramkumar out in opener at Orlando Challenger

The Indian was trailing 5-7 2-5 but he fought back to win seven straight games before his opponent Tung-Lin Wu retired in the third set.

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· Nov 19, 2020 · 05:38 pm

Indian tennis: Prajnesh Gunneswaran finishes as runner-up to Denis Kudla at Cary Challenger

The fourth seeded Indian squandered an early advantage to lose 6-3, 3-6, 0-6 but had an overall good week at the event in USA.

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· Nov 16, 2020 · 12:20 pm