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Ankita Raina goes down fighting in France

Ankita Raina put up a good fight against former world No.4 and French Open doubles champion Caroline Garcia before being beaten 7-6(7), 4-6, 6-4 by the third seed in the €92,742 WTA tennis tournament in France.

Published : Dec 14, 2021 19:23 IST , NEW DELHI

Kamesh Srinivasan
Ankita Raina in action.
Ankita Raina in action.
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Ankita Raina in action.

Ankita Raina put up a good fight against former world No.4 and French Open doubles champion Caroline Garcia before being beaten 7-6(7), 4-6, 6-4 by the third seed in the €92,742 WTA tennis tournament in France.

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In doubles, Ankita and Kimberley Zimmermann ran into the top seeds Monica NIculescu and Vera Zvonareva of Russia in the quarterfinals and managed to eke out four games.
 

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