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Ankita Raina wins maiden WTA title, pockets Phillip Island Trophy

India’s Ankita Raina and partner Kamilla Rakhimova win the women's doubles title.

PTI
19 February, 2021 12:40 IST

Ankita Raina (right) and doubles partner Kamilla Rakhimova with the trophy. - TWITTER (@WTA)

PTI
19 February, 2021 12:40 IST

India’s Ankita Raina on Friday won her maiden WTA title as she and her Russian partner Kamilla Rakhimova clinched the doubles event in the Phillip Island Trophy here.

The Ankita-Kamilla pair beat Russia’s Anna Blinkova and Anastasia Potapova 2-6, 6-4, 10-7 in the final.

The win will propel the 28-year-old Ankita to top-100 in the WTA rankings in doubles. She will be the second Indian woman player to be in top-100 after Sania Mirza.

Ankita had won ITF doubles title and WTA 125k series title before Friday’s win.