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Chennai Open: India’s No.1 singles player Ankita Raina eyes glory at home after COVID-19 recovery

Divyakriti Singh

India’s Ankita Raina, practising ahead of the WTA Chennai Open, at Nungambakkam SDAT Stadium, in Chennai on Sunday.

Serena and Federer set the benchmark for tennis: Former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash

Despite Serena’s (L) imminent retirement and the Big Three - Federer (R), Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic - in the twilight of their careers, the 57-year-old Australian feels the standard of modern tennis has continued to improve.

WTA carnival brings Tour-level tennis back to Chennai

Return of high-level tennis: A general view of the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Nungambakkam, Chennai, which will host the WTA 250 tournament.

ITF J4 Tennis, Chennai: Suhitha Maruri, Pranav Karthik emerge singles champions

Pranav Karthik and Suhitha Maruri, singles winner of ITF J4 Tennis, at Gandhi Nagar club, tennis court, in Chennai on Saturday.

National Junior U-18 clay court championship: Daksh Prasad digs deep to reach second round

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Fifth seed Skandha Prasanna Rao and 12th seed Deep Munim were knocked out, suffering straight-set losses.

National Junior U-18 Clay Court Tennis Championship: Exit scare for fifth seed Madhurima; top seeds Suhitha, Vaishnavi through to pre-quarters

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Suhitha Maruri and Vaishnavi Adkar, top two seeds, began their campaign at the 29th National Junior U-18 Clay Court Tennis Championship in Chennai with easy second-round wins.

National Junior U-18 Clay Court Tennis Championship: Packed schedule on day three tests youngsters

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: As many as eight players had to play one singles and two doubles matches during Day three of the tournament.

National U-18 Clay Court Tennis C’ship: Sisters Asmi, Vaishnavi storm into doubles final

Deadly duo: Asmi (left) and Vaishnavi Adkar are playing their first tournament as a doubles pair.

Yamalapalli Sahaja: ‘Glad to have won ITF title, didn’t have any expectations’

V. V. Subrahmanyam

Ganesh Raman: Tennis coaching must impart self-belief in players

Kamesh Srinivasan

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