Indian sports wrap, December 17: Ankita Raina reaches second round at ITF Navi Mumbai
The HinduTENNIS Women’s ITF, Navi Mumbai: Ankita Raina reaches second round Top seed Ankita Raina overcame an indifferent start to beat Valentini Grammatikopoulou of Greece 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the $40,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the Ganesh Naik Complex on Tuesday. RESULTS Singles : Ankita Raina bt Valentini Grammatikopoulou 1-6, 6-4, 6-4; Thasaporn Naklo bt Diana Marcinkevica 6-1, 7-5; Zuzanna Pawlikowska bt Honoka Kobayashi 6-0, 6-1; Shrivalli Bhamidipaty bt Bunyawi Thamchaiwat 6-4, 6-2; Naho Sato bt Akanksha Nitture 7-6, 6-4; Tian Fangran bt Kanako Morisaki 6-3, 6-2; Ekaterina Yashina bt Arina Arifullina 6-7, 7-5, 6-1; Punnin Kovapitukted bt Anastasia Kulikova 6-4, 6-1; Riya Bhatia bt Tanisha Kashyap 6-3, 6-4; Anri Nagata bt Viktoria Morvayova 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Eva Garkusha bt Jizel Fernandes 6-2, 7-5. RESULTS Parth Aggarwal bt Arnav Harsh 6-1, 6-1; Deep Munim bt Aryan Vij 6-3, 6-1; Aarjun Pandit bt Shivam Devam 6-3 6-3, Sarthak Suden bt Amandeep Singh Baha 6-4, 7-6; BhickySagolshem bt Aditya Tinjani 6-4, 7-6; Samuel Jones bt Krishan Hooda 6-3, 6-3; Mayank Sharma bt Udit Gogoi 6-2, 7-5; Bhushan Haobam bt Mayank Yadav 6-3, 6-2. -Kamesh Srinivasan SQUASH Anahat Singh among top Indian players to compete in 79th Western India Slam Squash C’ship Top ranked female player in India and Asian Games bronze medallist Anahat Singh will be among the competitors in the 79th Western India Slam Squash Championship which got underway here on Tuesday.