WTA Challenger Winner Ankita Raina

WTA Challenger Winner Ankita Raina

Ankita Raina India’s top-ranked women’s singles player, isn’t entirely sure how she ended up crying after beating 2011 US Open champion Samantha Stosur of Australia at the ITF Challenger on the clay courts of Anning, China in March, earlier this year. She has gone from strength to strength since then and there’s been no stopping her.

Raina, aged 26 now and better for the experience, tells the story with a degree of amusement. She has been on tour for nine years and fits the definition of a tennis journeywoman. Playing in obscure cities to vie for crucial ranking points, the curly-haired, hazel-eyed player is naturally upbeat despite having lived the lonely life of a tennis professional.

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