Ankita Raina wins maiden WTA title, to turn out to be first Indian girl participant in high 100 after Sania Mirza
1 min read India’s Ankita Raina on Friday received her maiden WTA title as she and her Russian accomplice Kamilla Rakhimova clinched the doubles occasion within the Phillip Island Trophy right here.
The Ankita-Kamilla pair beat Russia’s Anna Blinkova and Anastasia Potapova 2-6 6-4 10-7 within the last.
The win will propel the 28-year-old Ankita to top-100 within the WTA rankings in doubles. She would be the second Indian girl participant to be in top-100 after Sania Mirza.
Ankita Raina and Kamilla Rakhimova take the doubles title at #PhillipIslandWTA.
Raina is India’s 1st WTA champion since Sania Mirza. The 28yo additionally earned her 1st WTA MD singles win earlier within the week at PIT. https://t.co/4rJ6UV23UR
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) February 19, 2021
Ankita had received ITF doubles title and WTA 125k collection title earlier than Friday’s win.
