Tokyo 2020: Sania Mirza, Ankita Raina to face Ukrainian twins Nadiia Kichenok and Lyudmyla Kichenok in Round 1

Six-time Grand Slam champion Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina will lock horns with the Ukraine’s Nadiia Kichenok and Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine within the opening spherical of the ladies’s doubles occasion at Tokyo Olympics. India’s girls’s doubles participant Sania Mirza in motion (Courtesy: AFP)HIGHLIGHTSIndia’s Sania, Ankita will face Nadiia and Lyudmyla of Ukraine in Round 1Sania is ready to change into first feminine athlete to characterize India at 4 OlympicsIn males’s occasion, Sumit Nagal will face Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin in opening sphericalIndia’s girls’s doubles group of Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina will begin their marketing campaign towards Ukraine’s Nadiia Kichenok and Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine within the opening spherical of the ladies’s doubles occasion at Tokyo Olympics.

Interestingly, Mirza had paired up with Nadiia after getting back from her maternity depart to win the Hobart Open final 12 months.Sania,34, is now set to change into the primary feminine athlete to characterize India on the 4 Olympics, whereas it is going to be a debut for Ankita Raina on the showpiece occasion.Sania had performed the final three Olympics in Beijing, London and Rio with Sunitha Rao, Rushmi Chakravarthi and Prarthana Thombare, respectively.Sumit Nagal to face Uzbekistan’s Denis IstominIn the meantime, Indian tennis participant Sumit Nagal will face Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin within the opening spherical of the boys’s singles occasion on the Tokyo Olympics, beginning Friday.Nagal, who certified for the Games final week after large-scale withdrawals, was pitted towards the lower-ranked Uzbek within the draw on Thursday.A primary-round win for the 23-year-old Indian, ranked 160, might see him face second-seeded Russia’s Daniil Medvedev, who takes on Alexander Bublik in his opening spherical match.agal will enter the Olympics with some disappointing outcomes this season as he has suffered seven first spherical defeat on the Circuit, together with on the Australian Open.In six Challenger occasions, he made the quarterfinals solely thrice.His greatest efficiency has been making the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 occasion in Buenos Aires in March.His rating has dropped to 160 after starting the 12 months at 137.Click right here for IndiaIn the present day.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.