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French Open: Ankita Raina Comes Back From Set Down, Gets Off To Winning Start In Qualifiers
Ankita Raina beat Australia's Arina Rodionova 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the women's singles qualifiers at Roland Garros.
French Open: Ankita Raina is the only Indian woman in the women's singles qualifiers. (File pic)© Instagram
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Ankita Raina won her first round match of the French Open qualifiers
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She beat Arina Rodionova 3-6 6-1 6-4 after going a set down
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She is the only Indian in the French Open women's singles qualifiers
Indian tennis player Ankita Raina on Monday notched up a hard-fought win over higher-ranked Arina Rodionova in the first round of the women's singles qualifiers at the French Open. The 28-year-old Indian, world ranked 182, showed nerves of steel as she bounced back from a set down to beat Russian-born Australian Rodionova, ranked 168th, 3-6 6-1 6-4 in a thrilling rain-affected three-setter.
Raina had reached the third round of the qualifiers in the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year.
Among other Indians in fray, Sumit Nagal will take on Roberto Macorca in first round of the men's qualifiers, Prajnesh Gunneswaran will meet Germany's Oscar Otte and Ramkumar Ramanathan will cross swords against Michael Mmoh of USA.
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