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The Indo-Canadian duo of Rohan Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov lost to fourth-seeded Hugo Nys-Andrey Golubev in the semi-finals of the ongoing 2021 St. Petersburg Open. Even though the pair staged a great comeback in the second set, the opponents were too strong to give away the match.

India’s Niki Poonacha and Zeel Desai claimed top honours in the individual men’s and women’s event at the National Tennis Championships, on Saturday. Meanwhile, the pair of Niki Poonacha and Prajwal Dev claimed the men’s doubles title win a win over Chandril Sood and Lakshit Sood.

Sania Mirza and her Chinese partner Zhang Shuai have been eliminated from the 2021 Indian Wells Open after a loss in the opening round of the women’s doubles event. In spite of claiming the first set, the Indo-Chinese pair succumbed to the pressure and eventually lost the match 6-4, 3-6, 13-15.

Indian Tennis star Sania Mirza claimed her first WTA title in 20 months as she, paired with China’s Zhang Shuai, won the Ostrava Open in Czech Republic, on Sunday. The Indo-Chinese pair breezed past USA’s Kaitlyn Christian and Erin Routliffe in the summit clash with scores of 6-3, 6-2.