India’s best women’s singles performance in the Games came from Saina Mirza, who notched up a silver in the 2006 edition in Doha, followed by a bronze by her in 2010, Guangzhou.
Palembang: Indian tennis player Ankita Raina clinched a bronze medal at the Asian Games after losing to China’s Zhang Shuai in the women’s singles semifinal here on Thursday. [caption id=“attachment_5028011” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]![India’s Ankita Ravinderkrishan Raina hits a return against Indonesia’s Beatrice Gumulya in their women’s singles tennis match during the 2018 Asian Games in Palembang on August 20, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Mohd RASFAN]()
File image of India’s Ankita Raina. AFP[/caption] Ankita lost 4-6, 6-7 (6) in a gruelling contest that lasted a little over two hours. India’s best women’s singles performance in the Games came from Saina Mirza, who notched up a silver in the 2006 edition in Doha, followed by a bronze by her in 2010, Guangzhou. With the bronze, the 25-year-old Ankita became only the second Indian woman to have her name in the Asian Games’ singles medallists list. Both the losing semifinalists are entitled to a bronze each in the Games.
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