Tokyo Olympics: Tennis Hopes Rest On The Pair Of Sania Mirza And Ankita Raina

Tokyo Olympics: Indian tennis superstar Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina will pair up in the women's doubles event in Tokyo, which could be one of India's medal hopes.

India's hopes of a tennis medal in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics rest highly on the pair of Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina in the women's doubles category. The two Indian stars have paired together only once till now, during India's Billie Jean King Cup (Fed Cup) campaign, where they showcased some fine tuning to put an outstanding record (5-0) in the competition. The pair were involved in the 2021 Wimbledon Championship with separate partners in their categories, and then practiced together for the Olympics after Wimbledon ended. Sania, who partnered Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the women's doubles category, displayed sublime touch in their first-round win against the pair of Desirae Krawczyk and Alexa Guarachi on Court 8 of Wimbledon on July 1, winning 7-5, 6-3 in straight sets. The duo, however, lost in the second round of the competition. 4-6 3-6 to the pair of Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina. Looking back at Sania's Olympic history, Sania played with the likes of Sunitha Rao, Rushmi Chakravarthi and Prarthana Thombare in the previous three Olympic Games in Beijing, London and Rio de Janeiro respectively.