Coming through the qualifiers, Ankita Raina beat 125th ranked 🇮🇹 Cocciaretto in R2, which propelled her to a career-high singles ranking of 156. But in the second round, she went down to Australian WC Kimberly Birrell 3-6 6-3 4-6 in a tight match.
Ankita/🇷🇺 Rakhimova notched up a 6-1 7-6(3) win over Romanian duo of Buzarnescu / Tig to move into the second round of women’s doubles.
Photos- Tennis Australia/ Morgan Hancock / Luke Hemer
