4th seeds Ankita Raina (IND, 160) and Hiroko Kuwata (JPN, 174) finished runners-up at the 2026 ITF W100 Wrexham (Lexus Wrexham Open) indoor hard-court tournament in Wrexham, Great Britain on Sunday, falling 2-6, 3-6 in 1 hour and 6 minutes to British pair Freya Christie (GBR, 153) and Eden Silva (GBR, 210) in the championship match. The W100 final run earns Raina and Kuwata 65 WTA doubles ranking points each following 3 consecutive match-tiebreak victories earlier in the week.
Before Sunday’s final, 4th seeds Raina and Kuwata went 3-0 in deciding match tiebreaks at the Wrexham Tennis Centre, highlighted by a 9-point closing streak to win their semifinal match tiebreak 10-1 over Julia Avdeeva (RUS, 1263) and Carole Monnet (FRA, 181).
In Sunday’s indoor championship match, home favourites Freya Christie (GBR, 153) and Eden Silva (GBR, 210) made a fast start to take the 28-minute opening set 6-2. 4th seeds Ankita Raina (IND, 160) and Hiroko Kuwata (JPN, 174) battled for 38 minutes in the 2nd set and saved 1 championship point, but the British duo won 8 of the final 10 points of the contest to seal a 6-2, 6-3 victory.
Collecting 65 WTA doubles ranking points from the USD 100,000 indoor event in Great Britain propels Raina back toward the top 150.
| Round | Match | Score | Match Breakdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| F | Freya Christie (GBR, 153) / Eden Silva (GBR, 210) def. [4] Ankita Raina (IND, 160) / Hiroko Kuwata (JPN, 174) | 6-2, 6-3 | Raina and Kuwata saved 1 championship point in the 38-minute 2nd set of the 1-hour, 6-minute final |
| SF | [4] Ankita Raina (IND, 160) / Hiroko Kuwata (JPN, 174) def. Julia Avdeeva (RUS, 1263) / Carole Monnet (FRA, 181) | 6-1, 6-7(3), [10-1] | Won 9 consecutive points to dominate the deciding match tiebreak 10-1 in 1 hour and 21 minutes |
| QF | [4] Ankita Raina (IND, 160) / Hiroko Kuwata (JPN, 174) def. Alicia Dudeney (GBR, 196) / Elena Malygina (EST, 237) | 7-5, 0-6, [10-7] | Regrouped after a 23-minute 2nd-set loss to clinch the deciding match tiebreak 10-7 in 1 hour and 28 minutes |
| R16 | [4] Ankita Raina (IND, 160) / Hiroko Kuwata (JPN, 174) def. Mina Hodzic (GER, 306) / Ivana Sebestova (CZE, 218) | 6-2, 4-6, [10-6] | Won 7 of the final 10 points in the match tiebreak to advance in 1 hour and 32 minutes |
