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Prerna Bhambri
Prerna Bhambri (born 12 September 1992) is an Indian former tennis player. Prerna Bhambri holds the record of being the only Indian to have won the All India National Tennis Championship four times in a row, and was a runner-up in 2019. She received the ''Award for Excellence in Sports'' from the Hon'ble Smt. Pratibha Patil, the former president of India. Career Bhambri holds the record of being the only Indian to have won the All India National Tennis Championship four times in a row. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 358, achieved on 20 June 2016. Bhambri won five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In December 2019, Prerna won two gold medals for India at the South Asian Games. In 2016 as well, she won the silver medal in women's singles there. In 2018, she was the winner in singles and in doubles at the Delhi Olympic Games. In January 2012, Bhambri made her debut for the India Fed Cup team. Playing for India at Fed Cup, Bhambr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Asian Games
The South Asian Games (SAG or SA Games), formerly known as the South Asian Federation Games (SAFG or SAF Games), is a quadrennial multi-sport event held among the athletes from South Asia. The governing body of these games is South Asia Olympic Council (SAOC), formed in 1983. Currently, the SAOC comprises 7 member countries, namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan participated 4 times in the SAF Games since 2004, but left the SAOC after participating in the 2016th edition and joined CAOC. The first South Asian Games were hosted by Kathmandu, Nepal in 1984. From 1984 to 1987 they were held every year except 1986, as it was a year of Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. From 1987 onwards, they have been held every two years except for some occasions. In 2004, it was decided in the 32nd meeting of South Asian Sports Council to rename the games from the South Asian Federation Games to the South Asian Games as officials believed the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Delhi
New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House, and the Supreme Court of India. New Delhi is a municipality within the NCT, administered by the NDMC, which covers mostly Lutyens' Delhi and a few adjacent areas. The municipal area is part of a larger administrative district, the New Delhi district. Although colloquially ''Delhi'' and ''New Delhi'' are used interchangeably to refer to the National Capital Territory of Delhi, both are distinct entities, with both the municipality and the New Delhi district forming a relatively small part of the megacity of Delhi. The National Capital Region is a much larger entity comprising the entire NCT along with adjoining districts in neighbouring states, including Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad. The foundation stone of New De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharm El Sheikh
Sharm El Sheikh ( ar, شرم الشيخ, ), commonly abbreviated to Sharm, is an Egyptian city on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in South Sinai Governorate, on the coastal strip along the Red Sea. Its population is approximately 53,670 . Sharm El Sheikh is the administrative hub of Egypt's South Sinai Governorate, which includes the smaller coastal towns of Dahab and Nuweiba as well as the mountainous interior, St. Catherine and Mount Sinai. The city and holiday resort is a significant centre for tourism in Egypt, while also attracting many international conferences and diplomatic meetings. Name Sharm El Sheikh ("bay of the wise") is also known as the "''City of Peace''"; Egyptian Arabic: "''Madinet Es-Salam''", referring to the large number of International Peace Conferences that have been held there. Amongst Egyptians and also many visitors, the name of the city is commonly shortened to "Sharm" (), which is its common name in Egyptian Arabic. The name is also somet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Palha
Natasha Palha (born 17 January 1994) is an Indian former tennis player. She was the Indian National Grass Court Tennis champion in 2014. In her career, Palha won five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached career-high WTA rankings of 492 in singles and 418 in doubles and she competed on the pro circuit until July 2019. Playing for India Fed Cup team The India Billie Jean King Cup team represents India in the WTA & ITF Billie Jean King Cup professional tennis competition and are governed by the All India Tennis Association. They will compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group I in 2016. ..., Palha has a win–loss record of 2–0. ITF finals Singles: 5 (0–5) Doubles: 14 (5–9) References External links * * * Living people Indian female tennis players Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games 1994 births 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Asian Games competitors for India South Asian Games silver medalists for In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riya Bhatia
Riya Bhatia ( hi, रिया भाटिया; born 24 September 1997) is a professional Indian tennis player. Bhatia has career-high WTA rankings of 338 in singles, achieved on 2 March 2020, and 387 in doubles, reached on 17 May 2021. She has won three singles and three doubles titles at tournaments if the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for India Fed Cup team The India Billie Jean King Cup team represents India in the WTA & ITF Billie Jean King Cup professional tennis competition and are governed by the All India Tennis Association. They will compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group I in 2016. H ..., Bhatia has a win–loss record of 1–3. She also represented her country at the 2018 Asian Games in Palembang. Additionally, she has won two national titles: hardcourt and grass-court national championships in 2016. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups) Doubles: 17 (3 titles, 14 runner-ups) External links * * * 1997 births Living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rishika Sunkara
Rishika Sunkara (born 14 May 1993) is an Indian tennis player. In her career, she has won 12 titles on the ITF Circuit; two in singles and ten in doubles (four in 2015 of which three were won with Sowjanya Bavisetti). On 9 November 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 441. On 5 August 2013, she peaked at No. 375 in the doubles rankings. She competed for the India Fed Cup team in 2013 and 2014. Rishika has a rare distinction of being the junior and pro number one in India while still being a teenager. Playing for India in Fed Cup, Sunkara has a win–loss record of 2–3. Early career Rishika Sunkara was born on 14 May 1993 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the .... She has an elder brother who used to play tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucknow
Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division. Having a population of 2.8 million as per 2011 census, it is the eleventh most populous city and the twelfth-most populous urban agglomeration of India. Lucknow has always been a multicultural city that flourished as a North Indian cultural and artistic hub, and the seat of power of Nawabs in the 18th and 19th centuries. It continues to be an important centre of governance, administration, education, commerce, aerospace, finance, pharmaceuticals, technology, design, culture, tourism, music and poetry. The city stands at an elevation of approximately above sea level. Lucknow city had an area of till December 2019, when 88 villages were added to the municipal limits and the area increased to . Bounded on the east by Barabanki, on the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatma Al-Nabhani
Fatma Al-Nabhani ( ar, فاطمة النبهاني; born 20 May 1991) is an Omani tennis player. She has won ten singles titles and fourteen doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 4 October 2010, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 362. On 28 April 2014, she peaked at No. 238 in the doubles rankings. Al-Nabhani made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships, having received a wildcard with Magali de Lattre in the doubles tournament, but they lost to Chan Yung-jan and Sun Tiantian in the first round. Playing for Oman in Fed Cup competitions, Al Nabhani has a win–loss record of 13–7. Al-Nabhani is the younger sister of Mohammed Al-Nabhani, who is also a tennis player. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner-ups) Doubles: 41 (14 titles, 28 runner-ups) See also * Muslim women in sport Modern Muslim female athletes have achieved success in a variety of sports, including volleyball, tennis, associat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much of Hyderabad is situated on hilly terrain around artificial lakes, including the Hussain Sagar lake, predating the city's founding, in the north of the city centre. According to the 2011 Census of India, Hyderabad is the fourth-most populous city in India with a population of residents within the city limits, and has a population of residents in the metropolitan region, making it the sixth-most populous metropolitan area in India. With an output of 74 billion, Hyderabad has the fifth-largest urban economy in India. Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah established Hyderabad in 1591 to extend the capital beyond the fortified Golconda. In 1687, the city was annexed by the Mughals. In 1724, Asaf Jah I, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayaka Okuno
is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has won two singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 22 February 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 263. On 10 April 2017, she peaked at No. 147 in the doubles rankings. Okuno made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2016 Taiwan Open, where she qualified for the main draw. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 3 (2–1) Doubles: 29 (13–16) References External links * * 1995 births Living people Japanese female tennis players Sportspeople from Osaka Prefecture Sportspeople from Santa Clara, California Tennis players from California 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resumed after th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Zi (tennis)
Yang Zi (杨子; born 12 September 1993 in Shenzhen) is a Chinese former tennis player. Yang reached a career-high singles ranking of 303, achieved on 23 September 2013. Her career-high doubles ranking of 546, she set on 27 May 2013. Yang made her WTA Tour debut at the 2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open The 2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open (also known as the ''WANLIMA Guangzhou International Women's Open'' for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament on outdoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition of the Guangzhou Internationa ..., in the doubles event partnering Pang Yang, losing in the first round. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (0–4) Doubles: 2 (0–2) External links * * 1993 births Living people Chinese female tennis players Sportspeople from Shenzhen Tennis players from Guangdong 21st-century Chinese women {{China-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
