Poojashree Venkatesha (born 27 July 1990) is an Indian former

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player, primarily competing on the

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. She won a silver medal for her native country in the women's singles event at the

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Career

2008

Venkatesha was the runner-up and won the

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at the

. In the final, she was beaten by

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6–2, 6–1.

2010

In the

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, Venkatesha lost and missed out on the

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along with India's

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for the women's doubles, defeated by

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and

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of India, 6–4, 6–2.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (5–2)

Doubles: 16 (9–7)

References

Venkatesha gets beaten by Heather Watson in the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games
- CWG Tennis Update
Venkatesha wins the 2009 Circuit ITF tournament of US$10000 by beating United Kingdom's Emily Webley-Smith
- ITF Tennis: itftennis.com: 2009 Delhi ITF
Venkatesha's basic information
- WTA Tour

External links

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