Bengaluru, Feb. 15 -- The S.M. Krishna Tennis Stadium witnessed high-intensity tennis on Sunday as the first round of qualifying got underway at the KPB Trust ITF Women's Open W100 Bengaluru 2026, with India's Ankita Raina producing a determined comeback to kick off her campaign.
Ankita Raina battled past Sofia Martianova 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 in a gripping three-set contest to advance to the final round of qualifying.
The opening set stayed even until 5-5, when a string of unforced errors handed Martianova the decisive break and the set 7-5. After a medical timeout, Raina returned with renewed aggression, breaking early in the second set and racing through it 6-1 with authoritative baseline play.
She carried that momentum into the decider, abso...