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The Tennis Project: India's Ankita Raina had mixed fortunes as she won the Women's Doubles title while losing in the Singles semifinals of the ITF Women’s Open, Gurugram W35 here on Saturday. On a rain-marred day, the top two seeds crashed out of the singles draw.

In the singles semifinals played at The Tennis Project on Saturday, top seed Dalila Jakupovic of Slovenia was undone by third seed Justina Mikulskyte of Lithuania in a tough three-setter 4-6, 2-6, 7-6(0) while India’s best bet and second seed Ankita Raina succumbed to the unseeded Korean Yeonwoo Ku 6-7(4), 3-6.

Later, Ankita joined hands with Zhibek Kulambayeva to lift the women’s doubles title. The Indo-Kazakh pair brushed aside the challenge of Jacqueline Cabaj Awad of Sweden and Justina Mikulskyte in straight sets 6-4, 6-2. The winners bagged US $1437 and 35 WTA points for their effort while the runners-up were richer by US $ 719 and 23 WTA points.