Ashvarya Shrivastava
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Ashvarya Shrivastava is an Indian
professional
tennis
player, playing on the WTA Tour and the ITF Women's Circuit
. She is currently part of the India Fed Cup team
. Her career high singles ranking is No. 670, achieved on the 3rd of October 2011, and her career high doubles ranking is No. 810, achieved on 3 Oct '11.
in her hometown, Kolkata, as a wildcard receiver, where she lost to British
Sarah Borwell
in the first qualifying round. This is her only WTA match played yet. In doubles, she partnered fellow Indian Kyra Shroff but also lost in the first round to Italian Alberta Brianti
and Ukrainian Mariya Koryttseva
.
On the 20th of August 2011, Shrivastava got her first title, by winning the doubles of a $10,000 ITF event in Istanbul
, Turkey, partnering German
Christina Shakovets. They defeated the British
pair Tara Moore
and Lisa Whybourn
in straight sets 6-3, 6-1 to pick up their title.
Indian people
Indian people or Indisians constitute the Asian nation and pan-ethnic group native to India, which forms the south of Asia, containing 17.31% of the world's population. The Indian nationality is in essence made up of regional nationalities, reflecting the rich and complex history of India...
professional
Professional
A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...
tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player, playing on the WTA Tour and the ITF Women's Circuit
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's Circuit is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. It serves as the developmental circuit for the WTA Tour, which is run by the independent Women's Tennis Association...
. She is currently part of the India Fed Cup team
India Fed Cup team
The India Fed Cup team represents India in the WTA & ITF Fed Cup professional tennis competition and are governed by the All India Tennis Association. They currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group I, although in 2012 it will play in Group II....
. Her career high singles ranking is No. 670, achieved on the 3rd of October 2011, and her career high doubles ranking is No. 810, achieved on 3 Oct '11.
Career
Shrivastava played the first match of her career at the 2007 Sunfeast Open2007 Sunfeast Open
The 2007 Sunfeast Open was a tennis event on the 2007 WTA Tour. It was a USD 175,000 tournament organised for womens's professional tennis. This was the third edition of the tournament.-Seeds:-Qualifiers:...
in her hometown, Kolkata, as a wildcard receiver, where she lost to British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Sarah Borwell
Sarah Borwell
Sarah Leah Borwell is an English professional tennis player who specialises primarily in doubles. She is currently the British number 1 in doubles, ranked 67 in the world...
in the first qualifying round. This is her only WTA match played yet. In doubles, she partnered fellow Indian Kyra Shroff but also lost in the first round to Italian Alberta Brianti
Alberta Brianti
Alberta Brianti is a professional female tennis player from Italy.On June 13, 2011, Brianti achieved her career-high singles ranking of 55...
and Ukrainian Mariya Koryttseva
Mariya Koryttseva
Mariya Koryttseva is a Ukrainian female tennis player. Her career high ranking is No. 50 in the world, which she achieved on August 18, 2008....
.
On the 20th of August 2011, Shrivastava got her first title, by winning the doubles of a $10,000 ITF event in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, Turkey, partnering German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
Christina Shakovets. They defeated the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
pair Tara Moore
Tara Moore
Tara Shanice Moore is an English professional tennis player. She is currently the British no. 8 and ranked 321 in the world . So far in her career she has won 3 ITF singles titles, 2 ITF doubles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world no...
and Lisa Whybourn
Lisa Whybourn
Lisa Whybourn is an English tennis player. Whybourn broke into the top 400 in the world in June 2010 following her run to the final qualifying round at Wimbledon...
in straight sets 6-3, 6-1 to pick up their title.