Rishika Sunkara

Rishika Sunkara

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  • Name:
  • Rishika Sunkara
  • Born:
  • May 14, 1993
  • Mother:
  • Sucheta Sunkara

Rishika Sunkara Biography

Rishika Sunkara is a successful tennis player from Vijayawada. A winner of ten titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, she also owns two in singles and eight in doubles in her credit. Rishika owns a rare distinction of being the Junior and Pro No.1 in India while still being a teenager. She reached her highest individual ranking of 441 in November 2015, and currently ranks at 576. 375 - is the highest in her doubles rankings, which she peaked in August 2013. She trained under different coaches like Aditya Sachdev, Anantha Bhaskar etc. She participated in India Fed Cup team in 2013 and 2014, where she has a win–loss record of 2–3.

 

Rishika hails from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. She was born on 14 May 1993. Her elder brother inspired her a lot to take the game of tennis since young, and she started playing the game at the age of 6. She received early training from Mahesh Kumbria in Cosmic, and later was part of the Team Tennis Academy under the coach Aditya Sachdev for 9 years. Following a split in 2016, she continued her training under Anantha Bhaskar. She plays Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand) style, and hard is her favourite surface. Belgian professional player Justin Henin is her role model. Listening to music, reading and swimming are her favourite hobbies.

 

She won her first singles’ title in New Delhi in the year 2012, and the second one in Raipur three years later. She won a few doubles titles since 2012, the recent ones in Gwalior and Cairo in 2017. She also finished as runner-up in two more tournaments the same year at Cairo and Sri Lanka. Currently she plays with Pranjala Yadlapalli from Gundur for her doubles games.

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Updated: April 17, 2018

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