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Patna : India No 1 Ankita Raina, 26, lost to Duan Yingying, 29, China, in the semi-finals of $ 60,000 ITF Luan, China, hard court tournament on May 11, 2019. Yingying, the World No 293, beat World No 175 Ankita in three-sets 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 in 1 hr 51 minutes to reach the final of the tournament. The tournament is a part of ITF World Tennis Tour.
Yingying fired 6 Aces in the match to none by Ankita. She broke Ankita’s service 4 times in the match while the latter broke her service thrice. Both the players won 3 games each in a row in the match. Yingying won 56 service points to 40 by Ankita. Ankita had 2 break points in the first game of the 3rd set but failed to convert them and thereafter Yingying dominated the set. Ankita had lost in the final of ITF Istanbul, Turkey, tournament in April.