New Delhi: Asian Games bronze medallists Ankita Raina and Prajnesh Gunneswaran have been nominated for the prestigious Arjuna award by the national tennis federation, which has also sent names of Balram Singh and Enrico Piperno for the Dhyanchand honour.
Ankita and Prajnesh both won singles bronze medals at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta and Palembang.
Ankita is now country’s best-ranked singles (182) and doubles (95) player and is set to make his Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games next month.
“This year we have nominated Ankita and Prajnesh for Arjuna while the names of very respected Balram sir and Enrico Piperno have been sent for life time achievement honour, Dhyanchand,” an All Indian Tennis Association (AITA) official told PTI.
The 28-year-old Ankita has been India’s key player in the Billie Jean King Cup team for the last three years.
She was nominated for the ‘Arjuna’ last year also but Asian Games gold medallist Divij Sharan succeeded in bagging the…
