India, March 8 -- Vaishnavi Adkar backed up her breakthrough run in ITF Bengaluru a couple of weeks ago by going one better and winning the singles title at ITF W35 Kalaburagi on Sunday.

The 21-year-old beat her senior compatriot Ankita Raina 7-6(3), 6-4 in the final, after going past the top seed in the last four.

This is Vaishnavi's first singles title in two years after winning the W15 in Ahmedabad in 2024, and the best of her young career. More pertinently, it comes two weeks after she produced a breakthrough week at the W100 Bengaluru where she finished the singles runner-up as a wildcard.

That week helped her leapfrog 224 places to break into the top 400 of the WTA rankings and become the new India No.2 in women's singles. This w...