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Malikaa Marathe
Country (sports) India
ResidencePune, India
BornPune, India
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Singles
Career titles1
Highest ranking343 (21 January 2019) (ITF) 1 (India)
Current ranking369 (8 April 2019)
Team competitions
Last updated on: 15 April 2019.

Malikaa Marathe is a female tennis player of Indian origin. Born in 2003, in Pune she started playing tennis at the age of seven.

Career

At the age of 4, she was detected with amblyopia, a condition in which the brain prefers the better eye because the nerve development of the defective eye is shut down. She had to wear a patch on her right eye, which was weak for four years until it recovered.

Her coach, Sandeep Kirtane, who happens to be a Davis Cup player recognized her talent. She won her first State Championship in 2013 in the U-10 category. In 2015, she won the National Championship in the U-12 category. She represented India in ITF Asia U-14 and Under Development Championship where she won a gold medal in doubles. In 2017, she qualified for the qualifying Tournament for French Open.

References

  1. "Malikaa Marathe, a girl who had a partial eyesight is now a tennis champion". Laughing Colours.
  2. "Meet Malikaa Marathe, the girl who went from having partial eyesight to becoming first in tennis - YourStory". Dailyhunt.
  3. "Tennis tourney: Dalvi,Nitture annex U-10 state rankings title". The Indian Express. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  4. "Marathe, Sandeep win Ramesh Desai U-12 national tennis titles". mid-day. 25 May 2015.
  5. Choudhury, Angikaar (4 May 2017). "Malikaa Marathe is the 14-year-old sensation who's causing waves in Indian junior tennis". Scroll.in.
  6. "We could see an Indian winning the junior French Open title soon". www.hindustantimes.com. 26 May 2017.
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