Overview
- Belgium’s Hanne Vandewinkel beat Vaishnavi Adkar 6-0, 6-1 to win the ITF W100 Bengaluru singles title.
- Adkar gains 65 WTA ranking points and USD 8,147, while Vandewinkel collects 100 points and USD 15,239.
- The 21-year-old from Pune entered ranked around No.690 and became the first Indian woman since 2009 to reach a W100-or-higher singles final.
- Her run included victories over Mai Hontama, Taylah Preston and world No.126 Lanlana Tararudee, saving match points in the Round of 16.
- Adkar’s rise follows a recent shift to the Rohan Bopanna Tennis Academy, which her camp views as a springboard for sustained improvement.