Ashvarya Shrivastava (''Aiśvaryā Śrīvāstav''; born 19 February 1992) is a former professional

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player from India. She formerly played for the India Fed Cup team. Her career-high singles ranking is No. 653, which she achieved in October 2011. Ashvarya has been training at a college in the United States.

Biography

2007–2010

Shrivastava played the first match of her career at the 2007 Sunfeast Open in her hometown, Pune, as a wildcard receiver, where she lost to British player

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in the first qualifying round. This is her only

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match played yet. In doubles, she partnered fellow Indian Kyra Shroff but also lost in the first round to

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and

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. She also played for the New Mexico State Aggies where she led the team throughout and won WAC Player of the Year 2015–2016.

2011

On 20 August 2011, Shrivastava won her first title, by winning the doubles of a $10k event in

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, Turkey, partnering German player

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. They defeated the British pair

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and

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in straight sets to pick up their title.'Misc. Results for Indians abroad'
''Sports-India'' (Retrieved 18 August 2011)

ITF finals

Doubles (1–0)

References

External links

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Ashvarya Shrivastava biography on New Mexico state sports
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