Salsa Aher

Salsa Aher is an 18 year old tennis player from Pune, India. In 2019 she became the top-ranked junior player in India.[1] She was introduced to tennis at the young age of 6 years by her father. She plays left-handed.

Salsa Parag Aher
Personal information
Nickname(s)Sals
Born (2001-06-12) June 12, 2001
Pune
Home townPune
Sport
CountryIndia
SportTennis
RankNational Ranking, U-18 No. 1
Coached byHemant Bendrey and Kedar Shah
Achievements and titles
World finals186 in ITF juniors
Highest world ranking186

Career

Salsa, who hails from Pune and is a student of Symbiosis College of Art and Commerce, started playing tennis from the age of 6 years. Her mother quit her job so she could support Salsa to train and excel in tennis. She trains at the Bounce Sports Academy in Pune under the guidance of Kedar Shah.[2]

In 2016, she won Fenesta Open in Delhi which is regarded as the highest ranking All India Tennis Association tournament in India.[3] She represented India in Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Future Stars, 2017 in Singapore where she won all her round robin matches and reached the semi-finals.[4][5] She secured the runner-up position at ITF Junior, 2017 in Thailand.[2]

She was also a part of 2nd HCL Asian B1 Junior Tennis Championship held in Pune, 2018.[6] Salsa, also took part in 2019 Australian Open and won the first round of qualifiers but was eliminated by Federica Rossi of Italy in the Qualifying Competition. Recently, in December 2018, she won the Singles International Tennis Federation (ITF) Juniors Title in Pune.[7] According to the ranking list of All India Tennis Association 29 April 2019, Salsa is currently ranked India no. 1 in U-18 Girls Category.[1]

References
  1. "Players Ranking - AITA" (PDF). www.aitatennis.com.
  2. "Coach Kedar's advice and working with him has brought me in top five tennis ranking, says Pune's Aher". www.hindustantimes.com. 9 December 2018.
  3. "Pune girl Salsa Aher wins highest ranking AITA national tournament". 17 October 2016.
  4. "WTA: Pune girl to represent India in Singapore". 26 September 2017.
  5. "WTA Future Stars Tournament: Pune girl to represent India in Singapore". 26 September 2017.
  6. "Six indian girls falter at asian junior tennis championship". Pune Mirror.
  7. Rajput, Avinash RajputAvinash. "Salsa Aher, Kasidit Samrej win Gadre Marine MSLTA-ITF Junior Tennis Championships". Pune Mirror.
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