Salsa Aher

Salsa Aher is an Indian tennis player from Pune, India. In 2019 she became the top-ranked junior player in India.

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.

In 2016, she won Fenesta Open in Delhi which is regarded as the highest ranking All India Tennis Association tournament in India. 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. She secured the runner-up position at ITF Junior, 2017 in Thailand. 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. 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.