Rising Indian tennis player Karman Kaur Thandi considers winning the $25,000 Hong Kong tournament a morale booster going into next month's Asian Games. Delhi girl Karman will be playing in the singles category at the Games to be held in Indonesia from August 18. She won her maiden singles title on the ITF Pro circuit after demolishing Jia-Jing Lu's challenge in straight
sets in the final of the USD 25,000 Hong Kong event held last month.

"Yes, winning the 25K Hong Kong has definitely given me a boost, and beating top-200 player without dropping a set in the whole tournament. So for sure a belief that I belong there and I can do it," the 20-year-old up and coming player told PTI in an interview. Karman, however, believes a tough challenge is in the offing at the continental games if all 10 Asian players from the top 100 choose to play.