Sumit Nagal continued his ascent, climbing to a career-high ATP ranking of 71.© AFP India’s Sumit Nagal continued his ascent in the ATP singles chart, climbing to a career-high ranking of 71 on Monday. His previous best was 77 last week. The Olympic-bound Nagal jumped six places following his runner-up finish at the … Read more
File photo of Sumit Nagal© AFP India’s number one Sumit Nagal produced a feeble effort to go down against Luciano Darderi of Italy in a lop-sided final of the Perugia Challenger on Sunday. The 26-year-old Nagal, who is now ranked a career-high 77 in the world, was no match for his world No. … Read more
Emma Raducanu has declined the opportunity to represent Great Britain in next month’s Paris Olympics. The 2021 US Open champion, who is still recovering from surgery on her wrists and ankle, was offered one of the two International Tennis Federation (ITF) places reserved for former Grand Slam champions. However, Raducanu has chosen to … Read more
Sumit Nagal in action© AFP Sumit Nagal continued his splendid form by entering the semi-final of the ongoing Perugia Challenger on Friday. The sixth-seeded Indian overcame the challenge from the unseeded Maks Kasnikowski of Poland in the quarterfinal, winning in straight sets 6-4, 7-5. This is his eighth successive win since the start … Read more
Rafael Nadal confirmed on Thursday he will miss Wimbledon to focus on the Paris Olympics, which will be played on the clay courts at Roland Garros. The announcement came a day after Spanish tennis chiefs said the 14-time French Open champion would team up with Carlos Alcaraz at the Games in the French … Read more
Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji are set to pair up in the Men’s Doubles event at Paris 2024.© X (Twitter) The All India Tennis Association (AITA) on Thursday confirmed that Rohan Bopanna will pair with N Sriram Balaji in the men’s doubles event at the Paris Olympics. The PTI had reported that … Read more
File image of Sumit Nagal.© X (Twitter) Perugia (Italy): Indian tennis star Sumit Nagal continued his fine form as he entered the quarterfinal of the ongoing Perugia Challenger here. On Wednesday, the sixth-seeded Indian toppled unseeded local Alessandro Giannessi in a three-set thriller 0-6, 7-5, 7-6(7-5). Last week, India’s top singles player had won … Read more
Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz are set to pair up in Paris 2024.© X (Twitter) French Open champions Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal have been named in the Spain team for the 2024 Olympic Games, the Spanish tennis federation (RFET) announced Wednesday. World number two Alcaraz last weekend won his first Roland Garros … Read more
Tennis legend Roger Federer gave inspiring life lessons to students at the Dartmouth College after the 20-time Grand Slam champion received an honourary doctorate in Humane Letters on Sunday. While addressing the Class of 2024, the Swiss maestro revealed that this was only the second time he was setting foot on a college … Read more
Tennis stars Rohan Bopanna and Sumit Nagal have secured their Paris Olympics 2024 quotas for India through their Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Rankings in doubles and singles competition respectively. The qualification window for Paris Olympics ended on Monday for Tennis and the world number four Bopanna earned his quota comfortably, sitting pretty … Read more