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Leander Paes Becomes First Asian Man To Be Nominated As A Player To International Tennis Hall of Fame | Tennis News

Multiple Grand Slam winner Leander Paes on Tuesday emerged as the first Asian man to be nominated for the International Tennis Hall of Fame in the player category. The 50-year-old Paes was one of the six nominees announced for the Class of 2024. He will be competing with Cara Black, Ana Ivanovic, Carlos Moya, Daniel Nestor and Flavia Pennetta in the Player Category. Li Na, the Chinese player who won the women's singles title at Australian Open and French Open, became the first Asian player to get nominated to the ITHF in 2019. "It means the world to me that I am the first Asian man to be nominated for the International Tennis Hall of Fame in the Player Category," said Paes."After three decades of passion for our sport and playing for 1.3-plus billion Indians in the Olympics and Davis Cu...
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Asian Games 2023: Ankita Raina Progresses To Quarterfinals. Ramkumar, Bhosale Exit From Singles | Asian Games News

File photo of Ankita RainaAnkita Raina advanced to the quarterfinals with yet another easy victory but the singles challenge of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Rutuja Bhosale came to a halt at the Asian Games here on Tuesday. Raina, the top Indian singles player, cruised to a 6-1 6-2 win over Hong Kong's Adithya P Karunaratne in the third round of the women's singles event. The Indian, ranked 198, converted all three breakpoints she got in the one hour 34-minute contest and saved two of the three breakpoints she faced against her 354th-ranked rival. (Asian Games LIVE)She will now fight it out with Japan's Haruka Kaji (ranked 213) for a place in the semifinals.Ranked 336, Bhosale was up against high-ranked Alexandra Eala (190) from Philippines and went down fighting 6-7(5) 2-6 in one hour and 51...
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India vs Pakistan, Asian Games Tennis Mixed Doubles Live Streaming: When And Where To Watch? | Asian Games News

Ankita Raina is India's top-ranked women's tennis player© TwitterThe Asian Games 2023 is set to see the India vs Pakistan rivalry take centre stage in tennis, with the two nations squaring off in the mixed-doubles round. The high-profile clash will feature India's pairing of Ankita Raina, Yuki Bhambri and Pakistan's Aqeel Khan, Sarah Ibrahim Khan. It isn't often that fans get to see an India vs Pakistan tennis clash. the rivalry between the two nations transcends beyond cricket. The Indians understandably start as favourites but the victory won't be a certainty, especially considering the rivalry between the two nations. (Asian Games Medals Tally)Details of India vs Pakistan Mixed Doubles Tennis Round 2 at Asian Games 2023:When will the India vs Pakistan Mixed Doubles Tennis Round 2 mat...
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Asian Games: Ankita, Rutuja, Ramkumar Reach Pre-Quarterfinals In Tennis Singles’ Competition | Asian Games News

It was a great day at work for Indian singles tennis players as Ankita Raina, Rutuja Bhosale and Ramkumar Ramanathan reached the pre-quarterfinals stage on the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday. In her round of 32 match, Ankita defeated Uzbekistan's Sabrina Olimjonova by 6-0, 6-0 in two straight sets in a matter of 51 minutes. She captured both the sets in less than 30 minutes. (Asian Games Medals Tally)In her match Rutuja Bhosale beat Kazakhstan's Aruzhan Sagandykova by 7-6 (2), 6-2. The first set involved a tiebreaker but the second set was extremely one-sided. The first set lasted for 76 minutes, while the second ended in 45 minutes, giving the match a total duration of a little over two hours.Ramkumar was given a walkover by his opponent Sunatullo Isroilov of Tajikistan as h...
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Sumit Nagal Steamrolls Macau’s Ho Tin Marco Leung, Moves Into Men’s Singles Pre-Quarterfinals | Asian Games News

Sumit Nagal moved into the men's singles pre-quarterfinals of the Asian Games.© AFPIndia's top tennis player Sumit Nagal moved into the men's singles pre-quarterfinals of the Asian Games without losing a game as he expectedly thrashed Macau's hapless Ho Tin Marco Leung, on Sunday. It was expected to be an easy second-round match for the 159th ranked Nagal, whose rival does not even have a ranking on the ATP computer. The fifth seed Nagal, who had got a first round bye, needed just 45 minutes to dispatch his opponent 6-0 6-0.He will take on the winner of the other second round match between Kazakhstan's Beibit Zhukayev and Tajikistan's Firuz Mukhidinov.Later in the day, the second seeded Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan will open their men's doubles campaign against Nepal's Abhishek...
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India’s Tennis Contingent Likely To Continue Medal-Winning Trend At Asian Games | Asian Games News

India have not returned without a men's singles medal in the last three editions of the Asian Games and Sumit Nagal would aim to extend the record at the continental showpiece, where top-seeded Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhmabri will start as gold-medal favourites and Ankita Raina would gun for her second podium finish. The Indians have done reasonably well in the tennis event at the Games, finishing in top-three in the last three editions -- Guangzhou, Incheon and Jakarta & Palembang.Since the Asian region does not boast of many top-100 players, who mainly come from the European nations, India's biggest challenge would come from hosts China, Korea and Japan.Seeded fifth and featuring in the top-half of the draw, Nagal has got a bye in his opening round and his first real test will come...
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Alcaraz Through At US Open As Sabalenka, Vondrousova Advance | Tennis News

World number one Carlos Alcaraz edged closer to a US Open rematch with Italy's Jannik Sinner on Thursday as Grand Slam winners Aryna Sabalenka and Marketa Vondrousova booked their places in the third round. Defending champion Alcaraz eased into a last 32 meeting with Britain's Dan Evans after dispatching South Africa's Lloyd Harris 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (7/4) in 2hr 28min on the Arthur Ashe Stadium showcourt. It means Alcaraz is just two wins away from a potential quarter-final collision with Italian sixth seed Sinner, who continued his serene progress through the draw Thursday with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 defeat of compatriot Lorenzo Sonego.Last year, Alcaraz and Sinner produced an epic five-set quarter-final classic that was not completed until 2.50am local time -- the latest ever finish in US Open h...
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Andy Murray Served Reality Check With Heavy US Open Defeat | Tennis News

Andy Murray conceded he might "need to accept" he is no longer capable of reaching the latter stages at Grand Slams after a demoralising straight-sets loss to Grigor Dimitrov in the US Open second round.  The 36-year-old Murray, the 2012 US Open champion, produced a flat display in his 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 defeat to 19th seed Dimitrov, and has not been past the last 32 at a major in six years. "It's obviously disappointing, to not play how you would like, you know," said Murray, who hit 45 unforced errors and just 16 winners Thursday."But maybe I need to accept that, you know, these events, I had the deep runs and everything that I felt like I'm capable of, they might not be there, as well."A three-time Grand Slam champion and eight-time runner-up, Murray has not been close to replicating his ...
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US Open: Casper Ruud Stunned By Unseeded Zhang Zhizhen In Second Round | Tennis News

Casper Ruud out of US Open.© AFPFifth seed Casper Ruud on Thursday crashed out of US Open after losing to China's Zhang Zhizhen in five sets in a second round clash. Ruud, last year's finalists, lost 4-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-0, 6-2 to Zhizhen, who is the first men's Chinese player to knock a top-5 seed out in a Grand Slam. The 26-year-old from Shanghai -- ranked 67th in the world -- produced the match of his life to win in 3hr 19min. Zhang will now take on Australia's Rinky Hijikata, who defeated Martin Fuscovics in straight sets, in the third round on Friday.Tempers flared after Ruud had levelled the match at two sets apiece with a 6-0 fourth set.Zhang left the court for several minutes to take a toilet break and change clothes in a move that clearly disrupted Ruud's momentum.The Norwegian was...
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Novak Djokovic Ramps Up US Open Bid As Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff Stroll | Tennis News

Novak Djokovic sailed into the US Open third round Wednesday in his quest for a 24th Grand Slam triumph as Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff stayed on a quarter-final collision course in New York. Djokovic climbed through the gears against 76th-ranked Bernabe Zapata Miralles, winning 13 of the last 15 games to ease through 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 in two hours on Arthur Ashe Stadium court. Next up for the Serbian star is compatriot and 32nd seed Laslo Djere, with Djokovic keeping up his record of always reaching at least the last 32 in New York."At 36 years of age, after 20 years of coming to New York, I still have the hunger to play my best tennis on this court," said Djokovic, a three-time US Open champion."I have the experience and understanding of what needs to be done in the important moments. Prese...