Tennis

Two-time Grand Slam champion Alcaraz had been hoping to reach his first final since losing to Novak Djokovic in the Cincinnati Masters in August and clinch a first title since Wimbledon in July.

Ramkumar surrendered the opening set but rallied back thanks to his big serves to beat Nardi 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 in an hour and 33 minutes in the second-round clash at Centre Court.

Mukund Sasikumar beat Moez Echargui 7-6(4) 6-3 to book his place in the quarterfinals at the Chennai Open.

Sahaja Yamalapalli and Rutuja Bhosale went down fighting in their pre-quarter-final matches of the Mumbai Open.

Ben Shelton, who lost to Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of the U.S. Open last year, went up 3-0 in the first set with a break of Mmoh.

Arina Rodionova and Laura Pigossi lost their respective singles matches as the top five seeds at the ongoing Mumbai Open failed to make it to the second round.

Simona Halep was suspended last September by the International Tennis Integrity Agency after two separate doping infractions.

Shrivalli Bhamidipaty is the lone Indian from the qualifying round to make it to the main draw at Mumbai Open.

Sumit Nagal, currently ranked 121 in the world, will spearhead the Indian challenge in the men's singles competition of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger 100 tournament.

Sinner got the better of his fiery opponent Medvedev in a heated contest of 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 that lasted for 3 hours and 43 minutes to clinch his maiden Grand Slam title.

Rohan Bopanna is the world's oldest men's tennis player in history to be ranked no. 1

India veteran tennis player Rohan Bopanna has punched his ticket to the semi-finals of 2024 Australian Open men's doubles with a straight-set win on Wednesday.

The Serbian underlined his status as red-hot favourite to lift a record-extending 11th title at Melbourne Park as he breezed past Mannarino 6-0, 6-0, 6-3 to storm into the quarters of the year's first major event.

Anisimova, returning from eight months on the sidelines due to burnout and mental health issues, ground past the Spaniard 7-5, 6-4 to sweep into a fourth-round clash with defending champion Aryna Sabalenka.

Sumit Nagal's fairytale run at the Australian Open ended after losing to China’s Juncheng Shang in his men’s singles second-round match.

Shang overpowered Nagal in four sets of 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 to clinch the win and move on to the third round.