Indian tennis News
Indian Tennis player Prajnesh Gunneswaran defeated Daniel Elahi Galan to advance into the second round of the Australian Open Qualifiers.
Indo-Canadian pair of Rohan Bopanna-Denis Shapovalov lost their quarterfinal clash 5-7, 5-7 to Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau.
Bopanna, 40, was the last remaining Indian in the fray after the losses of Sumit Nagal and Divij Sharan last week.
Earlier, Bopanna and Shapovalov had defeated the German pair Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the Round of 16 clash.
Indo-Canadian pair of Rohan Bopanna- Denis Shapovalov have reached the quarterfinals of the US Open by defeating the German pairing Kevin Krawietz-Andreas Mies 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the second-round.
Bopanna, 40, is the sole Indian left in the Grand Slam following the exits of Sumit Nagal and Divij Sharan.
The duo will now face the Dutch-Romanian pair of Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau on Monday, September 7.
Indo-Canadian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov have reached the second round in the ongoing US Open with a win over Ernesto Escobedo and Noah Rubin on Friday.
In the first round clash, Bopanna and Shapovalov thrashed the American pair of Escobedo and Rubin in straight sets 6-2, 6-4.
Bopanna and Shapovalov will now face the German pair of Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Miles in the next round on Saturday.
Paes had partnered American James Cerretani for the Newport Beach tournament, which fetched him 125 ranking points.
At 44, with 18 Grand Slam titles and an Olympic medal in his cupboard, Leander Paes is finding it "tough to set new goals" but still spent his off-season getting stronger to remain relevant in modern-day tennis, which is being dominated by brute power.
Apart from Bhambri and Myneni, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Rohan Bopanna made the squad, captained by Mahesh Bhupathi.
Bhambri had entered the second round after his first round opponent retired.
As wishes continue to pour in from all corners for Ramanathan, who is ranked 222 in the world, he took to Twitter to thank Indian tennis legend Leander Paes for his support.
She is the lone Indian left in the tournament.
Mirza, however, will enter next week's Australian Open with a different partner.
Devvarman won gold medals at the Guangzhou Asiad and Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010.
Sania came close to a historic Olympic medal in company of Rohan Bopanna but the Indian combination snatched defeat from a winning position in Rio.
Sania Mirza recalled an incident involving Tennis legend Roger Federer and her best friend from school.
Paes and Polish teammate Marcin Matkowski are up against Taipei's Yen-Hsun Lu and Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic.
Indian tennis team, specially in the mixed doubles will be a strong medal contender with Mirza being the world number in women's doubles.
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis were on Friday last crowned the Australian Open women's doubles champions.
In women's doubles, top-seeded Sania and Martina Hingis beat the Ukrainian duo of Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kichenok in straight sets 6-2 6-3.
The gritty Indian youngster gave a terrific fight to a top-50 player and saved four match points before losing 7-6(5) 4-6 3-6, battling hard for two hours and 13 minutes against Britain's number two player.
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