Tennis

Jasmine Paolini will contest for both the women’s doubles as well as the singles title at the French Open.

The 26-year-old Nagal posted a 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 triumph over the Georgian to move into the Ro16 at the Heilbronn event. Nagal is slated to take on Javier Barranco Cosano of Spain on Thursday.

Swiatek needed just 40 minutes to brush aside Russia's Potapova in a 6-0, 6-0 demolition to progress in the clay court event and bolster her prospects for a fourth Roland Garros crown.

Rafael Nadal may not return for the 2025 French Open but he still plans to play the Olympics at Roland Garros in July.

Djokovic saw off a first set challenge from Dutch world number 27 Griekspoor to win 7-5, 6-1 in 77 minutes at the Parc des Eaux-Vives to book his place in the final four of the last tune up event before Roland Garros.

Rohan Bopanna and Mathew Ebden lost to Sebastian Korda and Jordan Thompson in straight sets.

The loss extended a poor run of form for Rublev, after a defeat in his opening match against Tomas Machac in Miami and losing to Jiri Lehecka in the Indian Wells last 32.

He lost against Carlos Alcaraz in a Las Vegas exhibition in March before pulling out of the Indian Wells Masters, where he had first intended to make his comeback.

Alcaraz said that he thought he had played better than in his loss to the Bulgarian in Shanghai in October.

With her win, Swiatek became the 10th woman to win the Indian Wells title twice, joining Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters as the only players to notch two titles before turning 23.

Australian Open champion Sinner dominated Thanasi Kokkinakis while women's world number one Swiatek did the same to American Danielle Collins.

Besides Ankita, the other team members for the April 8-13 event in Changsha are Sahaja Yamalapalli, Rutuja Bhosale, Shrivalli Bhamidipaty and Prarthana Thombare. Vaidehee Choudhary was included in the reserves, while former player Shalini Thakur Chawla wi...

Sumit Nagal defeated Chinese Taipei's Yu Hsiou Hsu 7(6)-6, 6-4 at the centre court at the Mhalunge Balewadi Tennis Stadium.

Nagal registered a 7-5, 6-2 win to set up a semi-final clash against 7th seed Stephano Napolitano of Italy, while Ramanathan went down 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 to Seongchan Hong in the quarterfinals of the event.

"It's terrible scheduling, honestly," said Kasatkina, who is through to her second final of the season after a 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7/2) win over Brazil's Haddad Maia.

Ramkumar, who led India in the recent Davis Cup clash against Pakistan, has reached the singles final on the ATP Challenger circuit seven times, winning his lone title in Manama, Bahrain, in November 2021.