Sumit Nagal, the man from Jhajjar, will next play China's 18-year-old wild card entrant Juncheng Shang on Thursday (January 18). Shang is ranked 140th in the ATP rankings.
After taking an hour and 12 minutes to clinch the opener in a tie-breaker, Alcaraz raced through the rest of the match against the tiring, sweat-soaked Frenchman for a 7-6 (5), 6-1, 6-2 win
The unseeded Indo-Dutch pair lost 6-1 6-7 (8-10) 6-7 (7-10) in the opening round match that lasted two hours and 26 minutes
The seventh seed won 38 games, made 28 unforced errors, and broke Bergs' service seven times to progress after three hours.
Sumit Nagal entered the second round of the Australian Open 2024 after he defeated 31st seed Alexander Bublik 6-4, 6-2, 7-6
Osaka was beaten by 16th seed Caroline Garcia in the first round of the Australian Open 2024, which also marked her return to Grand Slam appearances after a one-year hiatus
The 18-year-old Croatian qualifier, who was born seven months after Djokovic made his Grand Slam debut in 2005
Rublev, who won a title in Hong Kong to start the year, is a nine-time quarterfinalist at Grand Slams and hoping to go better this time
Virat Kohli and Novak Djokovic have been texting each other on Instagram for quite some time now. But how did the saga start? Kohli revealed it in a video. Watch it here
In her comeback in Auckland, Animisova lost 6-0, 6-1 to Marie Bouzkova in the second round after beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round
Nagal cruised past Molcan 6-4, 6-4 in two hours and three minutes, and won the match after his opponent double-faulted at 30-40 in the 10th game of the second set.
Australian Open 2024 has a total prize money of Rs 481.2 crore approx (86.5 mn Australian dollars). The women's and men's singles champions will each receive 3.15 mn Australian dollars (Rs 17.5 crore)
Nagal beat Australian Edward Winter, a wild card, in the second qualifying match 6-3, 6-2 which lasted one hour and four minutes at the KIA Arena
Djokovic also played cricket, but in his style, with a tennis racquet
Smaller things are getting Naomi Osaka's attention now that she's preparing for her Grand Slam comeback.
Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek have been given the respective No. 1 seedings at the Australian Open in the first Grand Slam tournament of the year which begins Sunday at Melbourne Park
The third-ranked Gauff became only the fourth player to win back-to-back singles in Auckland, achieving the feat at the age of 19.
Rafael Nadal pulled out of the Australian Open 2024 due to a muscle tear
Rafael Nadal missed three match points and needed a medical time-out Friday before losing to Jordan Thompson in the quarterfinals of his tournament comeback following a year-long injury layoff
Rafael Nadal's comeback from a year-long injury layoff reached the Brisbane International quarterfinals after dominating Jason Kubler 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday